Sublime
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James Crews
What made the winter wren say,
this is my home now, as it carried
stick after stick and tufts of grass
to the tractor, shaping a soft place
inside the arm that lifts the bucket?
What gave such a small body
so much space for song, belting out
notes from its perch on top of the seat,
chirping if we get too close to that
hollow
... See moreMy friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people.
You will see: women are weak, but mothers are strong.
Julie Otsuka • The Buddha in the Attic
summer resort—just Girls and Girls and Girls—and
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
For five or ten years they worked together, growing stronger and wiser and more and more mutually attached, and then the miracle happened—one of these young women bore a child.
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
"Mother of Mike, boys—what Gorgeous Girls! To climb like that! to run like that! and afraid of nothing. This country suits me all right. Let's get ahead."
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
Here was evidently a people highly skilled, efficient, caring for their country as a florist cares for his costliest orchids.