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Satyr Entwined with a Deer. Stone. Length : 82 cm. Executed in the first half of the 20th century.

England. 20th century.

Green-veined satin geometer moth, Doratoptera nicevillei, Geometridae

Found sporadically throughout mainland Asia

You're the Top by Ellen Bass

Grand Fugue by Peter E. Murphy

Our Beautiful Life When It's Filled with Shrieks by Christopher Citro

Everything Is Waiting For You by David Whyte

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Is Alive! by Emily Sernaker

Instructions for Assembling the Miracle by Peter Cooley

Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay

Barton Springs by Tony Hoagland

Footnote to Howl by Allen Ginsberg

Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman

Tomorrow, No, Tomorrower by Bradley Trumpfheller

At Last the New Arriving by Gabrielle Calvocoressi

To a Self-Proclaimed Manic Depressive Ex-Stripper Poet, After a Reading by Jeannine Hall Gailey

In the Presence of Absence by Richard Widerkehr

Chillary Clinton Said 'We Have to Bring Them to Heal' by Cortney Lamar Charleston

Midsummer by Charles Simic

Today by Frank O'Hara

Naturally by Stephen Dunn

Life is Slightly Different Than You Think It Is by Arthur Vogelsang

Ode to My Husband, Who Brings the Music by Zeina Hashem Beck

The Imaginal Stage by D.A. Powell

Lucky Life by Gerald Stern

Beginner's Lesson by Malcolm Alexander

Presidential Poetry Briefing by Albert Haley

A Poem for Uncertainties by Mark Terrill

On Coming Home by Lisa Summe

G-9 by Tim Dlugos

Five Haiku by Billy Collins

The Fates by David Kirby

Upon Receiving My Inheritance by William Fargason

Variation on a Theme by W. S. Merwin

Easy as Falling Down Stairs by Dean Young

Psalm 150 by Jericho Brown

Pantoum for Sabbouha by Zeina Hashem Beck

ASMR by Corey Van Landingham

A Welcome by Joanna Klink

From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee

At Church, I Tell My Mom She’s Singing Off-Key and She Says, by Michael Frazier

Hammond B3 Organ Cistern by Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Sorrow Is Not My Name by Ross Gay

You Can't Have It All by Barbara Ras

We Were Emergencies by Buddy Wakefield

To the Woman Crying Uncontrollably In the Next Stall by Kim Addonizio

Monet Refuses the Operation by Lisel Mueller

The City Limits by A.R. Ammons

There Is a Lake Here by Clint Smith

Goatsong by Laila Chatti

Listen, by Barbara Crooker

June by Alex Dimitrov

Abundance by Amy Schmidt

Stellar parallax is the apparent shift in the position of a star created by Earth’s orbit around the Sun. This provided the first direct proof of heliocentrism.

Whether we know it or not, our perspectives shift with time. Charting this change can show us our place in the universe, an experience that is at once humbling and inspiring. Use this spread when you feel it is time to face the facts and venture on.

1. The Sun– The light. What draws you out, what you hope for, the happy ending.

2. Mercury– Change. What is changing or what needs to change (whether you like it or not).

3. Venus– Love. What you must do for another.

4. Earth– Home. What you must leave behind, or what you must return to.

5. The Moon– Longing. What you can’t have.

6. Mars– War. What you must fight, or fight for.

7. Jupiter– The storm. What shuts you in, what you fear, the bad ending.

8. Saturn– Time. What you must accept.

9. Uranus– Haven. What you find comfort in, but must be wary of. A prophecy, a warning.

10. Neptune– The depths. What you must dive deep for.

11. Pluto– The forgotten. What is lost.

Pictor is a constellation in the southern hemisphere, representing the painter’s easel! I have never actually seen this constellation being a Northerner myself, but I’m sure may of you have seen this lovely boy in the sky near your homes! For obvious reasons, this spread is meant to help you harness your creative gifts! This wasn’t a request, but it was made with my favorite painter @weareweirdatlast in mind, and inspired by @caramelizedchaos‘s post on stars!

1. Alpha Pictoris: This star is not only bright enough to be seen in cities, but also the South Star of Mercury (similar to how Polaris is our North Star)! For that reason, this position represents creativity already within us. In what ways have you already made your mark? How are you a guiding light?

2. Gamma Pictoris: This star is barely visible with the naked eye, so it represents the ways in which our creative gifts are hidden. What is holding you back from sharing your talents? What creative abilities do you have that you aren’t even aware of yet?

3. Beta Pictoris: This moving star system is surrounded by a disk of matter in which planets are being formed! Given that its star has the potential for life, this position represents the new creative opportunities that are manifesting in your life. In what new ways can you share your gifts with the world? What new projects are on your horizon?