Side by side they are twin angels on a headstone,

cold and terrible and immutable.

They were boys once, he remembers,

but they aren't anymore.

Molly Fisk, “Winter Sun” (We can make do with so little / just the hint of warmth, the slanted light.)

Pat Schneider, “The Patience of Ordinary Things” (It is a kind of love, is it not? / how the cup holds the tea.)

Barbara Ras, “Bite Every Sorrow” (You can speak a foreign language, sometimes / and it can mean something.)

Jack Gilbert, “Failing and Flying” (Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.)

Lisel Mueller, “Things” (Even what was beyond us / was recast in our image; / we gave the country a heart, / the storm an eye)

Rabindranath Tagore, “On the Seashore” (The sea plays with children, and pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach / On the seashore of endless worlds children meet)

John O’Donohue, “Matins” (May I live this day / Compassionate of heart / Gentle in word / Courageous in thought)

Wallace Stevens, “The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm” (The summer night is like a perfection of thought. / The house was quiet because it had to be)

Brian Patten, “Inessential Things” (Cats remember what is essential of days)

Emily Dickinson, “Simplicity” (How happy is the little stone / that rambles in the road, alone)

Yi Lu, “Valley’s Green” (flowers like tiny saucers — little bowls — little cups / filled to the brim with their own colors)

Jacques Prévert, “How to Paint a Bird’s Portrait” (When the bird comes / if it comes / observe the most profound silence)

Archibald MacLeish, “Eleven” (Happy as though he had no name, as though
 / He had been no one: like a leaf, a stem,
 / Like a root growing…)

Denise Levertov, “A Woman Alone” (Then / self-pity dries up, a joy / untainted by guilt lifts her. / She has fears, but not about loneliness)

Richard Brautigan, “Your Catfish Friend” (I’d love you and be your catfish / friend and drive such lonely / thoughts from your mind)

Linda Gregg, “The Letter” (I’m not feeling strong yet, but I am taking
 / good care of myself)

Andrew Lang, “Ballade of True Wisdom” (And I’d leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, / For a house full of books, and a garden of flowers)

Ada Limón, “The Raincoat” (my whole life I’ve been under her / raincoat thinking it was somehow a marvel / that I never got wet.)

Jorge Luis Borges, “The Just” (These people, unaware, are saving the world)

“What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.”

how to never forget what you've studied 🐊 i never thought i would be able to write a post like this but i guess if my revision tips are helping me solidify my memory, it should help you all as well!

honestly, i don't study much before tests. if my overall revision is super good and i could write paragraphs on any given topic, I'm good to go. for example, i have this chapter that i haven't revised in a month but i would dive right into it if i was asked to give a surprise test because i remember each and every line out there.

to reach this long term memory stage, here are a few tips i follow everyday before a test so that you can get those marks too!!

- organize, organize, organize 📚 and by that, i just don't mean your study routines and plans. organize your desk, organize your books, organize your mind! you can't study on a messed up table with no space to lay open one book without having it on top of others. you can't study with a mind full of thoughts either.

solution : get a journal and write down all your thoughts. the tiny dots, the bigger bubbles of thoughts, everything. clean your desk every single time you're done studying for the day. i do that the night before so that i can wake up to a tidy desk.

- be extra with everything 🛸 got a test you wanna smash? hi, revision is the key!!

solution : revise more often than necessary. recall words in the shower. recall dates while eating alone at a table. relate current events and dates with your studying. this proves really effective coz you're keeping in touch with the information you want your brain to digest 🧠

- plan your hours 📖 got a huge load of studying to do but you feel like twenty-four hours is not enough?

solution : divide your hours. i break my hours into a daily test, anki revision, going through mind maps, writing notes if i got any that day and previewing before classes and believe me, all these take me five to six hours and I'm already halfway done for the day.

- write and rewrite 😤 reading and rereading a paragraph but can't seem to memorize it?

solution : write and rewrite and do it all over again until you know it by heart. writing tricks your brain to focus on what you're doing physically than just having to go through what you're reading.

- list of doubtful concepts 📃 nagging doubts keep bothering you when you're revising or studying for a test?

solution : keep a list when you're studying. scribble any unknown or weak concepts that you wouldn't want to go to the examination hall without studying. it's just that when you're studying and you come across a weak concept, it would take you a lot of time to get it over with. however, by writing down the weak concept, you move on with the studying and come back to that concept later on so you're not wasting a great deal of time

🔥 pro tip for distractions : the above method can also be used for distractions that bug you when you're studying. write down your distractions on a piece of paper whenever you feel like your brain has wandered off. by doing this, you're putting your distracting thoughts on hold and not just diving straight into it while pretending to study 😩✏️

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