Poetry Assignment

[apoemaday]

After Many Springs

by Langston Hughes

Now, In June, When the night is a vast softness Filled with blue stars, And broken shafts of moon-glimmer Fall upon the earth, Am I too old to see the fairies dance? I cannot find them any more.

[mournfulroses]

Jane Hirshfield, from a poem titled "Works and Loves," featured in The Asking: New and Selected Poems

[mournfulroses]

Paul Verlaine, from a poem titled "Lover's Chat", featured in 100 and One Poems by Paul Verlaine

[lunamonchtuna]

— Clementine Von Radics, from In A Dream You Saw A Way To Survive; "The Fear" (via lunamonchtuna)

[thehopefulquotes]

“I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.”

— John Green, Paper Towns

[nixscriptum]

on midsummer. ☼

[thehopefulquotes]

“Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be humble, but not timid. Be proud, but not arrogant.”

— Unknown

[thehopefulquotes]

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

— Mark Twain

[thehopefulquotes]

“Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are.”

— John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

[thehopefulquotes]

“I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head.”

— Nina LaCour

[mournfulroses]

Rati Saxena, from a poem titled "Mountain Nights," featured in Not a muse : the inner lives of women : a world poetry anthology

[thehopefulquotes]

“I’m not into convincing people I’m worthy. I’m into people who’ll convince me on my worst days that I’m still worth the world.”

— Reyna Biddy

[nightmare2art]

I tried something fun with this one, I wonder if you’ll spot it. Maybe you’ll be the first?

There’s your hint lol.

[poetassignment]

By LionessLeesha

[mournfulroses]

Makenzie Campbell, from a poem featured in "2 a.m. Thoughts," originally published in 2017

[archbudzar]

it was you.

[kosmogrl]