nerdy by nature.

stephanie//

[weltenwellen]

Ada Limón, from "The Widening Road", Sharks in the Rivers

[weltenwellen]

Ellen Bass,  "The Thing Is"

[weltenwellen]

Carl Phillips, from “Civilization”, Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020

[weltenwellen]

V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

[weltenwellen]

Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies

[weltenwellen]

June Jordan, from "Poem For Nana", Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems

[weltenwellen]

Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931–1934

[flowerytale]

Sharon Olds, from "Little Things"; Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002

[weltenwellen]

Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931–1934

[heart-eyes-express]

love letters

[weltenwellen]

Mary Oliver, from “Hum Hum”, A Thousand Mornings

[serratedpens]

Eden Robinson, “Writing Prompts for the Broken-hearted”

[frenchsiren]

[Text description:

You can put your strength down. I’m sitting here with you at your kitchen table. You don’t need to say anything.

END]

[vintageeveryday]

An exhausted young couple during an all-night jazz session at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 1957. Photographed by Erich Auerbach.

[weltenwellen]

Warsan Shire, from “Drowning in Dawson's Creek”, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

[weltenwellen]

Hua Xi, from "Night Drive Through My Own Life"

[weltenwellen]

Natalie Díaz, from “Grief Work”, Postcolonial Love Poem

[weltenwellen]

May Sarton, from "The Contemplation Of Wisdom", Selected Poems