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favorite love poems

The Quiet World by Jeffrey McDaniel

A Myth of Devotion by Louise Glück

The Kiss by Sara Teasdale

How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun by William Shakespeare

Our Story by William Stafford

Where does such tenderness come from? by Marina Tsvetaeva

When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats

No Second Troy by William Butler Yeats

Why do I love You, Sir? by Emily Dickinson

Her Voice by Oscar Wilde

Love at First Sight by Wisława Szymborska

Echo by Christina Rossetti

Castile by Louise Glück

Love is Not All (Sonnet XXX) by Edna St. Vincent Millay

[21/100] days of productivity

Slowly but surely, I'm making an analogical version of my Storygraph. A journal dedicated to tbr lists, monthly wrap-ups, favorite books of the year, etc.

[20/100] days of productivity

Worked on my Substack, started reading White Nights by Fëdor Dostoevskij and listened to Aly and Aj's new album.

Treating myself to a cup of Greek yoghurt, blueberries and redcurrants while reading White Nights by Fëdor Dostoevskij.

Summer is here. Time to carry thick books and read them at the park, eat something refreshing and delicious, go on long walks, admire the pretty flowers and get your daily dose of vitamin D.

[19/100] days of productivity

Finally finished reading Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates. Omg. So dark and intense! I'm so glad it is over. Now I've just started White Nights by Fëdor Dostoevskij. As for other stuff, I washed my black clothes and went to the grocery store. Pretty casual day.

[18/100] days of productivity

Did a lot of reading. I'm almost finished with Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates. Such a "traumatic" read, so dark and uncomfortable, but beautifully written. Worked on my Substack. Then went for a little walk at the park.

Summer hopefuls 🍓

It's an ambitious list, so I don't know how many of them I'll manage to read till September.

But I'm up for the challenge!

Paperbacks:

• White Nights, Fëdor Dostoevskij

• Daisy Miller, Henry James

• Mr Salary, Sally Rooney

• Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson

• Women in love, D.H. Lawrence

• Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe

• Sappho of Lesbos, Alexander Trocchi

• Lady, Thomas Tryon

• The lady of the camellias, Alexander Dumas (fils)

• Senility, Italo Svevo

• Pillars of the earth by Ken Follett or The name of the rose by Umberto Eco...if I can manage! Not both obv 😅

eBooks:

• A little larger than the entire universe, Fernando Pessoa

• The honey suckle, Gabriele D'Annunzio

• A lover's discourse, Roland Barthes (paused, need to continue this!)

• Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys

• Sonnets to Duse and other poems, Sara Teasdale

• The book of the city of ladies, Christine de Pizan

Started commonplacing and the first thing that came back is my writer's bump!

[17/100] days of productivity

Sunday...do I need to say more?

House chores, a long walk in nature, a little second hand book haul and then just relax for the rest of the day.

Simple pleasures: eating seasonal fruits, enjoying nature, going to art museums, getting lost in a book and savouring a cappuccino and croissant for breakfast.

[16/100] days of productivity

Finally decided to tackle reading something by Fernando Pessoa. I don't know why but his most popular one, The Book of Disquiet, intimidates me so much, so I decided to start with his poetry. So far so good. Exquisite, I should say!

[15/100] days of productivity

Did research for some articles for my Substack, wrote one, and read a lot while enjoying a delicious afternoon snack.

Sometimes you just need to go to the bookstore to be surrounded by books. It's exciting and relaxing at the same time. No need to buy anything. Just smelling them and stare at the pretty covers.

5 words I learned recently (as a non-native English speaker) that I particularly love:

ubiquitous, adj.

present, appearing, or found everywhere.

sizzling, adj.

very hot / very exciting or passionate.

red herring, noun

a clue or piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting.

oblivious, adj.

not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.

unhinged, adj.

mentally unbalanced; deranged.

[14/100] days of productivity

I'm making progress with my process of copying my most valuable screenshots in my commonplace journal. Anything like quotes, interesting facts, useful websites, articles and so on.

I've started transcribing things from Sept. 2023 a couple of days ago, and now I just finished the ones from Oct. 2024!

This is such a therapeutic activity. I love it.

OOTD + current read 🌷📖

[13/100] days of productivity

I've been really into this task of copying all the good stuff i screenshotted into my commonplace journal. The screenshots started in September 2023 and now I'm transcribing things from June 2024.

I'm slowly catching up!

I've never been somewhere I belonged, but there are places where I think I could be happy. Like San Francisco. Well, do art museums count? Because I feel like I belong in them.

- Heather Demetrios, I'll Meet You There

[12/100] days of productivity

Spent hours copying quotes and other random things collected during the months―thanks to my "obsessive screenshotting mania"―into my commonplace journal.

So relaxing. Almost therapeutic. I recommend.

'Good is dull. What novelist ever succeeded in making a good man interesting? . . . Evil on the contrary, is exciting and fascinating and alive. It is also very much more mysterious than good. Good can be seen through. Evil is opaque.'

Loved it!

[11/100] days of productivity

It's Monday, so...you know the gist.

Read, eat, write, repeat.

[10/100] days of productivity

House chores and then just relax. A nice walk. Finally, a cozy mexican dinner with friends.

Lately.

Favorite poems by Louise Glück

Pomegranate

Timor Mortis

The Garment

Earthly Love

The Queen of Carthage

Immortal Love

A Myth of Devotion

A Myth of Innocence

Persephone the Wanderer

Crater Lake

more to add in the future for sure!

I did some damage.

[9/100] days of productivity

Read...A LOT.

and that's all.

[8/100] days of productivity

worked on some articles for my Substack, made a lot of progress with Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates (this book is...devastating and kinda traumatic), did house chores, and went for a walk.

May 2025 wrap-up

The Closed Doors by Pauline Albanese - 4/5

The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras - 4/5

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas - 4/5

The Beautiful Summer by Cesare Pavese - 5/5

Among Women Only by Cesare Pavese - 5/5

A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch - 5/5

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart - 4.25/5

10 Days in a Mad House by Nellie Bly - 4/5

wonderful reading month!

check out my reviews here 💌

[7/100] days of productivity

worked on my May wrap-up article for my Substack, that will be out tomorrow, read A LOT (I'm currently juggling 4 books), and rearranged my bookshelf.