March 2012
145 posts
February 2012
90 posts
The City By the Sea -- San Francisco by George...
At the end of our streets is sunrise; At the end of our streets are spars; At the end of our streets is sunset; At the end of our streets the stars. Ever the winds of morning Are cool from the flashing sea— Flowing swift from our ocean, Till the fog-dunes crumble and flee. Slender spars in the offing, Mast and yard in the slips— How they tell on the azure Of the sea-contending ships!...
“We spoke all night in tongues,
in fingertips, in teeth.”
–
Robert Hass, from “Spring” (via the-final-sentence)
“Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified....”
– bell hooks (via thechanelmuse)
Burning the Old Year
Burning the Old Year
BY NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
Letters swallow themselves in seconds.
Notes friends tied to the doorknob,
transparent scarlet paper,
sizzle like moth wings,
marry the air.
So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone.
Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,
an absence shouts,...
Bumming Cigarettes: A Short Film: Bumming... →
bummingcigarettesfilm:
Bumming Cigarettes-A Short Film Kickstarter Campaign Video {Ends March 13, 2012} from tiona.m. on Vimeo.
TO SUPPORT THE FILM: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tionam/bumming-cigarettes-a-short-film *ABOUT THE FILM* Bumming Cigarettes is a short film about a brief and…
nappylikeyopappy: a mini manifesto: 10 Ways to... →
ohapoeticsoul:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real…
10 ways to love others…
