February 13th, 2013
(via Poetry Matters: Phillis Wheatley, Poetic Matters: Phillis Wheatley, The Slave Girl Who Became a Literary Sensation | Around The Mall) Having found herself as a poet, Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) discovered that she and her voice became appropriated by a white elite that quickly tired of her novelty. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Galley

(via Poetry Matters: Phillis Wheatley, Poetic Matters: Phillis Wheatley, The Slave Girl Who Became a Literary Sensation | Around The Mall)

Having found herself as a poet, Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) discovered that she and her voice became appropriated by a white elite that quickly tired of her novelty. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Galley

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November 13th, 2012
They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own. — ~Antonio Porchia (via room42)

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September 25th, 2012
Pascale Petit, 1962 so so so it

Pascale Petit, 1962 so so so it

(via too--much--soul)

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June 11th, 2012
goldentrianglewc:

goldentrianglewc:

(via betzistar)

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May 25th, 2012
(via Rosario Castellanos | HiLobrow) Mexican poet and author ROSARIO CASTELLANOS (1925–74)

(via Rosario Castellanos | HiLobrow)

Mexican poet and author ROSARIO CASTELLANOS (1925–74)

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April 16th, 2012

A Man Young And Old: III. The Mermaid


A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown

 — W.B. Yeats (via ginger-ninja)
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April 11th, 2012
(via Pre Raphaelite Art: Algernon Charles Swinburne)

(via Pre Raphaelite Art: Algernon Charles Swinburne)

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December 1st, 2011
W.B. Yeats (by National Library of Ireland on The Commons) This photo was taken when poet William Butler Yeats was 58. We have an ongoing exhibition celebrating the Life and Works of William Butler Yeats here in Dublin, but for those of you who are far, far away, it’s also online… Date: 1923

W.B. Yeats (by National Library of Ireland on The Commons)

This photo was taken when poet William Butler Yeats was 58.

We have an ongoing exhibition celebrating the Life and Works of William Butler Yeats here in Dublin, but for those of you who are far, far away, it’s also online…

Date: 1923

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September 15th, 2011
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August 19th, 2011
(via History of Russia In Photos | English Russia) Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1920, Abram Shterenberg.

(via History of Russia In Photos | English Russia)

Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1920, Abram Shterenberg.

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