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A medallion containing John Keats’s hair.

A medallion containing John Keats’s hair.

Mr. Jack Spicer.

Mr. Jack Spicer.

WHEN I STARED DOWN INTO AN EMPTY BALLISTIC MISSILE SILO ONE DAY IN NEBRASKA - Dara Wier

WHEN I STARED DOWN INTO AN EMPTY BALLISTIC MISSILE SILO ONE DAY IN NEBRASKA - Dara Wier

KAMALA DAS Do you know this poet? Why not? Go, go and search for her work!

KAMALA DAS Do you know this poet? Why not? Go, go and search for her work!

There is a ladder. The ladder is always there  hanging innocently —Adrienne Rich (1929 - 2012) 

There is a ladder.

The ladder is always there 

hanging innocently

—Adrienne Rich (1929 - 2012) 

A crude rubbing of Frank O’Hara’s grave in Springs, New York. c/o Ben Fama.

A crude rubbing of Frank O’Hara’s grave in Springs, New York.

c/o Ben Fama.

from The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats, a virtual exhibit at The National Library of Ireland

from The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats, a virtual exhibit at The National Library of Ireland

John Keats, 1971 Literary Anniversaries, British Stamp.

John Keats, 1971 Literary Anniversaries, British Stamp.

(Source: anticipatedstranger, via poetrysociety)

Marina Tsvetaeva with her dog in Savoy, France.

Marina Tsvetaeva with her dog in Savoy, France.

Lord Byron, shaking the dust of England from his shoes, by Max Beerbohm.

Lord Byron, shaking the dust of England from his shoes, by Max Beerbohm.