bona fide

Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese”

Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act V Scene II

Anna Kamienska, from A Nest of Quiet: A Notebook.

― Franz Kafka

— Florbela Espanca, “III. Charneca em Flor”

On November 5, 1917, 100 years ago today, Wilfred Owen wrote a gorgeous love letter to fellow gay World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon. It continues to be one of my favorite love letters of all time.

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna // July 19, 2017

the dark vincent

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. (Pride and Prejudice, 2005)

Tony Hoagland, from “Don’t Tell Anyone”

“I dreamt I drank the colour of your voice;”]

When Caroline Walter of Freiburg, Germany died at the age of 16, her sister, ,Selma, had a sculptor cast a life size sculpture for the gravestone - Every morning since Caroline’s funeral, a fresh flower was found tucked in the crook of the arm, and still is to this day - Nobody knows who leaves it - Every single morning! - Caroline died in 1867 - For 146 years, someone has been leaving flowers…

━ 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚; 𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜