Larry’s Pretty Good Journal

“we’re all excited / but we don’t know why / maybe it’s ’cause / we’re all gonna die”

Mon, 18 May 2026 15:13:40 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“There are as many Hamlets as there are melancholies.”

Sun, 17 May 2026 15:01:03 GMT

A seven-step book meme that’s going around, which I first noticed from chestnut_pod:

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“i’ll tell you that i’m happy if you want me to / but one step further and my back will break”

Mon, 11 May 2026 14:38:21 GMT

For Poetry Monday, with a cut for length:

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“Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act / Falls the Shadow”

Mon, 04 May 2026 15:12:51 GMT

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“they’re so resigned to what their fate is / but not us (no never) / we’re far too young and clever”

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:43:52 GMT

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“on a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair / warm smell of colitas rising up through the air”

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:45:37 GMT

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“i’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror / it must be exhausting”

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:12 GMT

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“my heart is full of love and desire for you! / so come on down and do what you’ve got to do!”

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:51:45 GMT

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“you’re the priestess i must confess / those little red panties they pass the test”

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:35:59 GMT

For Poetry Monday, dipping back a few millenia:

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“it’s not far down to paradise / at least it’s not for me / if the wind is right you can sail away”

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:45:06 GMT

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“the moon and the stars / were the gifts you gave / to the dark, and the endless skies”

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:49:13 GMT

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“all i’m asking in return, honey / is to give me my propers when you get home”

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:15:03 GMT

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“your loneliness / like a heartbeat drives you crazy / in the stillness of remembering”

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:55:14 GMT

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“the day bleeds / into nightfall / and you’re not here / to get me through it all”

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:03:48 GMT

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“vuelvo al sur / como se vuelve siempre al amor, / vuelvo a vos / con mi deseo, con mi temor”

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:34:49 GMT

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“the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls / and tenement halls / and whispered”

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:55:19 GMT

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“slow chains may pull us apart/ when our life gets into your heart/ baby don’t you forget about me”

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:10:58 GMT

For Poetry ~~Monday~~ Tuesday (because spent yesterday hiking in the mountains), another Francis:

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“into the blue again after the money’s gone / once in a lifetime water flowing underground”

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:33:00 GMT

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“this city desert makes you feel so cold / it’s got so many people but it’s got no soul”

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:01:32 GMT

For Poetry Monday, something I think is a repeat but can handle a repost:

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“But I, alas, do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes.”

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:36:55 GMT

For Poetry Monday, another cat poem from Le Guin:

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“i’d like to save every day / till eternity passes away / just to spend them with you”

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:54:32 GMT

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“Only the querulous cricket grieves, / And shrilling locust weaves / A song of summer dead.”

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:05:00 GMT

For Poetry Monday, more autumn from an early Modernist:

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“windy has stormy eyes / that flash at the sound of lies / and windy has wings to fly”

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:59:17 GMT

For Poetry Monday, chronologically a little late but still appropriate for this subtropical climate:

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“the stars are not wanted now: put out every one; / pack up the moon and dismantle the sun”

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:57:32 GMT

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“in the company of strangers / in the quiet of the railway station / runnin’ scared laying low”

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:47:25 GMT

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