Benjamin Shalva

Poet @Image_Journal | Rep Priya Doraswamy @lotuslit | he/him

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Honored and thrilled that the wonderful @Image_Journal and Shane McCrae @akasomeguy decided my new poem was worth the ink. Enjoy! https://t.co/3Msqd5H3id

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@_motherslug It’s magical. Enjoy!

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These are the words I have to offer…

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Truth.

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@mm_kaufman Body of the email is fine

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@fasc1nate Amelie

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@fasc1nate Harold & Maude

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@chillsubs The Baffler

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@JasonAChristian Hospice chaplain

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Good to have options.

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”

― Rainer Maria Rilke

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Planning the poem

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@Joseph_Fasano_ Call me Ishmael

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“every man longs
for a glimpse of his God
in the suburbs.”

https://t.co/5zpwEECX41

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@CowlesKathryn Collected Poetry of Jane Kenyon

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Incredible poem by @jennypoet on finding the light... https://t.co/FdEHnkC98e

[Dr. Han VanderHart is on Bluesky @hmvanderhart]

There’s nothing more embarrassing than being a poet.

Elizabeth Bishop

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@jesflres Me

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@aubreyhirsch Most men like generalizations

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

Good morning from Tadeusz Różewicz: