[ fledgling ]

lindsey, 28

[havingapoemwithyou]

Nocturne II by W. S. Merwin

[weltenwellen]

Jack Gilbert, from “Kunstkammer”, Refusing Heaven

[frangiponi]

ASAP:

1. as slow as possible

2. as soft as possible

3. as sincere as possible

4. allow space and pause

[stitchblades]

jenny holzer, SURVIVAL (1983-85)

[farmgf]

IT’S SPRINGTIME YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. PASS THE INSTRUCTIONS ON NOT GIVING UP BY ADA LIMÓN

[farmgf]

IT’S THE GREENING OF THE TREES THAT REALLY GETS TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!

[persianmom-deactivated20260602]

I love having a beautiful interaction with a stranger and being like yeah I may be forever changed bc of this one simple and sweet moment

[earthangeal]

A mural of a forest in the South Bronx, New York. Captured by Thomas Hoepker, 1983

Mural Art by Alan Sonfist, 1978. The building still exists, however the mural is no longer there

[bakwaaas]

honestly it’s actually the small, mundane, boring things that someone does for you out of love which mean so much rather than grand gestures and proclamations

[existential-celestial]

“Listen, everyone has a chance. Is it spring, is it morning? Are there trees near you, and does your own soul need comforting? Quick, then—open the door and fly on your heavy feet; the song may already be drifting away.”

— Mary Oliver, from “Such Singing in the Wild Branches,” in Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays

[havingapoemwithyou]

Just Once by Anne Sexton

[jacindaelena]

Nikon AF600, Fuji 400, Rhinog Fawr, Cymru by rabbet on bsky

[lizormianillustration]

whatever was left, that was ours for a while.

sunrise - louise glück

LizzieOrmian.redbubble.com

[softhe4rted]

to begin with, the sweet grass by mary oliver, from “devotions”

[luthienne]

Richard Hugo, Essay on Poetic Theory: The Triggering Town

[weltenwellen]

A Conversation with Richard Siken by Thomas Hobohm

[wovi]

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maggie smith, good bones

[zegalba]

hands sculpture by Louise Bourgeois (1993)