Reaching for the Moon (2013) dir. Bruno Barreto
The Shampoo by Elizabeth Bishop
The still explosions on the rocks,
the lichens, grow
by spreading, gray, concentric shocks.
They have arranged
to meet the rings around the moon, although
within our memories they have not changed.
And since the heavens will attend
as long on us,
you've been, dear friend,
precipitate and pragmatical;
and look what happens. For Time is
nothing if not amenable.
The shooting stars in your black hair
in bright formation
are flocking where,
so straight, so soon?
--Come, let me wash it in this big tin basin,
battered and shiny like the moon.
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Rest in Peace Treat Williams
When I heard the news of Treat's passing this morning, and a picture of him flashed across my twitter feed, I struggled for a moment to remember where I recognized him from. When I realized he played Robert Lowell in Reaching for the Moon, it stopped me in my tracks. Of course. Of course, that's how I recognize him; it's only one of my favorite movies ever created!
Rest in Peace, Treat. You will be missed.
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Reaching for the Moon is safe and should be added to the list of safe lesbian films.
again, I do not update any list, but I will tag so people can check for its tag
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Glória Pires as Lota de Macedo Soares and Miranda Otto as Elizabeth Bishop in Reaching for the Moon (2013) dir. Bruno Barreto
One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster.
—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident
the art of losing’s not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
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(I once saw a tumblr post with these kitty images but I couldn't find it again)
OBSESSED WITH THIS THANK YOU<3<3<3
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