October 2011
61 posts
“Some things never leave a person:
scent of the hair of one you love,
the texture of persimmons,
in your palm, the ripe weight.” —Li-Young Lee, from “Persimmons” (via raveningheart)
scent of the hair of one you love,
the texture of persimmons,
in your palm, the ripe weight.” —Li-Young Lee, from “Persimmons” (via raveningheart)
“She gave me a skylark’s egg in a bed of frost;
gave me twists of my four sons’ hair; gave me
her husband’s head in a wooden box.
Then she gave me the sealskin, and I put it on.” —from At Roane Head, Robin Robertson
gave me twists of my four sons’ hair; gave me
her husband’s head in a wooden box.
Then she gave me the sealskin, and I put it on.” —from At Roane Head, Robin Robertson
“/I heard that in a TV program/so it must be right”
—ghostpoet
