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“You become what you give your attention to.” -- Epictetus

Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "got me feelin’ tattered" by Abbie Doll (@AbbieDollWrites) #TBT stonecirclereview.com/got-me-feelin-…

Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "the waves" by Melissa Eleftherion stonecirclereview.com/the-waves/

“Stillness. One of the doors into the temple.” -- Mary Oliver

“You’ll find that with many great authors of the past, their strengths and weaknesses are so intertwined that one can’t unravel them.” -- Erica Jong

«All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt» Susan Sontag, On Photography

“Incoherence seems to me preferable to a distorting order.” --Roland Barthes

In case you missed it this morning...

POEM 318: "The Ants in a Crack in the Sidewalk" by David Elliot Eisenstat "Mouthing tiny stones, they spoke into existence a new home." ⬇️LINK BELOW⬇️ #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity

In case you missed it this morning...

I'm trying out new bio copy for Stone Circle today. How does this sound? "Poetry that re-enchants the ordinary, that knows what the rational world has explained away." Does it reflect the work I've been publishing?

POEM 217: "Egg" by Trevor Conway "Develop breath, little one. Damage this world with curling claws, and as you incubate, understand that warmth is not a permanent fixture." ⬇️LINK BELOW⬇️ LINKTREE LINK IN PROFILE or #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity

“We shouldn't stick too close to everyday reality but give room to the reality of the heart, of the mind, and of the imagination.” -- Hayao Miyazaki

Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "Last Night of the Fair" by Zachary Daniel #TBT stonecirclereview.com/last-night/

“Most of the Time, power has to do with dominance. But poetry is never about dominance. Poetry is powerful but it cannot even aspire to dominate anyone. It means making a connection. That’s what it means.” -- June Jordan

Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "Martha" by Eric Fisher Stone stonecirclereview.com/martha/

“But human beings weren't meant to create without effort, without humility, without knowing that they can bring art and knowledge into the world only by striving and laboring after what's beautiful and true.” -- Marly Youmans, Ingledove

“An enchantment has entered my eyes, a beautiful vision arose in my mind and made its way to my heart.” -- Mirabai, "The Cry of the Heart" - Translated by Sushil Rao