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"After Language" by Chaia Heller, from «My Lover Is a Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems» edited by Lesléa Newman (1996)

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Source: FB Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore —Naomi Shihab Nye "Kindness" was Poets.org 's most popular poem in 2018 by a contemporary poet: www.poets.org/poetsorg/stanza/kindness-naomi-shihab-nye-poetsorgs-most-popular-contemporary-poem-2018 Naomi Shihab Nye, Popular Poems, Contemporary Poetry, Poetry Month, Happy May, Poetry Art, Poetic Justice, American Poets, Writing Poems

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“Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye is Poets.org’s Most Popular Contemporary Poem in 2018

New York, NY (December 19, 2018)—The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that the most popular poem in 2018 by a contemporary poet on Poets.org was “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye. More than 250,000 individuals read or viewed the poem online in the past twelve months. The poem reads in part: Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. You must wake up with sorrow. You must speak to it till your voice catches the thread of…

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eighteen years - madisen kuhn imaginary - pg 173 18 years is such an amazing poetry book with soooo many pages (255) and it happens to be my favorite of contemporary poetry

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keep (someone or something) at arm’s length idiom: to avoid being very close to or friendly with someone or something. how do you navigate the space between loving someone deeply and needing to protect yourself? do you ever feel like you’re holding back in love, afraid of getting too close? let’s talk about the ways we love from a distance and the reasons we keep our hearts guarded. • • • 🏷️ Canadian poet, female poet, young poet, poetry community, modern poetry, contemporary poetry, poetry... Love From A Distance, Modern Poetry, Female Poets, Contemporary Poetry, Distance Love, Protect Yourself, Loving Someone, Talk About, Like You

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keep (someone or something) at arm’s length idiom: to avoid being very close to or friendly with someone or something. how do you navigate the space between loving someone deeply and needing to protect yourself? do you ever feel like you’re holding back in love, afraid of getting too close? let’s talk about the ways we love from a distance and the reasons we keep our hearts guarded. • • • 🏷️ Canadian poet, female poet, young poet, poetry community, modern poetry, contemporary poetry…

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