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books, art, clay, silliness, worry, & cats

[anomali @Anomali210830]

I can hardly believe that I have limits, that I am cut out and defined. I feel scattered in the air, thinking inside other beings, living in things beyond myself.

~Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

[Louise Jensen Duffy (also Ernest Jensen) @LouiseWeebe]

You’re listening to Sisyphus FM, the home of non-stop rock.

[Tao Lin @tao_lin]

My cats are my psychic bodyguards.

[Tao Lin @tao_lin]

Everything is spiritual, in my opinion.

[~ @librarysiren]

#secretwaterfall @sighswoon

[ArtDontSleep @ArtDontSleep]

Talking Heads. "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)." Speaking in Tongues, 1983.

[Tom Snarsky @TomSnarsky]

Buck Downs

[ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag]

Nayyirah Waheed, "Lands"

[Cora Harrington @CoraCHarrington]

Side effect of the literacy crisis is people not recognizing literary devices anymore

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

As befits the current weather here in County Cork, I shall say goodbye to the year's fourth month with...

• Patrick Kavanagh •

[ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag]

Come. And be my baby.

[ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag]

I'm a decoy of a woman. A poor symbol. Rapid decoy decay.

[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

by Harrison Wood Hsiang

[Art or Other Things @ArtorOtherThing]

Poul Anker Bech (Danish 1942-2009), Sun Dreams, 1973, Oil on canvas

[RobertAllenPoet @RobertAllenPoet]

Wendy Cope

[phillip crymble @phillipcrymble]

Another poem from Raymond Carver's All of Us (1996). This one's got a big heart.

[Greg Cwik @cwik_greg]

Clarice Lispector: one of the best.

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“How did they know / where to uncover me in broad daylight?”

— Najya Williams

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This poem appeared in on a date with disappointment by Najya Williams, published by Button Poetry, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.