There is a beast within my heart. She plays immaculately with the beauty in my soul. ― Melody Lee, Moon Gypsy Photo by Aldo Picaso from Pexels
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Quote for Today: Billy Collins
Introduction to Poetry I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a … Continue reading Quote for Today: Billy Collins
Quote for Today: Pat Conroy
The sea rose invisibly beneath us and the moon shone smooth and bright. A glossy flute of light, like velvet down a bridal aisle, lit the marlin scales and the backs of whales migrating a hundred miles at sea. The tides surged through the marsh and each wave that hit the beach came light-struck … Continue reading Quote for Today: Pat Conroy
Quote for Today: Amy Lowell
The Camellia Tree of Matsue At Matsue, There was a Camellia Tree of great beauty Whose blossoms were white as honey wax Splashed and streaked with the pink of fair coral. At night, When the moon rose in the sky, The Camellia Tree would leave its place By the gateway, And wander up and down … Continue reading Quote for Today: Amy Lowell
Quote for Today: Paulette Jiles
Outside, as she passed the kitchen window, she watched her breath appear before her in the lamplight and then it died away in moist clouds. This was the smoke of her internal fire and her soul. Every breath was a letter to the world. These she mailed into the cold air leaning back with pursed … Continue reading Quote for Today: Paulette Jiles
Quote for Today: Rick Bass
How we fall into grace. You can't work or earn your way into it. You just fall. It lies below, it lies beyond. ―Rick Bass, Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had Public Domain Image via PxHere
Quote for Today: Mehmet Murat Ildan
If you feel you have to open a particular door, open it, otherwise all your life that door will haunt your mind! ―Mehmet Murat Ildan Public Domain Image via Pixnio
