in propria persona

(she/her); 20s

[wishbzne-deactivated20210526]

[weltenwellen]

Sharon Olds, Stag’s Leap

[nixscriptum]

[weltenwellen]

Rainer Maria Rilke in a letter to Lou Andreas-Salomé, published in Rilke and Andreas-Salomé: A Love Story in Letters

[mothprincess]

Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals

[mournfulroses]

Ariel Day, from a poem titled "Games," featured in Black Roses: Poems about Love, Heartbreak, Mental Health, Self Love

[pyritetears-deactivated20260218]

Eartha Kitt (1957)

[nevver]

In for the night, Heidrun Rathgeb

[mothprincess]

Mary Oliver, from The Journey

[mothprincess]

Mary Oliver, from The Fire

[primulaceas]

Natalie Diaz, “Manhattan Is a Lenape Word.” Postcolonial Love Poem

[primulaceas]

Naomi Shihab Nye, “Sometimes I Pretend.” A Maze Me: Poems for Girls

[beguines]

Frank Bidart, from "To the Dead"

[thunderstruck9]

David Leonard (American, 1962), NYC Study #64, 2025. Oil on board, 11 × 12 in.

[wovi]

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joy sullivan

[weltenwellen]

Franny Choi, from “Catastrophe is Next to Godliness”

[lloyddavid]