— Arundhati Roy, The Cost Of Living

— Mary Oliver

LOVE AS VIOLENCE VS LOVE AS SOFTNESS

Ada Limon, The Good Fight // Mary Oliver, West Wind // Danez Smith, Bare // Sappho, Fragment 58.25-26 // Mitski, I Don’t Smoke // Ashe Vernon // Hozier, Cherry Wine // Shauna Barbosa, GPS // Richard Siken, Little Beast // Chen Chen, Summer [The sunflowers fall…] // Warsan Shire // Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Fernando Pessoa // Anne Sexton

𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨:

1. empty perfume bottles

2. abandoned castles

3. pressed flowers

4. smell of soil after rain, Petrichor

5. old books with dust all over them

6. walking all alone in a museum hall

7. languages that humanity no longer uses

8. stars, the moon, the entire universe and it’s secrets

9. old paintings

10. late night conversations

11. thunderstorms

12. vintage love letters

13. gothic architecture

14. waves hitting the shore at nighttime

15. candles that smell like seasons

16. stained glass windows

17. An empty library

18. writing poetry

19. family heirlooms

20. enjoying peaceful silence

Shoutout to @stardustemotions for making the former half of this thread.

in your 20s you must rediscover the joys of arts and crafts to stave off spiritual decay

The one who loves the moon, still loves it when it is not in the sky, when it might not be in front of their eyes. The love is still there.

On c!Karl, c!Quackity, c!Sapnap, and the myth of Eurydice

Callie Porcher / Hozier / Silas Denver Melvin / Alisher Kush / Wilbur Soot / Hadestown / Madeline Miller / Salman Toor / Neptune Holub / Tumblr tags / Madeline Miller / Holly Warburton / Louise Bourgeois / Caitlyn Siehl / Jeanette Winterson / Peter Wever / Lady Gaga

All things good and green 💚🕊