"Good Grief by Andrea Gibson

Let your heart break

so your spirit doesn't."

-- "You Better Be Lightning", page 64

You Better Be Lightning - BookWyrm

<p>You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection.</p> <p>The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between.</p> <p>One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark honesty and vulnerability are on full display in You Better Be Lightning, welcoming and inviting readers to be just as they are.</p>

@josh

Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.

from Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye

https://poets.org/poem/kindness

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Kindness

Before you know what kindness really is

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