I was not home this weekend, but my roommates all were. I saw the pictures. And in looking at these pictures, I realized how much I do not want a part of that. I don't want to drink and lose myself. I don't want photos of me making out with a random guy plastered over the internet. I don't want a one-night stand or a brief relationship with some ( Read more... )

TODAY'S POEM: "The Ship of Death" by D.H. Lawrence ( Read more... )

TODAY'S POEM: From "The Book of Hours" by Ranier Maria Rilke ( Read more... )

And where does some of the most wonderful poetry come from? Because of the past day's occurances, this goes out to everyone in pain, physical or emotional, throughout the world, especially those who have lost someone or are close to losing themselves ( Read more... )

TODAY'S POEM: "Musee des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden ( Read more... )

TODAY'S POEM: "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh ( Read more... )

April is National Poetry Month, so when you see this, post a poem you like on your LJ ( Read more... )

My Name: Mandi Robbins ( Read more... )

I just have to say this. Having just come out of a pseudo-relationship, I miss it. I miss him, yeah, but I think I'm mostly missing someone to hold my hand and tell me I look pretty and to kiss me goodnight. I've been thinking that I could get that sort of thing from any drunk young man in Athens...but why would I want to? I see my friends going ( Read more... )

I did this last year, so I did it again. You can look back and see how I got so much of what I wanted, which is great, and how I've changed. Immensely ( Read more... )