[paper-fairy]

“Your soul is made to love with the purity and passion of angels;”

— Victor Hugo, from a letter to Adèle Fouchet written c. February 1820 

[forestgreenlesbian]

When Looking for Home, Aline Mello

[shisasan]

Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours [originally published 1905]

[girlfictions]

jenny zhang, in an interview with thora siemsen

[soporificsedatives-deactivated2]

Miriam Adeney

[feral-ballad]

Erika L. Sánchez, from Lessons on Expulsion: Poems; “Amá”

[feral-ballad]

Linda Hogan, from Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems; “Watch me"

[riverbird]

“Sometimes the call of a bird is so clear it bruises my hands.” Joanna Klink, from The Graves

“When birds look into houses, what impossible worlds they see.” Don DeLillo, The Body Artist “A bird is a vessel. It carries a field.” Emily Skaja, from It’s Impossible to Keep White Moths

[balletdolls]

omg im almost at 10k this is crazy

[surqrised]

“Go and love someone exactly as they are. then, watch how they transform into the greatest truest version of themselves. when one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.”

— Wes Angelozzi

[deviika]

Dele Olanubi

[typewriter-worries]

Perhaps the World Ends Here, Joy Harjo ( @atarqxiia ) | The Light The Living See, Ada Limón | @soracities

[cavriuola]

“isn’t the air also the body moving?” - natalie diaz // unknown // “gli innamorati” - egon schiele // “frida kahlo to jose bartoli” - frida kahlo // unknown // “the poetics of sex” - jeanette winterson // “liebespaar” - käthe kollwitz // “der kuss” - käthe kollwitz // unknown title - sue zhao // “abandonment (the pair)” - henri de toulouse-lautrec

[babytoothbrain]

I Couldn't be the Kind of Person who Stays

The Vault, Andrés Cerpa// Unforgettable Paris, Alexander Bolotov// "Time", Rutger Kopland// Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer// Going up in Smoke, Ashley Mackenzie// "Hum Hum", Mary Oliver// T.R. Hummer//

[lelif]

How do I look away now that I have seen you?

on being seen and known and understood

Rachel Mennies, from "April 18, 2017", The Naomi Letters//Rick Riordan, Mark of Athena//picture: Mihaly Zichy "romantic encounter", quote: Micah Nemerever "These Violent Delights", edit @promqueendyke // Micah Nemerever, "These Violent Delights"//Marie Howe, "The Affliction"//Anne Carson, "Red Doc>"//NA//Taylor Swift, "Daylight"//Elizabeth Gilbert, "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage"//Little Women (2019)

[firstfullmoon]

Franz Wright, from “Our Conversation” [ID in alt text]

[firstfullmoon]

Traci Brimhall, from “Contender,” in Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod [ID in alt text]