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Dorothea Lasky is an American poet born on March 27, 1978. Her poetry is known for its unique style and profound exploration of themes such as personal identity, religious faith, and gender issues. Lasky's work has gained widespread recognition in the literary world and has won multiple awards.

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“Shoot sparks of green and grey Through time”

Poetry Time Rome Time Travel Descriptive Dorothea Lasky

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“I put myself in I mean for what, why, Or who Did I manage to do this for if not you”

Poetry Rome Dorothea Lasky All In For You

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“You could not believe your luck. What a time to be broken. It's not luck, someone said, you asked for it.”

Taurus Weighed Down Taurus Poetry

Book:Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac

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“A Taurus does the present very well--by being meticulous and on a path. They teach us that we should always be on our way toward something we want, if we want to feel whole forever.”

Astrology Zodiac Taurus Earth Signs

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“A monster Someone who left me in the dark Someone who darkened me A million times over”

Poetry Hurt Rome Abandoned Monster Toxic Relationships Dorothea Lasky The Dark

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“There was a lonely summer Where I took the string and unraveled the magic circle from everything It was because of you, and what you did to me”

Poetry Hurt Magic Summer Lonely Rome Undone Dorothea Lasky

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“Perverse obsessions And it is only now That I realize I am bleeding Now no air now dead And that it was your careful strike That made it so”

Death Poetry Hurt Metaphor Rome Wounded Grim Dorothea Lasky Obsessions

Book:Rome: Poems

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“A voice said to me, in summer language: Dottie, you are blessed And I felt the yellow light of the sun eating my face”

Light Poetry Summer Blessed Rome Dorothea Lasky

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“Emily Kendal Frey's The Grief Performance is a book that condenses a journey of finding and re-finding loss into beautiful packages. The packages are the poems and they sit shiny and new on every page of this fabulous and generous book. I want to go into the world that these poems create, just so that I can be given these terrifying presents again and again. I know you will, too. See you there.”

Knows World Want I Can Book Beautiful Given Loss Grief Journey Findings Pages Performances Generous Again And Again Fabulous Packages Emily

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“Beachy Head brims with electrical currents flying backwards and forwards, with the force of poems that have been well fought out and felt. I hear the currents of Alice Notley, of Bernadette Mayer, of Eileen Myles, and Sylvia Plath”

Wells Has Beens Force Felt Currents Flying Backwards Electrical Mayer Plath

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“Real poetry is a party, a wild party, a party where anything might happen. A party from which you may never return home.”

May Real Home Might Happens Party Return Poetry Is Wild Party

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Born: March 27, 1978
Known for: Poet
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