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Am I a child for preferring my brainchildren lush?
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Midnight

Harriett,
Darling, sunset the dog but beware of the dark, never the stranger, that follows.
Thank the moon while you’re gunning, that strange man with a rock for a face, that light, a face that never falls.
We all fall a little at night but rise a bit too. To look through the [...]

thursday

ma sweet madame,
thankful your letter finds me after months of solace on the sea. what i wander for a coolin’ breeze, to wash some want off. alack, i’m still a fish, even in this fever. pray your walls’ve a more smoothin’ texture.
consider what we might call, to gods or friends, the words we defile with [...]

love letter.

Dearest Madame,
You don’t know me. I think you don’t know me. I haven’t seen you, so I cannot comment here on your loveliness- I imagine that this would be the time, in a letter like this, to tell you how beautiful you are. But I can only tell you how entrancing your heavy words are, [...]

Poetry Brothel at the Back Room, July 18

Thanks to everyone who came out! Take a look at all the photos from Sunday’s event. We hope even more of you loves will join us at the next one.

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Sentences & Fragments – Rimbaud

When the world is reduced to a single dark wood for our eyes’ astonishment,—-a bench for two faithful children,—-a musical house for our pure sympathy,—-I shall find you.
Should there be here below but a single old man, handsome and calm in the midst of incredible luxury, I shall be at your feet.
Should [...]

wild thing

The Poetry Brothel is an organization of poets and artists, directed by The Madame and Tennessee Pink, whose mission is to expand New Yorkers' personal, intellectual and fiscal interest in poetry through events, workshops and other projects. Intimacy, community, passion, service and transformation of environment and self are the guiding principles behind The Poetry Brothel. With these principles in mind, The Poetry Brothel creates worlds in which poets and non-poets can better come together to celebrate the pleasures of poetry.