Li-Young Lee, From “Persimmons”, Rose

“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Wendy Cope, "From June to December: Summer Villanelle"

photo by G. Riebecke, 1929

from The Dog In Photography 1839 - Today

 Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning

“Read, read, read. Never stop reading. And when you can’t read anymore, write.”

— James Baldwin

‘three fair-cheeked Kharites…from whose eyes as they glanced flowed love that unnerves the limbs’

- hesiod, theogony

The Three Graces - detail from La Primavera, Sandro Botticelli (Uffizi Gallery, Firenze)

shoe details @ laquan smith ss22