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I like anything that makes me feel

[sarawaybourne]

The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante

[feral-ballad]

Elena Ferrante, tr. by Ann Goldstein, from The Days of Abandonment

[Text ID: “I was afraid that the effort I had made not to lose myself had aged me.”]

[kafk-a]

June Jordan, ‘Intifada Incantation: Poem 38 for b.b.L.’

[ashiqui]

the lover is the one who waits.

roland barthes, a lover’s discourse: fragments / richard siken, i had a dream about you / racquel marie, ophelia after all / holly warburton (x) / pablo neruda, sonnet lxv / sasha sloan, i’ll wait / albert camus to maria casarès, correspondance / holly warburton (x) / @insweiminghui on ig (x) / simone de beauvoir, letters to sartre / shirley jackson, the bird’s nest / anne carson, eros the bittersweet

[beguines]

Liz Bowen, Sugarblood

[beguines]

Liz Bowen, from "The Heart of It", Sugarblood

[calyptapis]

Mark Strand, "Lines for Winter" from The Late Hour

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

Kate DiCamillo, dedication of The Tale of Despereaux // Andrew Peterson, dedication of The Warden and The Wolf King

[orpheuslament]

Gregory Orr, Orpheus Descending. Orpheus & Eurydice: a Lyric Sequence.

[orpheuslament]

Gregory Orr, It's Winter... Orpheus & Eurydice: a Lyric Sequence

[llovelymoonn]

Keep reading

[1938rebecca]

rainer maria rilke, you who never arrived

[ivyallenpoetry]

Unwitted Indulgence

[ivyallenpoetry]

Futile Fantasies

[ethelcainlovebot]

- Richard Siken, Crush “Snow and Dirty Rain”

[ethelcainlovebot]

- Richard Siken, Crush “Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out”

[theficti0nfreak]

- Ashe Vernon, from "Skeleton Song," Wrong Side of a Fistfight