I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
and I have seen the Eternal footman hold my coat, and snicker,
and in short, I was afraid.
~T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
This is one of the most amazing poems ever, and I love the image.
Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming questionThere should always be more poetry on my dash.
(Source: adocicainheaven)
I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. I will always love this poem.
…it seems like I’m the odd woman out. I personally like the way they did the sugar. Should check out the poem!
Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before...
Someone has to clean that shit up. They have measured their life out in hipsters who fuck up tables.
Ooh, I’m going to start blogging poetry. Everyone, get your berets on!
This post makes me feel so uncultured, since I thought of the song “Afternoons and Coffee Spoons” and not, you know, the...
been worth while, To have bitten off...matter with a smile, To
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the Eternal footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in...
one of my fave poems
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