Tag: Poetry
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Love’s Mysteries
“Love’s mysteries in souls do grow But yet the body is his book And if some lover, such as we, Have heard this dialogue of one, Let him still mark us, he shall see Small change when we’re to bodies gone.” -John Donne (1572-1631), from “The Ecstasy” Mary and Warrior, (2012) The image above subsequently […]
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Pen Loves Paper
“Don’t forget, mister, I’m not just a bimbo with a helium voice. I’m no rococo parvenu pillhead. I’ve read your Rilke, your Montesquieu. Really, I’m not as dumb as I look. Or maybe I am.” -Barbara Hamby, from “Betty Boop’s Bebop” Farewell to the Roaring Twenties, (2009)