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We write and publish the McPoem— ten billion served —which becomes our contribution to the history of literature as the Model T is our contribution to a history which runs from bare feet past elephant and rickshaw to the vehicles of space. Pull in any time day or night, park by the busload, and the McPoem waits on the steam shelf for us, wrapped an
... See morePoetry and Ambition
Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean-- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down -- who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes. Now she lifts her pal
... See moreHussein, in his place behind the wheel, was looking angrily at his watch and muttering inaudibly. One of the waiting truck drivers approached him and said plainly, “No goods can get through without the right documents.” Hussein quickly got out of the minibus and went up to the makeshift office. He paid a bribe known as a goods-transit document, and
... See moreKhaled Khalifa • Death Is Hard Work
Mary Oliver
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Poetry became Rumi’s belonging to the world, and in turn created a place of belonging for others to recognize themselves in.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
On a good day, I couldn’t tell who was giving what to whom.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
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