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Alicia Ostriker, from The Imaginary Lover: Poems; “ As If I Have Eaten Fire,”
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Source: booksnquotes.com
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I don’t know about birds,
nor about the history of fire.
But I think my solitude should have wings.
Alejandra Pizarnik, from “Lack,” Selected Poems transl. by Cecilia Rossi (Waterloo Press, 2010)
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kōwhekowheko (submitted by Christopher Murphy)
Note: The “wh” in Māori is pronounced like “f”
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Ship on Fire at Night, Charles Brooking, 1756. Detail.
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The ash project by Ars Thanea.
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tvd-iron-fey-nerdy
this is terrifying and beautiful at the same time
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An Indian woman dressed as the Hindu goddess Kali appeared to breathe fire in a Ram Navami procession in Allahabad. The festival celebrates the birthday of Lord Ram.
Source: The New York Times
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tvd-iron-fey-nerdy
this is terrifying and beautiful at the same time
tvd-iron-fey-nerdy
this is terrifying and beautiful at the same time
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Bernard Aubertin - Tableau Feu (2012)