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“You lethargic, waiting upon me,
waiting for the fire and I
attendant upon you, shaken by your beauty
Shaken by your beauty
Shaken.”
― Paterson
waiting for the fire and I
attendant upon you, shaken by your beauty
Shaken by your beauty
Shaken.”
― Paterson
“Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.”
― Selected Poems of Mark Strand
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.”
― Selected Poems of Mark Strand
“I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.”
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“Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.”
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“Desire, loneliness, wind in the flowering almond—
surely these are the great, the inexhaustible subjects
to which my predecessors apprenticed themselves.
I hear them echo in my own heart, disguised as convention.”
― The Seven Ages: Bold and Masterful Poems on Death, Metamorphosis, and Embracing the Inevitable
surely these are the great, the inexhaustible subjects
to which my predecessors apprenticed themselves.
I hear them echo in my own heart, disguised as convention.”
― The Seven Ages: Bold and Masterful Poems on Death, Metamorphosis, and Embracing the Inevitable
Tess’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tess’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
375 books
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107 friends
331 books
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20 friends
602 books
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8 friends
219 books
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7 friends
29 books
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5 friends
16 books
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6 friends
363 books
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7 friends
50 books
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4 friends
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