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toujours_nigelIt is a kind of love, is it not?
How the cup holds the tea,
How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare,
How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes
Or toes. How soles of feet know
Where they’re supposed to be.
I’ve been thinking about the patience
Of ordinary things, how clothes
Wait respectfully in closets
And soap dries quietly in the dish,
And towels drink the wet
From the skin of the back.
And the lovely repetition of stairs.
And what is more generous than a window?
How the cup holds the tea,
How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare,
How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes
Or toes. How soles of feet know
Where they’re supposed to be.
I’ve been thinking about the patience
Of ordinary things, how clothes
Wait respectfully in closets
And soap dries quietly in the dish,
And towels drink the wet
From the skin of the back.
And the lovely repetition of stairs.
And what is more generous than a window?
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Date: 2019-04-24 03:40 pm (UTC)What sources do you use to find poetry? I recently found Mark Doty via a recommendation from a friend, but otherwise I haven't been paying enough attention to find new favorites except through blog series like yours!
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Date: 2019-04-24 04:42 pm (UTC)Well, most of these are from eight-ish years ago, when I curated a bunch for my SO, who likes poetry and I desperately wanted to impress (we'd been dating for less than a year.) In general, just stuff I see on various blogs, including https://poetry.dreamwidth.org/
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Date: 2019-04-24 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-24 04:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-25 12:20 am (UTC)