Mark Strand: Seven Poems For Antonia 1 At the edge of the body’s night ten moons are rising. 2 A scar remembers the wound. The wound remembers the pain. Once more you are crying. 3 When we walk in the sun our shadows are like barges of silence. 4 My body lies down and I … More Mark Strand: Seven Poems
I thank my children for teaching me how to play again. For removing me from my own serious, goal-oriented, purpose-driven prism and reintroducing: Play. Play for the sake of play. Movement for the sake of movement. “Let’s do the sillies” my three-year-old says. I thank my children for the relentless imaginative play. It has reopening … More Play
I have two small children, now. I have zero time for reflection. I have so many cravings for basic human needs. I have a lot of things on the shelf. For now.
WARNING: Spoilers ahead Ocean’s 8 is too easy. The heist goes off without a hitch, from start to finish. The co-conspirators feel cliched and shallow – and way too agreeable. Everyone is competent and likeable. No one challenges the plan and no one attempts to double-cross or sabotage it. The characters have little to offer … More A Harsh Review of Ocean’s 8 Movie
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because this is what i need and i’m asking you for it i’m asking you to give it to grant it to me freely, please. a breath of air a ray of light a clean break a life ring. because i struggle to walk and i struggle to see i struggle i struggle i struggle. … More grant it to me
by Mark Strand Not every man knows what he shall sing at the end, Watching the pier as the ship sails away, or what it will seem like When he’s held by the sea’s roar, motionless, there at the end, Or what he shall hope for once it is clear that he’ll never go back. … More The End
This is the sound track to my anxiety. So accurate.
TravelPod has shut down. Closed. Finished. Doneskis. Which means: all the incredible content from our (half-arsed) travel blog is now in a zip file on my desktop. It is inaccessible to anyone but me, completely hidden from the good people of the world. And, quite frankly, that is a travesty. Our blog “Steph & Geoff … More Steph & Geoff vs Europe
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