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"Salt" is an inspired poem dedicated to preservation. #poem #poet #poems #poetry #poetrymatters #poemsaremylife #preserve #perservation #words #wordsarepowerful #literature #poetrycommunityofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetscommunityofig #poetsoftumbler #poetryisnotdead #spilledink #salt #people #planet #earth #spillingwords #t h o u g h t s #positivevibes #traditions #markdoty #poetrylife #poemrealness #realpoems #realtalk

Birdsong and the ceaseless sound of the September sea called the boy to the beach at night, and call down the years to the adult poet’s memory, bringing him to a place of origin, the desolate ground where, he will learn, all songs begin. #MarkDoty #creative #florida (at Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEouzf5F5p-/?igshid=1do047uehgobo

Mark Doty, "Tiara" in Poets for Life: Seventy-Six Poets Respond to AIDS, 1992

Pues eso, que tras años en lod estantes de alguna remota biblioteca estadounidense, y casi un mes de espera, ya ha cruzado el charco y está en casa, feliz aquí conmigo... ¿No veis cómo sonríe? #entrepoetas #Clásicos #markdoty #northamericanpoetry #gaypoetry #veryveryhappy (en Cartagena, Murcia)

#onbeauty and being wrong #zadiesmith #markdoty

Reading LGBT and African American poetry. If you're feeling the election blues, consider joining the Trump Era Book Club goodreads group I made: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/203303-the-trump-era-book-club #markdoty #ntozakeshange #donaldtrump #hillaryclinton #imwithher #imstillwithher #election2016 #poetrycommunity #bookstagram #bookclub #bookstore #goodreads #thestrand #feminism

Mark Doty 

- Mark Doty, Still Life with Oysters and Lemon