(softly, fiercely) the stars shining.

a lover. une fleur.

[victormalonso]

[rozieramati]

leopard orchid

[havingapoemwithyou]

Not Anyone Who Says by Mary Oliver

[apocryphics]

James Wright

[havingapoemwithyou]

Grateful by Leonard Cohen

[gacougnol]

Jean Ambrojo

[havingapoemwithyou]

In a Dream by Anna Akhmatova

[petaltexturedskies]

Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait in Letters

[heavensghost]

the memory hurts but does me no harm

[petaltexturedskies]

Albert Camus, The Fall (originally published in 1956)

[soleilinfini]

mary oliver, staying alive

[mothprincess]

Mary Oliver, from The Journey

[petaltexturedskies]

Mary Shelley, Mathilda

[mournfulroses]

Clarice Lispector, from "Too Much of Life Complete Chronicles," publ. in 2022

[geryone]

Muse Found in a Colonized Body, Yesenia Montilla

[nostalgicfaye]

we should be well prepared by Mary Oliver

[requiem-on-water]

Galloping horses in the mist by Sofie