"MARINA (Anagrammed Lines)
Hear that solemn rain
on the marina: her salt
aroma; the snarl in the
lather…. This near moan
alarms another, in the
harsher lamentation…."
—@anthonyetherin.bsky.social
Ruth Gordon: “Shall we compare poverty stories, Lieutenant?”
Columbo: “Not in a Rolls Royce, ma'am.”
"Then twanged a cord. Through space, from Oultremer
That other arrow veered toward your heart."
—Charles Spear
"EARLY MARCH ON FARM-TO-MARKET 302
A windpuff-bonnet of fáawn-fróth
Turns and twindles over the broth
O let them be left, wildness and wet
A sapphire zephyr out of the south sky
Has filled the creek and packed the bright brown shells
Of oakbud, mesquite, cedar. And the high
Sephiroth of the season calls its spells.
Sandro's blue lover bursts into the time,
A rough annunciation: Chloris speaks
Forth April's Flora like a wanton rhyme:
In pains of love the flowery cosmos shrieks.
My priest Saint Gerard, you knew the desire
That made the father father-forth the spring:
However cruel and violent the fire,
It cannot help but sing."
—Frederick Turner via
"Why Is Life So Hard?
Because iron is hard, and steel, and granite and marble.
Because of hard sauce poured over plum pudding.
Because it’s hard to explain
Gibraltar, St. Peter, the anchor,
hard liquor, hard landing, hard pressed,
hard labor, hit hard, hard stop,
this shadowy place,
these difficult, arduous days."
—Dick Allen via
"a reason why i just generally do not like the idea of men as a coherent political class is bc intensifying patriarchy actually does not benefit the majority of men and as fascism is on the rise i think it's dangerous to just agree that fascism will make things better for men" —@androgynyfiend.bsky.social
