[F4A][NB4A] Watching my Friend Pretend Her Heart Isn't Breaking
This poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer is one that seems crafted to be spoken instead of read. It speaks perspective and inner lives, so I could not resist it.
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[F][NB] Won't you celebrate with me — Lucille Clifton [poem]
This poem by Lucille Clifton is not one of her more well known, but undeservedly so. It shines with a [subtle fierce] [determination] to [self creation] and hope.
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[F4A][NB4A] In Blackwater Woods — Mary Oliver [poem]
In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver is one of my favourite poems, despite not being among her most famous. The core is that the promise of love inherently carries the knowledge of [loss] and [transcendence], without which [love] is meaningless.
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[F4A][NB4A] Blessing for Unrequited Love — David Whyte
Blessing for Unrequited Love — a poem by David Whyte regarding the [bitter] and the [sweet] of intimacy experienced, and the joy of love learned, however [brief].
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In The Desert by Stephen Crane [poem][F4A]
A poem by Stephen Crane, asserting the inherently corrupt and destructive nature of humanity. Where, in the absence of all others, the hatred turns upon one's self.
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A Litany for Survival by Audre Lorde [poem][F4A]
A poem by Audre Lorde which illustrates the oppressive ambient fear within the marginalised which crushes souls and silences dissent. I read this also as thematically similar to living under an anxiety disorder.
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Mouthful of Forevers by Clementine von Radics [poem] [F4A]
Mouthful of Forevers, a poem by Clementine von Radics, from her book of the same name. A poem between partners, reaffirming loving acceptance no matter how a partner feels about themself.
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Everything I Wish I Could Tell You; and Everything I Can't [F4M][NB4A][SFW]
[Script Fill][Confession][Unrequited][Sad][French quote][No L-bombs] A haunting accidental voicemail confession that should never have been. Much gratitude to: Exquisite script written by u/scriptsbycherri, kindly edited by u/MoondanceWithMe, plus advice and support from u/Touchshriek and u/O-God-whY.
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