Molly McCully Brown, from The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems; "While under"
[Text ID: "one bright morning / I'll fly away"]
Molly McCully Brown, from The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems; "Grand mal seizure"
[Text ID: "Most nights, they knot / the bed sheet in my mouth / so I will not bite my tongue."]
Molly McCully Brown, from The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems; "Grand mal seizure"
[Text ID: "Imagine you are / an animal in your / own throat."]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Marina"
[Text ID: "My heart was a stone wall / you broke through anyway. / My heart was an island garden / about to be trampled by you. / You didn't want my heart; / None of it was my fault. / You were everything to me, / not just beauty and money. / When we made love / the cat went to another bedroom. / Then you forgot me. / there's nothing there now / except the wildness people call nature, / the chaos that takes over. / You took me to a place / where I could see the evil in my character / and left me there. / The abandoned cat / wails in the empty bedchamber."]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Telemachus' Confession"
[Text ID: "hunger / How else address / that sense of being / insufficiently loved? Possibly / all children are / insufficiently loved;"]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Circe's Power"
[Text ID: "I wanted only to hold you / I could hold you prisoner."]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Circe's Torment"
[Text ID: "I refuse you / sleep again / if I cannot have you."]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Siren"
[Text ID: "in the dream, she's weeping,"]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Purple bathing suit"
[Text ID: "and I need you and I claim you."]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Telemachus' Detachment"
[Text ID: "When I was a child looking / at my parents' lives, you know / what I thought? I thought / heartbreaking. Now I think / heartbreaking, but also / insane. Also / very funny."]
where do you find so many poems to post? do you have a massive collection in your place? or.. numerous trips to the library and bookstore? im so curious~
they’re all things i’m currently reading or have previously read. i indeed keep a MASSIVE collection on my phone & laptop (& i also lost so many others on old laptops that don’t work anymore, i just hope i can somehow restore them again, wish me luck!) i read at home with my pdfs & epubs & i don’t go out that much… so unfortunately i don’t go to libraries as much as i’d like to, plus the bookstores where i live suck:(
you always have such lovely quotes, every time you post you make my blog a happier place, thank you have a lovely day <3333
i’m so happy you’re enjoying & finding solace in them, darling. thank YOU! i cherish you a lot & i hope you’re having a day full of sweetness🍃🪻
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Midnight"
[Text ID: "Speak to me, aching heart: what / ridiculous errand are you inventing for yourself / weeping in the dark"]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Penelope's Stubbornness"
[Text ID: "My thoughts are deep / and my memory long;"]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Siren"
[Text ID: "I think now / if I felt less I would be / a better person."]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Heart's Desire"
[Text ID: "I have it all planned: first / violent love, then / sweetness."]
Louise Glück, from Meadowlands; "Departure"
[Text ID: "The night isn't dark; the world is dark. / Stay with me a little longer."]