— Penelope’s Song, Louise Glück  

Laodamia, George William Joy 

Phyllis Shafer, Pennyroyal Retreat, 2013, oil on linen on board, 20 × 16 inches.

On Isolation

Frank Bidart, from Half-light: Collected Poems; "End of a Friendship" // Marya Hornbacher, Waiting //  Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada // Rita Dove, from "November for Beginners"

Derek Jarman, Chroma

flowery tea ♡

Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (Dir. Jean Rollin, 1973)

Anaïs Nin, from “The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1944–1947”

Percy Bysshe Shelley, from “The Witch of Atlas” (written in 1820 and published posthumously in 1824)