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poetrysince1912: —James Wright, Poetry, March 1961From The Open Door: 100 Poems, 100 Years of Poetry Magazine. In the introduction, editor Christian Wiman writes: When we talk about lyric poetry we tend to think of emotional inwardness, even when the details of a given poem may be completely external. James Wright’s “The Blessing” is a classic example: the details of the natural world are rendered with a kind of inner spiritual precision that enables the poet almost, but not quite, to transcend them.

poetrysince1912:

—James Wright, Poetry, March 1961

From The Open Door: 100 Poems, 100 Years of Poetry Magazine. In the introduction, editor Christian Wiman writes:

When we talk about lyric poetry we tend to think of emotional inwardness, even when the details of a given poem may be completely external. James Wright’s “The Blessing” is a classic example: the details of the natural world are rendered with a kind of inner spiritual precision that enables the poet almost, but not quite, to transcend them.

Radiohead

—Lotus Flower

growing-orbits:

Lotus Flower by Radiohead (from The King of Limbs)

There’s an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
So now I’ll set you free

Love-soaked, rain-soaked—
if people ask
which drenched
your sleeves,
what will you say?

—Izumi Skikibu, in The Ink Dark Moon, trans. Jane Hirshfield (via growing-orbits)

If I never see you again
I will always carry you
inside
outside

on my fingertips
and at brain edges

and in centers
centers
of what I am of
what remains.

—Charles Bukowski, from a letter to Katherine, 25th January 1976 (via growing-orbits)

(Source: larmoyante, via growing-orbits)

poetrysince1912: —Bertolt Brecht, Poetry, December 1947Poems by Bertolt Brecht, William Blake, Walt Whitman, Lewis Carroll, W.B. Yeats, Anne Sexton, and more are set to music this weekend by The Crooked Mouth. Purveyors of original music with roots in vaudeville, The Crooked Mouth performs at the Poetry Foundation on Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 3pm, free admission, details here.

poetrysince1912:

—Bertolt Brecht, Poetry, December 1947

Poems by Bertolt Brecht, William Blake, Walt Whitman, Lewis Carroll, W.B. Yeats, Anne Sexton, and more are set to music this weekend by The Crooked Mouth. Purveyors of original music with roots in vaudeville, The Crooked Mouth performs at the Poetry Foundation on Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 3pm, free admission, details here.