William Bortz

grateful poet. author of I’ll Leave A Light On for You, Many Small Hungerings, and The Grief We’re Given

[wellconstructedsentences]

I have pulled so many

petals the soil asked me

not to touch

loss always gives back

loss always keeps our hands full.

The Grief We’re Given by William Bortz

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William Bortz, from Many Small Hungerings

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“i would like to think that there will be a day when i think less about endings & more about beginnings”

— william bortz

[williambortz]

“When a name becomes past tense only the wind can carry it and we spend an entire lifetime grasping onto that wind.”

–William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings

[miamaimania]

John Kitching’s ‘A Dangerous Idea’

[williambortz]

–William Bortz, from Many Small Hungerings

I have a bad habit of not considering the gift of new beginnings

[wordsnpoetry]

what is a memory but two currents pulling away from another yes, i am here but i am also every place i have held someone that i love

william bortz

[wordsnpoetry]

“i would like to think that there will be a day when i think less about endings & more about beginnings”

— william bortz

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the color of becoming the hue of laughter drape me in sunbeams call me by my good name say what i am is growing watch the flowers bloom as i walk by

william bortz

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YOU ARE MY HOME. Mar García Otamendi Tinta y lápices de color sobre papel 13 x 19.5 cm

“I was so lost and so unsure of where home was until I found my reasons and my comfort inside of your chest”

Fragmento del poema “landscapes” de William Bortz en su libro Shards https://www.instagram.com/p/CZgH7EPs_xy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[byrakimm]

Anxiety isn't so much the feeling of being lost at sea, but believing you have to fit the whole thing in your stomach.

William Bortz

[wordsnpoetry]

growth means i turn yesterday's ache into laughter. it means pain doesn't bloom into something vibrant if you don't water it

william bortz

[secretivedreams]

how do we grieve something we never had

but longed for to the point of suffering

- William Bortz, Lament, 2AM

[philgennuso]

Poet's Corner: The Grief We're Given Poems by William Bortz #Book Review #ShortTakes

Stock Photo      The Grief We’re Given Poems, by William Bortz is a book of poetry published in 2021 in the midst of the Covid pandemic. The author is a poet and editor from Iowa, and has written several well regarded books of poetry, and published many poems in any number of periodicals.      As the title suggests, this collection focuses on grief, loss, nostalgia, unexpected change, the great…

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Based on a poem from Many Small Hungerings by William Bortz

[wordsnpoetry]

to hold the people you love is magic. it is in this way we fit an eternity into the pinprick of our lives.

william bortz

[alliwanttodoiscollectpoetry]

what is a memory but two currents

pulling away from another

yes, I am here but I am also

every place I have held someone

that I love

Currents by William Bortz