@esmichelson

💚 Your amazing tree may appreciate this brief but (to me) brilliant sparkler by Alice Oswald (Falling Awake, 2016)

"YOU MUST NEVER SLEEP UNDER A MAGNOLIA"

when the tree begins to flower like a glimpse of

Flesh

when the flower begins to smell as if its roots have reached

the layer of Thirst upon the unsealed jar of

Joy

Alice, you should never sleep under so much pure pale

so many shriek-mouthed blooms

as if Patience had run out of

Patience

*

#AliceOswald
#poetry

Alice Oswald, omg.

"You must never sleep under a magnolia"

#poetry #AliceOswald

A line of Shags criticising the weather at the start line this morning.
#aliceoswald

<ahem> tap, tap.

I am happy to announce that Alice Oswald Is the runaway winner of this week's who is my greatest poet of all for the time being contest.

#silentsunday #poetry #AliceOswald

"Kuten silloin kun jumala heittää tähden / ja jokainen katsoo taivaalle / tähyää sivallusta / ja sitten se on poissa".

Viime vuoden tärkein Suomessa julkaistu teos sodasta on Alice Oswaldin #Muistomerkki. Suomentanut #TommiNuopponen. #KirjaMastodon #Poesia #AliceOswald

@CindySue @bookstodon @poetry
#SharonOlds Stag's Leap, #AliceOswald Falling Awake

Now I'm here, what will I use Mastodon for? My first thought is to go through my shelves and find poems to share. Here's a first one, from Alice Oswald's 2005 collection Woods, etc.

(My poetry tastes are older than current... I may go back centuries.)

#APoemADay
#APoemADayFromDeemikay
#AliceOswald
#Poetry