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words-and-coffee · 4 months

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There is a wildfire starving on top of a lake. See how the water holds fire but cannot end it? We insist on love when all we want is mercy

Victoria Chang, The Trees Witness Everything - The Lovers

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fjolladallas · 28 days

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i wish we met each other when we were both fresh snow…

#spilled ink #quoteoftheday #snow quote #snow #sad quote #sad poem #sad thoughts #i wish #poetic quote #frankfurt #gif #skylinegif #skylineffm

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angelbvn · 1 year

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#quote #quotes #deep quotes #pain quote #life quote #depression quote #life quotes #poetic quote

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 1 year

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I went out to the city streets, Because a fire was in my head, And saw the people passing by, And wished the youngest of them dead, And twisted by a bitter past, And poisoned by a cold despair, I found at last a resting-place And left my hatred ticking there.

When I was fleeing from the night And sweating in my room again, I heard the old futilities Exploding like a cry of pain; But horror, should it touch the heart, Would freeze my hand upon the fuse, And I must shed no tears for those Who merely have a life to lose.

Though I am sick with murdering, Though killing is my native land, I will find out where death has gone, And kiss his lips and take his hand; And hide among the withered grass, And pluck, till love and life are done, The shrivelled apples of the moon, The cankered apples of the sun.

- Roger Woddis, “The Soldier.” (1975).

[Quoting from analysis and thoughts by Adam Roberts here:

....Woddis’ pastiche of Yeats’s ‘The Song of Wandering Aengus’, published after the Birmingham Pub Bombings in 1975. You know the history, I’m sure: from 1973 onward the IRA decided to embark upon a campaign of bombing and assassination in the UK mainland (as well as continuing hostilities in Northern Ireland). Mostly they attacked what they deemed military and political targets, but not always. For example, on the 21st November 1974 they left bombs in two Birmingham pubs, neither of which was, in the jargon, a ‘legitimate’ target. Warning calls were botched, the bombs exploded, 21 died and 186 were wounded. What Woddis published in reaction is a brilliant poem that is, but is not only, a clever pastiche of Yeats.]

#roger woddis #poetry #poetic quote #birmingham pub bombings #william butler yeats #the song of wandering aengus #terrorism #ira #the troubles #thanks adam roberts

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kingdomhate · 6 months

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Sibling Quote, for their birthday!

Okay so it's both of my siblings birthday today, soooo here's a poetic quote for them!

"Make it a point to love yourself as fiercely as you do others." - Commitment, by Rupi Kaur.

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#siblings #poetic quote #<3

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carelinewrite · 2 years

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Changing Times

There comes a time when you may not be able to pinpoint what is changing exactly, though you can feel a difference in the air. Some shift. Like the wind picks up and with it carries new possibility once absent or in hiding. I hope in these moments you inhale a deep breath, take in the atmosphere around you and go along, so you can experience earthly renewal as it was originally intended, just for you.

May 3

- Caroline Wright

#poetry #poem #short poem #quotes and poems #poet #poetic #poetic quote #quote of the day #spilled thoughts #spilled poetry #prose #changes #changing #just go with it #easy breezy #carelinewrite

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wholesomequotess · 2 years

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Art is to console those who are broken by life.

—Vincent Van Gogh

#poetic quote

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moonlitfairytale · 30 days

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Natalie Wee, Least of all

#poetry #words #love #poetic #poetic collection #quotes #poem #dream

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jaggedjawjosh · 2 months

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words-and-coffee · 3 months

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I sculpted your body from the dust on the doorknob. I've hoarded your name in my mouth for months. My throat is a beehive pitched in the river. Look! Look how long this love can hold it's breath.

Sierra Demulder, Today Means Amen: Your Love Finds It’s Way Back

#Sierra Demulder #Today Means Amen #Your Love Finds It’s Way Back #quote #quotes #poetry #poetry quote #poetry quotes #poetic quote #poetic #poetic quotes #poetry excerpt #poem quote #poem quotes #poem excerpt

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imsayak · 22 days

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People aren't homes, they never will be. People are rivers, always changing, forever flowing. They will disappear with everything you put inside them.

~ Nikita Gill