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— Georgia O'Keeffe, from a letter to Russel Vernon Hunter, from Georgia O'Keeffe: Art and Letters (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

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Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol.III: 1939-1944

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girl poetry VI

@kameneva

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Linda Gregg, from a poem titled "The Chorus Speaks her Words as She Dances," featured in Too Bright to See: Poems

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I would like to hug you

kiss you caress your hair

dive full of love into your

eyes express my gratitude to

you for being here for being you

but I won't.

Instead I'll keep filling my journal

with these thoughts safe in the

knowledge that they'll remain hidden.

This is my silent way of saying the

myriad Thank You's that I feel I owe you.

If you have by some miracle become the

listener of my soul

then this thing here is going to be my

secret confessor something/someone that

will never speak

aloud unless I want them to reveal

my hidden truths

the things that are better left unsaid.

I am but a flower that slowly fades away

consumed by a secret poison.

Lakis

The last two lines are by Greek poet Maria Polydouri

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Maria Shriver, from her book titled "I Am Maria: My Reflections, and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing and Finding your Way Home,"

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16 April, 1939 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

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—Sylvia Plath, "Apprehensions"

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Joy Sullivan, from “These Days People Are Really Selling Me On California”, Instructions for Traveling West

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the lover’s almanac : part one.

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— Clementine Von Radics, from In A Dream You Saw A Way To Survive; "The Fear" (via lunamonchtuna)

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Louise Glück, “Mutable Earth”, Poems 1962 - 2012

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Joy Sullivan, “Want", Instructions for Traveling West

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I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon