The Rose Compass

For the girls who need to know they can love all of themselves, even their fleshy flesh.

This is so weird but you may enjoy it. Mash-up of the lyrics to the song "The Hardest Part," sung by Olivia Dean and Leon Bridges AND (yes, AND!) a reading of "Disillusionment of Ten o'clock" by Wallace Stevens. Djs will make new things out of already good things. Please dance. (#ceintures are not #centaurs) Namaste.

Polonius gives advice to his son Laertes before a venture abroad. No dating advice though. Hmm. 🤔 Let's make all the men in Hamlet women for a while.

From Olds' collection *The Dead and the Living.*

A reading of "Strange Fruit," written by Lewis Allans and sung by Billie Holiday. #blacklivesmatter

In 1971, Anne Sexton, confessional poet suffering from mental illness and rising in fame, published "Transformations," poetic versions of fairytales she reframes for a modern ear. They are fabulous.

What does Bruno Mars have in common with Chet Baker and the poet Marie Howe and Mary Magdalene? This! My performance art! Everything comes to light! Happy Poetry Month 😘

From Erica Jong's collection, *The World Began with Yes*. This poem called "Emily Dickinson: A New Daguerreotype."

Poetry from the collection, "Refusing Heaven"

From her first collection, about her experience in a mental ward, where poetry changed her and saved her life.