strange angel ,

— vladimir nabokov, in a letter to his wife [24 march 1937] from letters to véra (trans. olga voronina & brian boyd)

Caught Looking (1991) dir. Constantine Giannaris

Adonis, tr. by Khaled Mattawa, Selected Poems

— Izumi Shikibu, excerpt of “Wishing to See Him—”, trans. by Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratani in The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono No Komachi & Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

Herman Reinstein, from Poetry; “Infinitives,” originally published c. April 1924

Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

Auguste Ottin (Detail) Polyphemus Surprising Acis and Galatea,1866,the Fontaine Médicis.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎, 𝙴𝚗𝚍𝚢𝚖𝚒𝚘𝚗 (𝟷𝟾𝟿𝟼)

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎, 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 (𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝟷𝟾𝟾𝟷)

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎, 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 (𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝟷𝟾𝟾𝟷)

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎, 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 (𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝟷𝟾𝟾𝟷)

[Text ID: Do you know this terror—not to remember?]

Anais Wade

At the hamam (detail) William Arthur Breakspeare

The Borgias 2.07 The Siege at Forli