Emily Dickinson, “No Prisoner be” (720)
You relax, it works, the thought strikes. Wait a second, I couldn’t have done this before? I could have hit “Start” and switched the game to &...
Category: poetry
Yosa Buson, “New Year’s Day”
New Year’s Day I resolved to do more, to change bad habits, to live better. That went pffft pretty fast. A few weeks ago I resolved to write more, and hah...
William Carlos Williams, “Complete Destruction”
Of this, I can never be quite sure. A gorgeous Persian cat, straight from Blofeld’s lap, initially gave me an attitude when I was a guest at a friend̵...
Emily Dickinson, They say that “Time assuages” (686)
I imagine most have muttered that which does not kill you makes you stronger to themselves. At least for myself, I said it several times with a tinge of positiv...
Amy King, “Perspective”
for X., because you need to stop being racist and apologizing for all that is wrong in the world. There are harsher consequences than my words or anger. There h...