Charles Bukowski, "young Men," From What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through The Fire

ari b. cofer, Unfold: Poetry + Prose

“Real tears are not those that fall from the eyes and cover the face, but those that fall from the heart and cover the soul.”

— Unknown

M.L.Rio, “If We Were Villains.”

— Mary Oliver, from Blue Horses, "Little Crazy Love Song"

Frederick Ferdinand Schafer (German, 1839–1927) - In the White Mountains

Vincent Van Gogh

A Sprite by a Lakeside Temple (Max Roeder, 1894)

Out of my ignorance, I called you a homeland and I forgot homelands are taken away.

— Mahmoud Darwish

— Thanksgiving 2006, Ocean Vuong, from 'Night Sky with Exit Wounds'

[text ID: Brooklyn's too cold tonight

& all my friends are three years away.

My mother said I could be anything

I wanted — but I chose to live.]