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Jan 18, 2023Liked by Angela Garbes
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"no borders, only wind"

i've heard/encountered that last line "hand on my stupid heart" somewhere but never knew the context. thank you

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here’s a favorite written by Cameron’s partner, Franny Choi! https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/151513/the-world-keeps-ending-and-the-world-goes-on

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Thank you for this thread! I'm loving Saeed Jones' new collection, including the title poem. I recommend listening to him read it. 💓 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/07/alive-at-the-end-of-the-world

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Jan 18, 2023Liked by Angela Garbes

I can’t pick a favorite - i love everything by Joy Harjo https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46545/eagle-poem

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I love the poem "Things to Do in Hell" by Chris Martin. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/149081/things-to-do-in-hell

love this no-cost gift exchange!

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Jan 18, 2023Liked by Angela Garbes

This is a perfect poem

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and certainly perfect use of “pissing”

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“How to Sleep Without Worry,” by Coleman Stevenson: https://brooklynrail.org/2022/09/poetry/two-922

And the entirety of her Light Sleeper collection.

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!!! here in the weeds with you <3

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Jan 18, 2023Liked by Angela Garbes

This Stanley Kunitz poem has always rocked me-

https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/poetry/antholog/kunitz/touchme.htm

And omg yes Marie Howe!, have turned to this in many a winter and kept the book of same name by my bedside since the pandemic began-

https://poets.org/poem/what-living-do

Thx for this gorgeous thread <3

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Jan 18, 2023Liked by Angela Garbes

This is lovely, thank you. . . and a good reminder how we chemically put our fingers in our ears and close our eyes sometimes. I thought perhaps you might like this.

https://poetryarchive.org/poem/you-reader/

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Jan 18, 2023Liked by Angela Garbes

Love this thread. This poem was printed on the back of our wedding pamphlet and it stays good: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54620/peanut-butter.

I'm always thinking about this one by Terrance Hayes, too. https://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/rose-has-teeth-terrance-hayes

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holy shi*t peanut butter -- gonna be rereading & sitting w that one for a while. thank you for sharing

here’s the poem that was on the back of our wedding program: https://internetpoem.com/amp/elizabeth-bishop/the-shampoo-poem/

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