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In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.If poetry could tell it backwards, true, begin ( Read more... )

Go Panther-Pawed Where All The Mined Truths SleepNot smash and grab, but rather find and keep ( Read more... )

Even though I am, as usual, not in the mood to be reminded.

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Words, Wide NightSomewhere, on the other side of this wide night ( Read more... )

Greater LoveRed lips are not so red ( Read more... )

This is the poem I ransacked gleefully when writing when our falsehoods are divided. AUDEN. TEMPEST. YES.

Preface

(The Stage Manager to the Critics)The aged catch their breath ( Read more... )

Ji and I have made a pact to post more poetry. You'll have to bear with me while I sulk about the fact that I should probably post something NOT by W.H. Auden or Dylan Thomas sometimes (though there'll be lots of them, because I adore them) and while I sneakily push Shakespeare in your face as often as possible. Because a monologue is totally a ( Read more... )

I thought I'd take advantage of the when you see this, post a poem in your journal meme, which has been floating half-heartedly around my flist recently, to talk about Carol Ann Duffy, who is the UK's current (and first female, and first openly gay) Poet Laureate. I first heard about her tangentally in a post of foreverdirt's, and looked her up on Wikipedia, ( Read more... )

I love this poem -- its title is the only tattoo I have ever seriously wanted, and still do -- and if you can't work out why then clearly I haven't ever given you my patented DEATH! DEATH AND RIVERS AND OCEANS! 'DO YOU THINK DEATH COULD POSSIBLY BE A BOAT?' rant that is so beautifully illustrated by this icon (and in fact, these ficsIt's by Dylan ( Read more... )

I'm actually feeling quite pretty at the moment. My legs are firm-ish, my stomach is flat, my skin is less disastrous than usual, and although I'd still much prefer being a dark brunette again, I've discovered that I hate my natural hair colour far less than I thought. It's that time of the month, so my boobs are looking quite respectable, even if ( Read more... )