Soul On Ice

Her thoughts are bitter Sweet on my mind.

[hea1ingprocess]

takeshi kaneshiro knitting…

[flowerytale]

Isabel Allende ― The House of the Spirits

[lifeinpoetry]

“All day she plays at chess with the bones of the world.”

— — Sylvia Plath, from “Female Author,” The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath

[z-ndjenja]

[derangedrhythms]

Rainer Maria Rilke, Book of Hours: Love Poems to God; from ‘Du wirst nur mit der Tat erfaßt’, tr. Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy

[noorshirazie]

“I am tired of carrying you in my thoughts, in every kiss that I donate to people who will never be you, in poetry I write for others but wish for only you to read.”

— Noor Shirazie, Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures

[leah-cultice]

Aamito Lagum by Richard Phibbs for Harper’s Bazaar UK April 2019

[writersrelief-deactivated202404]

“A thousand Dreams within me softly burn…”

— Arthur Rimbaud (b. 20 October 1854)

[yan-wo]

[urbanubiquity]

Baby Nas and his father, Olu Dara.

[eightiesart]

JIM BUCKELS

[soracities]

Mona Sa’udi, from Women of the Fertile Crescent: An Anthology of Modern Poetry by Arab Women (ed. & trans. Kamal Boullata)

[Text ID: “I shatter in all my dimensions I multiply I take on shapes like water.”]

[thatbooknerdy]

“That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.”    ―Aphra Behn, The Lucky Chance, Or, the Alderman’s Bargain    

[landscapemode]

Imants Tillers (Australia, 1950 - ) Kangaroo Blank, 1988 oilstick, gouache, synthetic polymer paint 78 canvas boards, nos. 16231 - 16308 installation 213.0 (h) x 195.0 (w) cm

[ripe]

alice_grigoriadi on ig

[cnk-gnc]

[amywinehousequeen]

Amy Winehouse singing an emotional rendition of Love is a Losing Game, October 2006