I haven’t been posting the daily draw for a while Because Reasons, but I just had to share this one. Some days, you just have to laugh, because there’s nothing else you can do except keep on keeping on. This song has been in my head all day, even before I did the draw. It […]
Cherishing What Isn’t ~ Jack Gilbert Ah, you three women whom I have loved in this long life, along with the few others. And the four I may have loved, or stopped short of loving. I wander through these woods making songs of you. Some of regret, some of longing, and a terrible one of […]
Saturday Aubade ~ Anastasia Haysler Watching you while you slept, Tired from the night, Dreaming of the night, I noticed that one lock of hair Which persists in curling over your left eye Despite your best efforts to straighten i. I leaned over to kiss it, and you. You woke, and kissed me with the […]
They Tied the Loving Knot ~Anonymous, Ireland, 17th Century They tied the loving knot: a crane and the fox from Bri Ghobhann. The fox vowed to the crane their knot would never break. Unwise, in a wilderness, to cleave to such a mate . . . . When he’s been fasting a while put not […]
You, my messenger ~ Shilabhattarika You, my messenger are a tender sprig but I trust you with a secret dispatch. Go to the wind-tossed forest where that dark man awaits me. Black clouds trouble the heavens, Spring breezes stir and the heart also stirs. But go to him safely. May the gods keep a close […]
