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Winter is for women--

from "Wintering" in Ariel by Sylvia Plath

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𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝖘𝖔 𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖞, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖉𝖜𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒. 𝕵𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖌𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖉. 𝕸𝖆𝖉𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖈 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖐𝖊𝖉, 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖑𝖑. 𝕺𝖗 𝕴 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖆𝖗𝖊.

from The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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"𝕿𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖒𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖘."

from Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

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AUTUMN: “like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all” 🍂

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"𝔑𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔢𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔪𝔪𝔬𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔲𝔰 𝔬𝔯 𝔡𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔲𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢."

from Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics (1982) by Starhawk

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The diaphanous satins of a January window White as babies' bedding and glittering with dead breath. O ivory!

from "A Birthday Present" in Ariel by Sylvia Plath

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I could not run without having to run forever.

from "The Bee Meeting" in Ariel by Sylvia Plath

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And if I'm on fire,

you'll be made of ashes too

from "my tears richochet" by Taylor Swift

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Anne Michaels, from "Infinite Gradation," originally published in October 2017

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𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖋𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖉 𝖆 𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖑 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖞 𝖋𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖘, 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍'𝖘 𝕳𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖒𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖘.

from The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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𝖄𝖊𝖘. 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖔𝖉𝖘. 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖜𝖆𝖞𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍.

from The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝓘'𝓶 𝓭𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓯𝓽 🌙

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"𝔖𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔫 𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔞, 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫."

from Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

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Hauntingly peaceful