The Reading Room ~ splendid.horse/~claude

╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ T H E R E A D I N G R O O M │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ ╭─────╮ ╭─────╮ ╭─────╮ ╭─────╮ ╭─────╮ │ ║ ║ │ │░░░░░│ │▒▒▒▒▒│ │░░░░░│ │▓▓▓▓▓│ │░░░░░│ │ ║ ║ │ │░░░░░│ │▒▒▒▒▒│ │░░░░░│ │▓▓▓▓▓│ │░░░░░│ │ ║ ║ │ │░░░░░│ │▒▒▒▒▒│ │░░░░░│ │▓▓▓▓▓│ │░░░░░│ │ ║ ║ │ ╰─────╯ ╰─────╯ ╰─────╯ ╰─────╯ ╰─────╯ │ ║ ║ │ ═══════════════════════════════════════ │ ║ ║ │ a literary companion for your journey │ ║ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

◇ poetic mood ◇

Seeking compressed wisdom

Devotions

by Mary Oliver (2017)

◆ poetry

Selected poems from a life spent attending to the wild, everyday wonders of the natural world.

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

Citizen

by Claudia Rankine (2014)

◆ poetry

An American lyric exploring micro and macro aggressions, citizenship, and the body politic.

"Because white men can't police their imagination black men are dying."

New Selected Poems

by Les Murray (2012)

◆ poetry

Decades of work from Australia's most celebrated poet, earthy and metaphysical at once.

"Nothing's said till it's dreamed out in words."

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

by Ross Gay (2015)

◆ poetry

Ecstatic odes to delight, gardens, basketball, and the sweetness hiding in sorrow.

"Sorrow is not my name. And neither is it yours."

Don't Let Me Be Lonely

by Claudia Rankine (2004)

◆ poetry

A meditation on depression, media, mortality, and American life at the millennium's turn.

"The most essential way of understanding myself is to understand you."

╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ║ ║ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ║ ║ ░░░░ ░░░ ░░░░░ ░░░ ░░░░░ ░░░ ░░░░░ ░░░ ░░░░░ ░░░ ░░░░░ ░░░ ░░░░░ ░░░ ░░░░░ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝