— Dulce María Loynaz, tr. James O’Connor, Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems; “XXXII”

— Rawda el-Haj, tr. & ed. Adil Babikir, Modern Sudanese Poetry: An Anthology; “Heart’s Confessions”

Grit: A Poetry Collection, Silas Denver Melvin

Fucking. Wow im gonna die

sylvia plath | as consciousness is harnessed to flesh, susan sontag | invitation, mary oliver | imaginary conversation, linda pastan | birthday, andrea gibson | good bones, maggie smith | the painted drum, louise erdrich | mouthful of forevers, clementine von radics | new year’s eve, maggie smith

Margaret Atwood, from The Blind Assassin

Anais Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1939-1947

Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

[Text ID: … but It Cannot Be A Mistake to have cared … It Cannot Be An Error to have tried … It Cannot Be Incorrect to have loved]

— Anne Sexton, from “A Self-Portrait In Letters.”

from Autopsy by Donte Collins