Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos
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“For love—I would
split open your head and put
a candle in
behind the eyes.”
– From Robert Creeley’s poem The Warning
This tattoo was submitted by Sarah, who says:
Below it is a tiny outline of the Buffalo, NY skyline – it’s the city where I grew up, and the city that haunts me wherever I go. Creeley is a Buffalo poet and I felt that his words were fitting considering my passion for the place.
As I sd to my
friend, because I am
always talking, — John, I
sd, which was not his
name, the darkness sur-
rounds us, what
can we do against
it, or else, shall we &
why not, buy a goddamn big car,
drive, he sd, for
christ’s sake, look
out where yr going.
– Robert Creeley, I Know A Man