nerdy by nature.

Ada Limón, from "The Widening Road", Sharks in the Rivers

Ellen Bass,  "The Thing Is"

Carl Phillips, from “Civilization”, Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020

V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies

June Jordan, from "Poem For Nana", Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems

Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931–1934

Sharon Olds, from "Little Things"; Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002

Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931–1934

love letters

Mary Oliver, from “Hum Hum”, A Thousand Mornings

Eden Robinson, “Writing Prompts for the Broken-hearted”

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An exhausted young couple during an all-night jazz session at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 1957. Photographed by Erich Auerbach.

Warsan Shire, from “Drowning in Dawson's Creek”, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Hua Xi, from "Night Drive Through My Own Life"

Natalie Díaz, from “Grief Work”, Postcolonial Love Poem

May Sarton, from "The Contemplation Of Wisdom", Selected Poems