for a moment only...

"My heart was too big for my body so I let it go and most days this world has thinned me to where I..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:01:53 -0400

“My heart was too big for my body so I let it go and most days this world has thinned me to where I am just another cloud forgetting another flock of swans but believe me when I tell you my soul has squeezed into narrow spaces.”

- Anis Mojgani, from “Come Closer” (via thisisartinterpretation)

"My struggle is harsh and I come back with eyes tired at times from having seen the unchanging..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:22:04 -0400

“My struggle is harsh and I come back
with eyes tired
at times from having seen
the unchanging earth,
but when your laughter enters
it rises to the sky seeking me
and it opens for me all
the doors of life.”

- Pablo Neruda (via man-of-prose)

"Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night And the diamonds from the deepest ocean I’d..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:32:40 -0400

“Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean
I’d forsake them all for your sweet kiss
For that’s all I’m wishin’ to be ownin’”

- Bob Dylan - Boots of Spanish Leather (via jcernelli)

"“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and..."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:52:09 -0400

“

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

”

- (via tortoiseandtheharefilmcru)

courtingsatisfaction: infinitelull: very very accurate gpoy

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:51:54 -0400

courtingsatisfaction:

infinitelull:

very very accurate

gpoy

nevver: Zachary Johnson, Rye & Rue

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:03:45 -0400

nevver:

Zachary Johnson, Rye & Rue

"I wish I had done everything on Earth with you."

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:52:25 -0400

“I wish I had done everything on Earth with you.”

- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (via man-of-prose)

"I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:18:50 -0400

“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”

- Pablo Neruda (via man-of-prose)

Admit it. You laughed. newyorker: To Be or Not To Be Funny? Bob...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:32:00 -0400

Admit it. You laughed.

newyorker:

To Be or Not To Be Funny? Bob Mankoff on dealing with death through humor: http://nyr.kr/XMnl8n

"We didn’t know then that the debris of joy is like the debris of any wreckage: you have to clear it..."

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:32:57 -0400

“We didn’t know then that the debris of joy
is like the debris of any wreckage:
you have to clear it away to start over again.”

- Yehuda Amichai, from “Hamadiya”, translated by Chana Bloch (via growing-orbits)

poetrysince1912: Learn more about these Poetry Funnies from...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:40:00 -0500

poetrysince1912:

Learn more about these Poetry Funnies from Jake Austen and read Williams’s poem.

"Epitaph When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that wait to die. And if you..."

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:21:34 -0500

“

Epitaph

When I die
Give what’s left of me away
To children
And old men that wait to die.
And if you need to cry,
Cry for your brother
Walking the street beside you.
And when you need me,
Put your arms
Around anyone
And give them
What you need to give to me.

I want to leave you something,
Something better
Than words
Or sounds.

Look for me
In the people I’ve known
Or loved,
And if you cannot give me away,
At least let me live on your eyes
And not on your mind.

You can love me most
By letting
Hands touch hands,
By letting
Bodies touch bodies,
And by letting go
Of children
That need to be free.

Love doesn’t die,
People do.
So, when all that’s left of me
Is love,
Give me away.

- Merritt Malloy

”

-
Noticing this morning’s reblog from Humans of New York, our producer Phyllis Myers was reminded of this poem, which is a favorite of hers, and it’s so lovely I wanted to pass it along to the rest of you.
(via nprfreshair)

man-of-prose: Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:36:47 -0500

man-of-prose:

Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

“Dear Suzy, you have a superb voice. You were my favorite...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:47:51 -0500

“Dear Suzy, you have a superb voice. You were my favorite animal in the program, by far.”

“Dear Sam, thank you very much.”

"Come on, let’s leave this suffocating river in which we swim with other fish from dawn to shifting..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:05:11 -0500

“Come on, let’s leave
this suffocating river
in which we swim with other fish
from dawn to shifting night
and now in this discovered space
let’s fly to a pure solitude.”

- Pablo Neruda, from “The Future is Space”, translated by Alastair Reid (via growing-orbits)

Always one of my favorites. poetrysince1912: Hear Poetry senior...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:59:02 -0500

Always one of my favorites.

poetrysince1912:

Hear Poetry senior editor Don Share read Yeats’s poem, above, on BBC Radio 5 Live today. He begins at 2:48:50.

poetrysince1912: Another love poem for Valentine’s Day. Read...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:47:04 -0500

poetrysince1912:

Another love poem for Valentine’s Day. Read the rest of the poem here.

"Here I purchase your silence. I agree: I give you mine with one provision: that we do not understand..."

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:53:59 -0500

“Here I purchase your silence.
I agree: I give you mine
with one provision: that we do not understand each other.”

- Pablo Neruda, from “I want to know…”, in The Sea and the Bells, translated by William O’Daly (via growing-orbits)

Photo

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:50:15 -0500

dolcementerivoluzionaria: Il bacio H. de Tolouse Lautrec

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:17:04 -0500

dolcementerivoluzionaria:

Il bacio

H. de Tolouse Lautrec