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i can turn you into poetry but i cannot make you love me.

(creds will be added in a hot sec! my bad y'all ;p)

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Rati Saxena, ed. by Kate Rogers and Viki Holmes, from Not a Muse: The Inner Lives of Women: A World Poetry Anthology; "Mountain nights"

[Text ID: “Last night / there was a dream / And / In the dream? You / You / You / And / Only you”]

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E. Hughes, from "My Mother at Twenty-One"

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Synopsis: Type A college student Theo made it a point to avoid people like his meathead jock neighbor Kai, but when one late night invites confrontation, Theo finds out there might be more to Kai than meets the eye. Not quite a meathead, or even a jock, Theo just might like what he finds.

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KISS OF LIFE ' Bad News ' Performance Video

#just watched these girls and i'm kind of obsessed #kiss of life

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— Mary Oliver, from Blue Horses, "Little Crazy Love Song"

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What We Lost in the Swamp, Grant Chemidlin

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forever my favorite o'hara

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Naomi Shihab Nye, “The Only Democracy in the Middle East”

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Jeremy Radin, from "Lazar Wolf the Butcher" (poem written during staging of Fiddler on the Roof at Paper Mill Playhouse, shared on his IG page) [ID'd]

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why is this about to make me sob

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i wake up thirsty and i think of palestine. i go to the doctor’s office and i think of palestine. a sign in the corner of the waiting room says ‘this is a place of healing, disruptive behavior will not be tolerated’ and i think of palestine. they probably weren’t thinking of bombs and snipers and mass graves in parking lots. i call my parents and i think of palestine. i drive to the grocery store and i think of palestine. i look at the clear blue sky and i think of palestine. i put the dishes away and i think of palestine. i feed my cat and i think of palestine. i listen to music and i think of palestine. i read poetry and i think of palestine. i text my friends and i think of palestine. i think of palestine and i think of palestine and i think of palestine

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you made crusty bread rolls… by gary johnson

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Ruth Awad, from “Reasons To Live”

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June Gehringer, “EARTH IS AN ANAGRAM FOR HEART, U FUCKING IDIOTS”

[Text ID: “I don’t want to talk about it. / I want to lie in what little grass remains / and try to fit your heart inside of mine.”]

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Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Mary Bowles