“A poet's work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.”
― The Satanic Verses
― The Satanic Verses
“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
―
―
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
―
―
“The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.”
― The Uses of Literature
― The Uses of Literature
¡ POETRY !
— 22513 members
— last activity Jul 17, 2026 05:50PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
Flash Fiction
— 310 members
— last activity Feb 22, 2023 07:56AM
Flash is a short-short story characterized by brevity and intensity of the language. It borderlines poetry and some people call it “prose poem.” Howev ...more
Surreal Fiction
— 37 members
— last activity Aug 29, 2014 04:04PM
For anyone who writes or reads surreal fiction.
Cait’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Cait’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Art, Business, Classics, Graphic novels, History, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, and Religion
Polls voted on by Cait
Lists liked by Cait























