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On Heidegger's Distinction between "World" and "Earth"

On Heidegger's Distinction between "World" and "Earth"

The Earth always contains an element of mystery; you might say the more one probes it, the less one understands.

The Earth to Me

The Earth to Me

Not wanting to leave the house comes into my life like the most subtle haunting.

Two Poems

They're just there, / comfortable where they are. // An Earth unafraid to share.

Kay Ryan, "Home to Roost"

Kay Ryan, "Home to Roost"

Our lives are lovely as they are ridiculous.

Lucille Clifton, "hometown / 1993"

Lucille Clifton, "hometown / 1993"

Many, many people want to believe they possess some comfort and everyone else can, too.

Wendy Videlock, "Change"

Wendy Videlock, "Change"

...the heart of conservatism, nowadays a sneering contempt for change, is fundamentally broken.

Charles Baudelaire, "The Pipe"

Charles Baudelaire, "The Pipe"

Authenticity, by definition, cannot be abuse.

Wendy Videlock, "Spin"

Wendy Videlock, "Spin"

Wendy Videlock's poem calls to mind an annoying type of person and a larger problem related to their existence.

Chase Twichell, "Pine"

Chase Twichell, "Pine"

Out in the woods, by the lake and among the monks, resides the question of who we want to be.

Emily Dickinson, "I've nothing else — to bring, You know" (224)

Emily Dickinson, "I've nothing else — to bring, You know" (224)

...if you're in love, you have nothing. Like, absolutely nothing.

Emily Dickinson, "The earth has many keys" (1775)

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Emily Dickinson, "The earth has many keys" (1775)

Everything is melody. What isn't is the "unknown peninsula," not unlike Hamlet's "undiscovered country."

Emily Dickinson, "It is an honorable Thought…" (946)

Emily Dickinson, "It is an honorable Thought…" (946)

A poem which asks if you just want to lift your hat, overtaken with excitement, as you walk down the street.

Kay Ryan, "Venice"

Kay Ryan, "Venice"

I remember being a young, terrible tourist in Venice.

Emily Dickinson, "We outgrow love, like other things" (887)

Emily Dickinson, "We outgrow love, like other things" (887)

Dickinson, in the little poem below, does not judge.

Emily Dickinson, "We like a Hairbreadth 'scape"

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Emily Dickinson, "We like a Hairbreadth 'scape"

How do we juggle love, our need to create, and our desire for attention?

Seamus Heaney, "Lightenings i"

Seamus Heaney, "Lightenings i"

Mysteries are all we have.

Rae Armantrout, "And"

Rae Armantrout, "And"

Armantrout begins with a not-so-mundane point: Tense and tenuous / grow from the same root.

Alice S. Shapiro, "I"

Alice S. Shapiro, "I"

I found myself wondering about the moments we believe build our identity.

Dana Gioia, "The Present" & Destry McKinney, "The Magic of Having a Glass Mirror in Prison"

Dana Gioia, "The Present" & Destry McKinney, "The Magic of Having a Glass Mirror in Prison"

You need to be able to see yourself.

Emily Dickinson, "I fear a Man of frugal Speech"

Emily Dickinson, "I fear a Man of frugal Speech"

Instead of defending norms which protect people, we disguise our cowardice as principle.

Emily Dickinson, "Embarrassment of one another" (662)

Emily Dickinson, "Embarrassment of one another" (662)

This strange poem flirts briefly with the themes of classical political philosophy.

Emily Dickinson, "I had a daily Bliss"

Emily Dickinson, "I had a daily Bliss"

The big questions swirl around Dickinson's time, too, and are answered in bloodshed.

Matsuo Bashō, "A caterpillar / this deep in fall"

Matsuo Bashō, "A caterpillar / this deep in fall"

Our online presence destroyed "for sale: baby shoes, never worn" and William Carlos Williams' "This Is Just To Say."

Kobayashi Issa, "Yellow Autumn Moon"

Kobayashi Issa, "Yellow Autumn Moon"

The fullness of life stretches toward night.

Paul Hoover, "To the Choirmaster"

Paul Hoover, "To the Choirmaster"

What is the relation between belief and knowledge?