Amen to this! 💙

Never forget that in 1861 Charles Darwin wrote in a letter to a friend…

“But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything"

…because this is my favorite reminder that we can do great things even if we don't always have great days

Can’t wait to read!

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T L Huchu

'Words have great power. Through them we create reality.'
- T. L. Huchu
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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

T. S. Eliot

John Steinbeck

‘If there is a magic in story writing, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe.’
– John Steinbeck
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Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?

Virginia Woolf, Orlando

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‘To survive you must tell stories.’
– Umberto Eco
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I’m having trouble ending my latest poem. Last night, I dreamt the perfect ending but of course don’t remember it now that I’m awake. Grrr!

Wondering what it would be like to be so bilingual that a conversation effortlessly changes between languages…

This includes writers, which includes poets

Artists are here to disturb the peace.

James Baldwin

This is the first candlelight open mic I’ve ever been to

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

Leonard Cohen

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

T. S. Eliot

Ooh, yes!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/20

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20

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A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Paul Valery

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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

Steven Wright

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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Plutarch