February 2012
9 posts
I miss you
“I am convinced that most people do not grow up…We marry and dare to have...”
– Maya Angelou, A Letter to My Daughter
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He wrote me a poem
He wrote me a poem, a song, and a letter. I bought him a book, my favorite one. He finished it, even though it took him all summer. He took me to a bookstore and read me ee cummings: sunsets. It made me feel free.
Misunderstood; that’s both of us. You, by the masses that are quick to categorize you. Me, by the friends that I try so hard to mold into you. My mask is my crucifix. Yours is...
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Stars
You are the most brilliant star.The one that catches my eye
on a night when nothing
can calm my racing thoughts.It’s a shame, though.Watching
you burn
Dying slowly.
A quick goodbye would be less painful.But I am tempted to stay and see if the brilliance,the brightness, can
outlast all of the dark matter
that is somehow consuming you.
Still, I am just an...
I worry
I worry about poor Mother Earth.
January 2012
34 posts
“You’re not perfect, sport, and let me save you the suspense: this girl...”
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I am excited...
Because I found a job I’m possibly interested in!
I know I want to work for a cause and I am especially passionate about working with and advocating for women. Thanks to idealist, I found a job at a homeless shelter for women in Boston. I hope to get my application out this week… :)
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it...”
– Albert Einstein (via lifeisquotable)
i love you, you.
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Voice
I was 12 when I won
a poetry contest.
There were a lot of people
in the contest.
I won the grand prize.
After that,
I did a lot of poetry readings.
People thought I was
brilliant—they said.
I wrote about being a plastic ballerina
on top of a music box.
But then I lost my voice.
They told me I should go to
Harvard. And if I wasn’t
the valedictorian that they
would be disappointed
because I...
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Facebook History of the World →
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“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something in your...”
“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...”
– Ernest Gaines (via lifeisquotable)
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Dreamers and Realists
There are dreamers, and there are realists in this world. You’d think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists but more often than not, the opposite is true.
You see, the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun.
And the realists?
Well, without the dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground.
Love this : )
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Sunset- EE Cummings
who are you,little i (five or six years old) peering from some high window;at the gold of November sunset (and feeling:that if day has to become night this is a beautiful way)
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“Only fear can defeat life.”
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“I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out...”
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Date A Girl Who Reads
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over...
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December 2011
2 posts
“Don’t believe everything you think.”