#murielrukeyser

[wastedwinter]

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?           The world would split open

Muriel Rukeyser, from The Speed of Darkness (1968): “Käthe Kollwitz”

[pilgrimish]

Poem by Muriel Rukeyser

I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane. The news would pour out of various devices The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories, Interrupted by attempts to sell products to the unseen. I would call my friends on other devices; They would be more or less mad for similar reasons. Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. In the day I would be reminded of those men and women, Brave, setting up signals across vast distances, considering a nameless way of living, of almost unimagined values. As the lights darkened, as the lights of night brightened, We would try to imagine them, try to find each other, to construct peace, to make love, to reconcile Waking with sleeping, ourselves with each other, Ourselves with ourselves.  We would try by any means To reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves, To let go the means, to wake.

I lived in the first century of these wars.

[anushkaacore]

~✨now the wounds of time have , healed and are grown. They are not wounds. They are mine, they are healed into mouths.~✨ - Muriel Rukeyser . . . . . . . . . (Ignore) #murielrukeyser #murielrukeyserquote #artjournal #poetry #artjournaling #quotesaboutlife #wounds #darkacademia #naturelovers #naturepoetry #aestheticjournaling #flowers #paintedflowers #paintingjournal #aestheticjournals #journalspreads #famouswriters #authorsandpoets #openmyheart #beyourself #artcollector #naturedrawing #journalingcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CPvYqA0LfK4/?utm_medium=tumblr

[naneara]

'O Universo é feito de histórias, não de átomos.' Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) #frases #quotes #murielrukeyser #supernatural #curtisarmstrong https://www.instagram.com/p/CFMtpooDEB3/?igshid=iv9sf2khq1mf

[mj1982mjha]

"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." #MurielRukeyser. #AmericanPoet. #OnThisDay. #happybirthdayMurielRukeyser ! (at Samastipur) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6FfMK7hIQW/?igshid=1tx5gs0kv6x3w

[medschooltutors]

A seed of wisdom to begin this new week, new month and, for some of us, new year. #MondayMotivation #RoshHashanah #ShanaTova 

[mj1982mjha]

Looking At Each Other (Poem) Yes, we were looking at each other Yes, we knew each other very well Yes, we had made love with each other many times Yes, we had heard music together Yes, we had gone to the sea together Yes, we had cooked and eaten together Yes, we had laughed often day and night Yes, we fought violence and knew violence Yes, we hated the inner and outer oppression Yes, that day we were looking at each other Yes, we saw the sunlight pouring down Yes, the corner of the table was between us Yes, our eyes saw each other’s eyes Yes, our mouths saw each other’s mouths Yes, our breasts saw each other’s breasts Yes, our bodies entire saw each other Yes, it was beginning in each Yes, it threw waves across our lives Yes, the pulses were becoming very strong Yes, the beating became very delicate Yes, the calling the arousal Yes, the arriving the coming Yes, there it was for both entire Yes, we were looking at each other. #MurielRukeyser. #Poetry. #Poem. #LovePoem. #AmericanPoetry. #AmericanPoet. #Literature. (at Samastipur) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxZMNcABXEk/?igshid=1s4jhs4k62kf0

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