Poetic Knowledge Books | Summaries & Audio

Why Poetry

by Matthew Zapruder • 2017

The case for reading poems exactly as they are: literally, without hunting for hidden meanings.

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🎭 Poetry Appreciation 🔨 Poetic Craft 📚 Literary Theory

Why Poetry 90%

The case for reading poems exactly as they are: literally, without hunting for hidden meanings.

by Matthew Zapruder 2017

4.16

1k+ ratings

🎭 Poetry Appreciation 🔨 Poetic Craft 📚 Literary Theory

The Triggering Town

by Richard Hugo • 1978

Poems don't record feelings; they discover them. Abandon the facts and follow the sound.

4.17

3k+

✍️ Poetry Craft 🏫 Teaching Poetry 🎶 Sound And Rhythm

The Triggering Town 90%

Poems don't record feelings; they discover them. Abandon the facts and follow the sound.

by Richard Hugo 1978

4.17

3k+ ratings

✍️ Poetry Craft 🏫 Teaching Poetry 🎶 Sound And Rhythm

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran • 1923

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

4.23

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🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature

The Prophet 89%

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

by Kahlil Gibran 1923

4.23

332k+ ratings

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature

The Poet's Guide to Life

by Rainer Maria Rilke • 2005

Rilke's letters become a field guide: how to turn solitude and loss into a deeper life.

4.12

368

📜 Wisdom Literature ✉️ Letter Collections 🧘 Solitude

The Poet's Guide to Life 89%

Rilke's letters become a field guide: how to turn solitude and loss into a deeper life.

by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005

4.12

368 ratings

📜 Wisdom Literature ✉️ Letter Collections 🧘 Solitude

Faith, Hope and Poetry

by Malcolm Guite • 2010

Imagination was exiled from knowledge centuries ago. Poetry kept the evidence across eight poets.

4.64

121

📖 Theology And Poetry 👁 Sacramental Vision 💡 Enlightenment Critique

Faith, Hope and Poetry 89%

Imagination was exiled from knowledge centuries ago. Poetry kept the evidence across eight poets.

by Malcolm Guite 2010

4.64

121 ratings

📖 Theology And Poetry 👁 Sacramental Vision 💡 Enlightenment Critique

A Poetry Handbook

by Mary Oliver • 1994

The teachable half of poetry: a master poet's craft rules for turning feeling into durable art.

4.23

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🖋️ Writing Poetry 🏛️ Poetic Form 🌄 The Writing Life

A Poetry Handbook 89%

The teachable half of poetry: a master poet's craft rules for turning feeling into durable art.

by Mary Oliver 1994

4.23

10k+ ratings

🖋️ Writing Poetry 🏛️ Poetic Form 🌄 The Writing Life

The Practice of Poetry

by Robin Behn • 1992

90 poetry exercises for practicing imagery, sound, and the revision that outlasts inspiration.

4.06

1k+

🖋️ Poetic Craft 🏫 Poetry Workshops 📝 Writing Exercises

The Practice of Poetry 89%

90 poetry exercises for practicing imagery, sound, and the revision that outlasts inspiration.

by Robin Behn 1992

4.06

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Craft 🏫 Poetry Workshops 📝 Writing Exercises

Letters To A Young Poet

by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1929

A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.

4.27

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🎓 Creative Mentorship 🏔️ Solitude And Creativity 🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty

Letters To A Young Poet 89%

A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.

by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929

4.27

125k+ ratings

🎓 Creative Mentorship 🏔️ Solitude And Creativity 🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty

The Ode Less Travelled

by Stephen Fry • 2005

Metre and rhyme are muscles: here is the exercise regimen that makes formal verse feel natural.

4.06

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🏗️ Poetic Form 🫀 Meter And Rhyme ✍️ Writing Exercises

The Ode Less Travelled 89%

Metre and rhyme are muscles: here is the exercise regimen that makes formal verse feel natural.

by Stephen Fry 2005

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏗️ Poetic Form 🫀 Meter And Rhyme ✍️ Writing Exercises

Writing Poetry To Save Your Life

by Maria Mazziotti Gillan • 2013

Forget the rules. Your story, told honestly, is the poem someone out there needs to read.

4.10

178

📝 Poetry Writing ✨ Creative Writing 🧱 Creative Blocks

Writing Poetry To Save Your Life Summary

Writing Poetry To Save Your Life 89%

Forget the rules. Your story, told honestly, is the poem someone out there needs to read.

by Maria Mazziotti Gillan 2013

4.10

178 ratings

📝 Poetry Writing ✨ Creative Writing 🧱 Creative Blocks

A Little Manual for Knowing

by Esther Lightcap Meek • 2014

Knowing is not downloading facts but pledging love to a reality you don't yet understand.

3.81

276

🧠 Epistemology 🔍 Tacit Knowledge ✝️ Christian Philosophy

A Little Manual for Knowing 89%

Knowing is not downloading facts but pledging love to a reality you don't yet understand.

by Esther Lightcap Meek 2014

3.81

276 ratings

🧠 Epistemology 🔍 Tacit Knowledge ✝️ Christian Philosophy

The Art of the Poetic Line

by James Longenbach • 2007

The 'line break' is a misnomer. A poet-critic reveals what actually happens where lines end.

4.03

694

🛠️ Poetic Craft 🎵 Prosody 🔍 Close Reading

The Art of the Poetic Line 88%

The 'line break' is a misnomer. A poet-critic reveals what actually happens where lines end.

by James Longenbach 2007

4.03

694 ratings

🛠️ Poetic Craft 🎵 Prosody 🔍 Close Reading

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

by Pablo Neruda • 1951

How love, exile, and revolution forged a Nobel laureate whose poetry still crosses every border.

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📖 Literary Criticism 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🏆 Nobel Laureates

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda 88%

How love, exile, and revolution forged a Nobel laureate whose poetry still crosses every border.

by Pablo Neruda 1951

4.43

21k+ ratings

📖 Literary Criticism 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🏆 Nobel Laureates

The Anatomy of Influence

by Harold Bloom • 2011

Literary influence is love with its guard up, and Shakespeare is still winning.

3.93

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📝 Literary Criticism 📜 Poetry Studies 🏛️ The Western Canon

The Anatomy of Influence 88%

Literary influence is love with its guard up, and Shakespeare is still winning.

by Harold Bloom 2011

3.93

477 ratings

📝 Literary Criticism 📜 Poetry Studies 🏛️ The Western Canon

Poetics

by Aristotle

Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.

3.83

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🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 📖 Literary Theory 🎭 Dramatic Structure

Poetics 88%

Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.

by Aristotle

3.83

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 📖 Literary Theory 🎭 Dramatic Structure

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky • 2022

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

4.39

352

🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes

The Perks of Being a Wallflower 88%

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

by Stephen Chbosky 2022

4.39

352 ratings

🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes

Borges on Writing

by Jorge Luis Borges • 1973

Plausibility trumps truth, short stories hinge on a situation, and great poems arrive unbidden.

4.07

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📝 Literary Craft 🎻 Poetry Craft 🌐 Translation Studies

Borges on Writing 88%

Plausibility trumps truth, short stories hinge on a situation, and great poems arrive unbidden.

by Jorge Luis Borges 1973

4.07

1k+ ratings

📝 Literary Craft 🎻 Poetry Craft 🌐 Translation Studies

How to Write a Song that Matters

by Dar Williams • 2022

Poetic attention, a guiding tone, ruthless editing: turn a spark into a song strangers need.

4.15

163

🎸 Songwriting Craft 🌱 Creative Process 💡 Finding Inspiration

How to Write a Song that Matters Summary

How to Write a Song that Matters 88%

Poetic attention, a guiding tone, ruthless editing: turn a spark into a song strangers need.

by Dar Williams 2022

4.15

163 ratings

🎸 Songwriting Craft 🌱 Creative Process 💡 Finding Inspiration

Letters on Cézanne

by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1907

One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.

4.16

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🖌️ Post-Impressionism 🎨 Art Theory 🌌 Creative Process

Letters on Cézanne 88%

One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.

by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907

4.16

957 ratings

🖌️ Post-Impressionism 🎨 Art Theory 🌌 Creative Process

Clarity & Connection

by Yung Pueblo • 2019

Break the reactions that control you. The solution starts with one quiet habit: looking inward.

4.27

15k+

🪷 Mindfulness Poetry ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing

Clarity & Connection 88%

Break the reactions that control you. The solution starts with one quiet habit: looking inward.

by Yung Pueblo 2019

4.27

15k+ ratings

🪷 Mindfulness Poetry ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing

A Gentle Reminder

by Bianca Sparacino • 2021

Kind permission to heal at your own pace, love without armor, and finally choose yourself.

4.25

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🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💗 Self-Compassion 🩹 Emotional Healing

A Gentle Reminder 88%

Kind permission to heal at your own pace, love without armor, and finally choose yourself.

by Bianca Sparacino 2021

4.25

22k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💗 Self-Compassion 🩹 Emotional Healing

Benedictus

by John O'Donohue • 2007

How the lost art of blessing turns ordinary moments and grief into thresholds of meaning.

4.63

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🍀 Celtic Spirituality ✨ Sacred Poetry 🧘 Contemplative Practice

Benedictus 88%

How the lost art of blessing turns ordinary moments and grief into thresholds of meaning.

by John O'Donohue 2007

4.63

355 ratings

🍀 Celtic Spirituality ✨ Sacred Poetry 🧘 Contemplative Practice

Awake!

by Mark Vernon • 2025

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

4.37

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing

Awake! 88%

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

by Mark Vernon 2025

4.37

49 ratings

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing

Dear Stranger, I Know How You Feel

by Ashish Bagrecha • 2019

A companion through the dark: self-compassion, gratitude, and purpose you create, not find.

3.84

2k+

🖋️ Instapoetry 💗 Self-Compassion 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Dear Stranger, I Know How You Feel Summary

Dear Stranger, I Know How You Feel 88%

A companion through the dark: self-compassion, gratitude, and purpose you create, not find.

by Ashish Bagrecha 2019

3.84

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Instapoetry 💗 Self-Compassion 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Why Bob Dylan Matters

by Richard F. Thomas • 2017

A classicist reveals the ancient texts hidden inside Bob Dylan's most famous lyrics.

3.74

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⛓️ Intertextuality 🪕 Folk Revival 🎧 Music Criticism

Why Bob Dylan Matters 88%

A classicist reveals the ancient texts hidden inside Bob Dylan's most famous lyrics.

by Richard F. Thomas 2017

3.74

1k+ ratings

⛓️ Intertextuality 🪕 Folk Revival 🎧 Music Criticism

The Arts and the Creation of Mind

by Elliot W. Eisner • 2002

Schools treat art as a break from thinking. It's the most demanding thinking students do.

4.32

191

🎨 Arts Education 🏛️ Educational Philosophy 🧠 Artistic Cognition

The Arts and the Creation of Mind Summary

The Arts and the Creation of Mind 88%

Schools treat art as a break from thinking. It's the most demanding thinking students do.

by Elliot W. Eisner 2002

4.32

191 ratings

🎨 Arts Education 🏛️ Educational Philosophy 🧠 Artistic Cognition

William Blake vs the World

by John Higgs • 2021

Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.

4.15

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🏛️ Romanticism 🔮 Mystical Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies

William Blake vs the World 88%

Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.

by John Higgs 2021

4.15

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Romanticism 🔮 Mystical Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies

The Poetics of Space

by Gaston Bachelard • 1957

Your childhood home is a blueprint of your mind: how cellars, attics, and corners form the psyche.

4.18

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🏠 Phenomenology Of Space 🛋️ Domestic Space Psychology ✨ Poetic Imagination

The Poetics of Space 88%

Your childhood home is a blueprint of your mind: how cellars, attics, and corners form the psyche.

by Gaston Bachelard 1957

4.18

11k+ ratings

🏠 Phenomenology Of Space 🛋️ Domestic Space Psychology ✨ Poetic Imagination

Personal Knowledge

by Michael Polanyi • 1958

Pure objectivity is a false ideal: every act of knowing demands a personal, skillful commitment.

4.27

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🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🦯 Practical Knowledge 💡 Scientific Discovery

Personal Knowledge 88%

Pure objectivity is a false ideal: every act of knowing demands a personal, skillful commitment.

by Michael Polanyi 1958

4.27

456 ratings

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🦯 Practical Knowledge 💡 Scientific Discovery

Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 2021

Love, lose, listen: Rumi's pocket guide to dissolving the self and finding the divine.

3.51

225

📜 Sufi Poetry 🔮 Mystical Poetry 💖 Divine Love

Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom 88%

Love, lose, listen: Rumi's pocket guide to dissolving the self and finding the divine.

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 2021

3.51

225 ratings

📜 Sufi Poetry 🔮 Mystical Poetry 💖 Divine Love

Eternal Echoes

by John O'Donohue • 1998

Celtic wisdom reframes longing as the soul pulling you toward belonging, not a void to escape.

4.42

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🍀 Celtic Wisdom 📖 Spiritual Essays 🕯️ Soul Work

Eternal Echoes 88%

Celtic wisdom reframes longing as the soul pulling you toward belonging, not a void to escape.

by John O'Donohue 1998

4.42

1k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Wisdom 📖 Spiritual Essays 🕯️ Soul Work

Quotes That Will Change Your Life

by Russ Kick • 2017

A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.

3.85

155

📚 Curated Wisdom 🌿 Perennial Wisdom 🔍 Self-Examination

Quotes That Will Change Your Life Summary

Quotes That Will Change Your Life 88%

A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.

by Russ Kick 2017

3.85

155 ratings

📚 Curated Wisdom 🌿 Perennial Wisdom 🔍 Self-Examination

Too Big to Know

by David Weinberger • 2012

Knowledge on paper was settled and scarce. Online, it is abundant, linked, and never finished.

3.80

2k+

🕸️ Networked Knowledge 📚 Information Overload 🏛️ Authority And Expertise

Too Big to Know 88%

Knowledge on paper was settled and scarce. Online, it is abundant, linked, and never finished.

by David Weinberger 2012

3.80

2k+ ratings

🕸️ Networked Knowledge 📚 Information Overload 🏛️ Authority And Expertise

Poesía completa

by Alejandra Pizarnik • 2000

Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.

4.55

11k+

📝 Confessional Poetry 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🌀 Surrealism

Poesía completa 88%

Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.

by Alejandra Pizarnik 2000

4.55

11k+ ratings

📝 Confessional Poetry 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🌀 Surrealism

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination

by Gary Lachman • 2017

Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.

4.25

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🌐 Western Esotericism 🔍 Modes Of Knowing 💭 Imagination As Cognition

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination 88%

Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.

by Gary Lachman 2017

4.25

246 ratings

🌐 Western Esotericism 🔍 Modes Of Knowing 💭 Imagination As Cognition

Thoughts Are Things & The God In You

by Prentice Mulford • 2007

A voice forged in heartbreak and ancestral sacrifice learns to love its own reflection.

4.18

📱 Instapoetry 🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🩹 Trauma Healing

Thoughts Are Things & The God In You Summary

Thoughts Are Things & The God In You 87%

A voice forged in heartbreak and ancestral sacrifice learns to love its own reflection.

by Prentice Mulford 2007

4.18

39 ratings

📱 Instapoetry 🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🩹 Trauma Healing

Writing Better Lyrics

by Pat Pattison • 1995

Seven senses, zero clichés, and the structural secret that makes a chorus land harder each time.

4.22

1k+

🎵 Lyric Writing 🖼️ Showing Vs Telling 🏗️ Song Structure

Writing Better Lyrics 87%

Seven senses, zero clichés, and the structural secret that makes a chorus land harder each time.

by Pat Pattison 1995

4.22

1k+ ratings

🎵 Lyric Writing 🖼️ Showing Vs Telling 🏗️ Song Structure

The Calm Center

by Steve Taylor • 2015

That gnawing restlessness you carry is not a flaw. It is the beginning of waking up.

4.32

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📜 Meditative Poetry ✨ Spiritual Awakening 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Calm Center 87%

That gnawing restlessness you carry is not a flaw. It is the beginning of waking up.

by Steve Taylor 2015

4.32

263 ratings

📜 Meditative Poetry ✨ Spiritual Awakening 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

by Omar Khayyám • 1120

Facing the certainty of death, a Persian poet prescribes wine, love, and acceptance of the moment.

4.17

23k+

🍷 Carpe Diem 📜 Persian Poetry 💀 Memento Mori

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 87%

Facing the certainty of death, a Persian poet prescribes wine, love, and acceptance of the moment.

by Omar Khayyám 1120

4.17

23k+ ratings

🍷 Carpe Diem 📜 Persian Poetry 💀 Memento Mori

Inciting Joy

by Ross Gay • 2022

Why skateboarders share everything: a poet's case for joy in grief and refusal to be useful.

4.13

6k+

🎁 Gift Economies 🐢 Slowing Down 💗 Vulnerability

Inciting Joy 87%

Why skateboarders share everything: a poet's case for joy in grief and refusal to be useful.

by Ross Gay 2022

4.13

6k+ ratings

🎁 Gift Economies 🐢 Slowing Down 💗 Vulnerability

The Beginning of Infinity

by David Deutsch • 2011

All progress runs on one engine: conjecture torn apart by criticism. It never runs out of fuel.

4.17

10k+

🧠 Epistemology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌅 Rational Optimism

The Beginning of Infinity 87%

All progress runs on one engine: conjecture torn apart by criticism. It never runs out of fuel.

by David Deutsch 2011

4.17

10k+ ratings

🧠 Epistemology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌅 Rational Optimism

The Book of (More) Delights

by Ross Gay • 2023

A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.

4.25

3k+

📝 Lyric Essays 👀 Practice Of Noticing 🙏 Everyday Devotion

The Book of (More) Delights 87%

A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.

by Ross Gay 2023

4.25

3k+ ratings

📝 Lyric Essays 👀 Practice Of Noticing 🙏 Everyday Devotion

Everything Is Miscellaneous

by David Weinberger • 2007

Atoms forced one shelf per book. Bits let every fact live in many places at once.

3.74

2k+

📐 Information Architecture 🏷️ Folksonomies 🗂️ Classification Systems

Everything Is Miscellaneous 87%

Atoms forced one shelf per book. Bits let every fact live in many places at once.

by David Weinberger 2007

3.74

2k+ ratings

📐 Information Architecture 🏷️ Folksonomies 🗂️ Classification Systems

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

by John Koenig • 2018

The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.

4.45

6k+

💡 Invented Words 💬 Emotional Vocabulary 🏷️ Naming Emotions

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Summary

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows 87%

The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.

by John Koenig 2018

4.45

6k+ ratings

💡 Invented Words 💬 Emotional Vocabulary 🏷️ Naming Emotions

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

by Charlie Mackesy • 2019

One boy, three animals, and the art of being kinder to yourself.

4.55

243k+

🎨 Illustrated Philosophy 🦊 Animal Fables 💗 Self-Compassion

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse Summary

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse 87%

One boy, three animals, and the art of being kinder to yourself.

by Charlie Mackesy 2019

4.55

243k+ ratings

🎨 Illustrated Philosophy 🦊 Animal Fables 💗 Self-Compassion

El amor, las mujeres y la vida

by Mario Benedetti • 1995

Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.

4.21

6k+

🗺️ Latin American Poetry 💝 Love Poetry 🏠 Everyday Intimacy

El amor, las mujeres y la vida 87%

Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.

by Mario Benedetti 1995

4.21

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Latin American Poetry 💝 Love Poetry 🏠 Everyday Intimacy

you left me on read

by akhira • 2023

When the reply never arrives, the answer is the one you give yourself.

3.73

1k+

💌 Modern Love 📝 Instapoetry 💔 Unrequited Love

you left me on read 87%

When the reply never arrives, the answer is the one you give yourself.

by akhira 2023

3.73

1k+ ratings

💌 Modern Love 📝 Instapoetry 💔 Unrequited Love

I Don't Love You Anymore

by Rithvik Singh • 2024

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

3.86

3k+

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey

I Don't Love You Anymore 87%

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

by Rithvik Singh 2024

3.86

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey

Flowers on the Moon

by Billy Chapata • 2020

A poet's hard-won lessons in choosing yourself after losing everyone who demanded you shrink.

4.10

4k+

📱 Instagram Poetry 📖 Self-Help Poetry 💖 Self-Love

Flowers on the Moon 87%

A poet's hard-won lessons in choosing yourself after losing everyone who demanded you shrink.

by Billy Chapata 2020

4.10

4k+ ratings

📱 Instagram Poetry 📖 Self-Help Poetry 💖 Self-Love

Heart Talk

by Cleo Wade • 2018

Quiet your inner critic and find your footing again: verse and prose for hard days.

4.24

10k+

📖 Inspirational Poetry 💛 Self-Compassion 🎭 Shame And Vulnerability

Heart Talk 87%

Quiet your inner critic and find your footing again: verse and prose for hard days.

by Cleo Wade 2018

4.24

10k+ ratings

📖 Inspirational Poetry 💛 Self-Compassion 🎭 Shame And Vulnerability

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