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“The Witch Queen comes on wings of night. The Witch Queen has your heart's delight. Hold him, hold him, hold on tight. Hide him, hide him, out of sight.”

Book:The Dark Tide

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The Dark Tide

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“she died of alcoholism wrapped in a blanket on a deck chair on an ocean steamer. all her books of terrified loneliness all her books about the cruelty of loveless love were all that was left of her as the strolling vacationer discovered her body notified the captain and she was quickly dispatched to somewhere else on the ship as everything continued just as she had written it.”

Poem Bukowski Carson Mccullers

Book:The Pleasures of the Damned

Source: The Pleasures of the Damned

“Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Mohammed's son pores over words, and points out this and that, but if his chest is not soaked dark with love, then what? The Yogi comes along in his famous orange, but if inside he is colorless, then what?”

Love Poem Kabir

Book:The Book of Kabir: Short Poems

Source: The Book of Kabir: Short Poems

“You realize when you’re plucked out of the mainstream that it doesn’t need you or anybody else.”

Poem Bukowski Tb

Book:The Pleasures of the Damned

Source: The Pleasures of the Damned

“Poetry never stood a chance of standing outside history.”

Poetry History Poem Context

Book:Your Native Land, Your Life

Source: Your Native Land, Your Life

“The family coil so twisted, tight and loose anyone trying to leave has to strafe the field burn the premises down”

Poetry Challenges Family Poem Dysfunction Dysfunctional Families

Book:Your Native Land, Your Life

Source: Your Native Land, Your Life

“Reading and writing aren't sacred yet people have been killed as if they were”

Writing Death Poetry Reading Poem Murder Sacredness

Book:Your Native Land, Your Life

Source: Your Native Land, Your Life

“She fondled, cradled, pacified and hushed the wounded heart to slumber by constantly saying, It’s over. He’s not coming back.”

Poetry Poem Sad Quotes Slumber Sadness Quotes Hush Poetry Books Nocturnal Hours Its Over

Author:Ruqayya Shaheed Khan

“I’ve been thinking of a poet who is dying in New York, how these days she reads her beloved Dante, perhaps looking for something to frame what is happening to her. And whom, I wonder, do I turn to? Whom in this century do I read as if my life depended upon it?”

Death Poetry Reading Books Poem Comfort

Book:Everything That Rises

Source: Everything That Rises

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