A great Hope fell
You heard no noise
The Ruin was within
Oh cunning Wreck
That told no tale
And let no Witness in
The mind was built for mighty Freight
For dread occasion planned
How often foundering at Sea
Ostensibly, on Land
A not admitting of the wound
Until it grew so wide
That all my Life had entered it
And there were troughs beside -
A closing of the simple lid
That opened to the sun
Until the tender Carpenter
Perpetual nail it down -
Emily Dickinson, from Envelope Poems
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There is no catastrophe, no tipping point, no rupture. Emily's withdrawal is gradual. Maybe quite simply, like most people who, as they age, grow more set in their ways and become more profoundly themselves, she gave into her natural penchant: solitude, and its corollary, silence. It isn't really that hard to imagine.
Dominique Fortier, from Paper Houses (tr. Rhonda Mullins, Coach House Books 2019)
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Thinking of Emily
Dickinson with this vase and it’s sense of space.
“We introduce ourselves
To Planets and
To Flowers
But with
ourseives
Have Etiquettes
Embarrassments And awes. “
Emily Dickinson
The Gorgeous Nothings
I love Emily Dickensian envelope poems and the book the gorgeous nothings.
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You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
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You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
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"Your heart must be like the moon, so sad and alone.. forever to wander heaven with no home. Your heart needs to be caressed, arms to envelope your chest.. I would love to bear hug you, so your heart would be a little more like the sun and a little less lonely than the moon."
I wonder what it's like to wander the stars forever and never once have a soft hand touch you? It sounds sad, this is what the moon does but it is no less beautiful - eUë
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Meaningful Love Quotes and Message
Here are some meaningful love quotes and messages that you can use to express your love:
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." - Dr. Seuss
"I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." - Nicholas Sparks
"In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you." - Unknown
"I choose you. And I'll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I'll keep choosing you." - Unknown
"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return." - Margaret Mitchell
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close." - Pablo Neruda
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." - Victor Hugo
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tzu
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Petra Kuppers, "Supply Chain Plaything"
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You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
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