Poetry
306. In your white voluptuousness, my desire rests
Renée Vivien—who was Barney's lover—wrote and published her own lesbian poetry, which was quite expl...
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305. One brick upon another, and the highest wall is made
I am sharing a wonderful little poem, one of my favourites, by Robert Heywood, titled “By Degrees” -
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304. Coming together, it is easier to work after our bodies meet
I am familiar with Audre Lorde through her account of battling breast cancer and undergoing a mastec...
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303. Some dude's getting credit for what a woman has done
“For Willyce” is a well-known, concise, and provocative love poem first published in her book Moveme...
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302. I only let him out at night sometimes
Sharing a poem, 'Bluebird,' by my favorite Charles Bukowski.
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301. Be glad your nose is on your face!
Today I read a very funny poem by Jack Prelutsky, an American poet and children's author known for h...
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300. The sea plays a crooning tune of golden notes
Edna K. Saloomey, the Syrian American poet, essayist, and short story writer, edited the “Our Younge...
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299. Don’t go away so quickly, my love
May Elias Ziadeh (1886–1941) was a significant figure in the Nahda movement and a pioneering advocat...
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298. The world without you won’t suffice us
As I mentioned earlier about the poems I have received from my readers, I am sharing a poem today by...
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297. You Have Your Lebanon, and I Have Mine
Who among them dares to say, “My life was a drop of blood in the veins of Lebanon, a tear in her eye...
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296. Remembering Carol Rumens
Carol Rumens (1944–2026) was a British poet, renowned as the Guardian’s Poem of the Week columnist.
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295. sometimes you need one knife to carve another
I am sharing a poem today by Hala Alyan, a Palestinian-American writer, poet, and clinical psycholog...
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