“Somewhere, there is a version of me that isn’t neck- deep in her invented filth.” Quote by Franny Choi
“at worst, radical emptiness reminds us of our humanity, as do other humans when the romance takes leave” LifePoetryHumanityRelationshipsPoemEmptiness Author:Joan Naviyuk Kane
“I can be black magic Or boring as hell.” PoetryMagicPoemBoringBlack MagicBeing Boring Author:Alex Lemon
“The other day someone I know posted a quote from the poet Mary Oliver, “Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” And I almost began to cry. I kept thinking of how scared I’ve been, how scared many of us have been during these years of the pandemic. And of course, it’s not just the pandemic, so many overwhelming fears. I read that quote and I suddenly longed for breath. For relief. For the end of fear.” PoetryFearPoemReliefCovid 19PandemicBeing Scared Author:Ada Limon
“The ancient sapien instinct: love is an approximation to danger. You make me feel safe, so I want to run away.” LovePoetryRelationshipsDangerPoemSafetyStayingFleeing Author:Jireh Deng
“at last the endless meeting ends I begin to recite the ever more infinite list of things I do not know” PoetryKnowledgeIgnorancePoemMeetings Author:Matthew Zapruder
“For further reference: I go to love like a fire engine to a three-alarm, flashing and spinning, yelling across town. Nothing to be afraid of: the ceiling falling, windows concave, doors bowed and stiff.” LovePoetryPoemDramaFires Author:C. Prudence Arceneaux
“My uncle keeps his birth certificate in his trunk so when he gets pulled over he can prove he was born in the United States. He calls my father to say, They want us dead. Who? All of them.” PoetryPoemPoliceProofImmigrantsCitizenship Author:Monica Rico
“The horror of Jaws is not the rows of teeth, but the endless sea of white faces who are afraid of losing money knowing the ocean has always been full of sharks, blood, and everything else they cannot see.” PoetryFearPoemOceanSharksMoviesBeing AfraidWhite PeopleJaws Author:Monica Rico
“I kept my life in a small room with pale blue walls and brought it back little presents from the world This is for you I would say This is for you” WorldLifePoetryPoem Author:Kirk Wilson
“I chewed into the wreck of the world, into the neckbone of the past that pursued me. All the while, I moved toward extinction, bearing the burden of damage, language of the protector.” WorldLifePastPoetryPoemDamageExtinction Author:Tina Chang