Grace Moore, writer lady

Original writing (mostly poetry) as well as writing tips and inspiration. Also: books and whatever other random thing I'm currently interested in. Very bad at responding to messages but feel free to reach out! Poetry collection "When We Were Lifeboats" now available on Amazon!

[florencemachines]

Pride and Prejudice (2005) + tumblr posts (part 1)

[havingapoemwithyou]

father roger goes for a walk by Franz Wright

[ololygas]

Basic August, Eileen Myles

[gurlonawalk]

using coping skills to go to the grocery store

[bookpatrol]

Book stall in  Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Photo by  dastan khdir

[hangsawoman]

i need to be by the lake

[hangsawoman]

pith, rhiannon mcgavin

[geryone]

i love you, it looks like rain, June Gehringer

[firstfullmoon]

Sharon Olds, “The Chute”

[darklynoon-deactivated20170407]

Reblog if you’re 30 or older

This is an experiment to see if there really are as few of us as people think.You can also use this to freak out your followers who think you’re 25 or something. Yay!

[dduane]

…Older. :)

[firstfullmoon]

Jill McDonough, “Love and the Deli Counter”

[weltenwellen]

Maggie Nelson, Bluets

[pilgrimattinkercreek1974]

The two times i loved you the most in a car thursday

[pilgrimattinkercreek1974]

you understand.

[orpheuslament]

summers like. you will feel a loneliness so profound youll fear it has no end but also sometimes God will place their cooling hand on yr forehead & you will feel held for the first time

[poetrysmackdown]

ROUND 2

"The Quiet World" by Jeffrey McDaniel

"someone will remember us" (Fragment 147 from Sappho trans. Anne Carson)

Voting ended onJul 26, 2023

[poetrysmackdown]

ROUND 2

"Instructions on Not Giving Up" by Ada Limón

"The Orange" by Wendy Cope

Voting ended onJul 26, 2023

Visit "Instructions on Not Giving Up" if you'd like to hear it read by the author (reading begins at 0:55).

[flowerytale]

Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Sue zhao/Ryan O'Connell

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Mary Oliver, from “When Did It Happen?,” Felicity: Poems (Penguin Press, 2015)