Richard Siken Quotes

2012-01-06 2:59:06 ¶ ● ⬈

reelaroundthefountain:

This is the swing I painted and will later hang. The quote is from “Little Beast” by Richard Siken.

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whatofmywrathold:

“Boot Theory”, Richard Siken

2012-01-14 2:35:05 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

This time everyone has the best intentions. You have cancer. Let’s say you have cancer. Let’s say you’ve swallowed a bad thing and now it’s got its hands inside you. This is the essence of love and failure.

“You Are Jeff,” Richard Siken (via greedyandpoor)

2012-01-16 2:36:06 ¶ ● ⬈

poetryforbreakfast:

Richard Siken - Scheherazade

2012-01-18 2:35:05 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

amatterofcourse:

(by fleurology)

2012-01-19 2:34:05 ¶ ● ⬈

You feel like you’ve done something terrible, like robbed a liquor store, or swallowed pills, or shoveled yourself a grave in the dirt, and you’re tired.

“You are Jeff” by Richard Siken, from Crush (via stvivi)

2012-01-20 2:31:05 ¶ ● ⬈

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2012-01-24 2:37:06 ¶ ● ⬈

loveonalonelyroad:

“I can tell already you think I’m the dragon,

that would be so like me, but I’m not. I’m not the dragon.I’m not the princess either. Who am I? I’m just a writer. I write things down.”

2012-01-24 23:15:36 ¶ ● ⬈

haylan-deactivated20140930:

“Here is my hand, my heart, my throat, my wrist. Here are the illuminated cities at the center of me, and here is the center of me, which is a lake, which is a well that we can drink from, but I can’t go through with it. I just don’t want to die anymore.”

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cherryblue:

Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out by Richard Siken