[mournfulroses]

Fyodor Dostoevsky, from his novel titled "White Nights," originally published in 1848

[dreamycastaway]

New York Times readers share a moment when they have felt truly swept off their feet — or have been the ones doing the sweeping. (Bonus: more stories from the comments)

[lelif]

on survival

-// @aridante // @orivu // @buzzkillgirls // ? // ? // richard siken// @cemeterything // moomin, tove jansson// @disenchanted-killjoy // isn't that enough, shawn mendes// @ prettytheyswag on twitter// @ coletyumuch on twitter// ? // ? // bird by bird, anne lamott// undertale// @strawberrycircuits

[geryone]

Haruko/Love Poems, June Jordan

[geryone]

Haruko/Love Poems, June Jordan

[geryone]

Children of God, Mary Doria Russell

[geryone]

A Holy Dread, R. A. Villanueva

[geryone]

You Always Wished the Animals Would Leave, Maya C. Popa

[geryone]

The Bees Have Been Canceled, Maya C. Popa

[geryone]

Nepenthe Radiant, Aimee Seu

[geryone]

Scared Violent Like Horses, John McCarthy

[havingapoemwithyou]

Ars Poetica #100: I Believe by Elizabeth Alexander

[thekidsfromyestergay]

This was on a post about how it's ignorant and privileged to wear headphones in public and I fear its already become a part of my vocabulary. Must everything harbor a moral failure.

[achillesinhighheels]

[lunamonchtuna]

cruel how loving someone rewires you permanently.

[lunamonchtuna]

— Ivan Yan (source)

[louisegluckpdf]

holy quaternity

[weltenwellen]

Octavio Paz, from “Sunstone”, The Collected Poems, 1957-1987