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Timothy Liu’s Followers (39)
Timothy Liu
Born
San Jose, California, The United States
Genre
Influences
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Burnt Offerings
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published
1995
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2 editions
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Vox Angelica
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published
1992
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5 editions
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Say Goodnight
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published
1998
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3 editions
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Don't Go Back to Sleep
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published
2014
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6 editions
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Of Thee I Sing
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published
2004
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For Dust Thou Art
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published
2005
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3 editions
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Hard Evidence
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published
2001
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2 editions
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Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry
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published
2000
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2 editions
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BENDING THE MIND AROUND THE DREAM'S BLOWN FUSE
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published
2009
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Polytheogamy
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published
2009
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2 editions
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“I think of how the mystics read
by the light of their own bodies.
What a world of darkness that must have been
to read by the flaming hearts
that turn into heaps of ash on the altar,
how everything in the end is made
equal by the wind.
— Timothy Liu, from “Vox Angelica,” The New Young American Poets (Southern Illinois University, 2000”
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by the light of their own bodies.
What a world of darkness that must have been
to read by the flaming hearts
that turn into heaps of ash on the altar,
how everything in the end is made
equal by the wind.
— Timothy Liu, from “Vox Angelica,” The New Young American Poets (Southern Illinois University, 2000”
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“The children set out for school, no books in their packs, a sycamore they have ignored all summer aflame like the gilted-edged pages of a Bible magnified under glass.”
― Say Goodnight
― Say Goodnight
“Slowing down your body enough to feel.
Thought you were at a standstill
but you were only slowing down enough
to feel the pain. There are worse things
than running to catch the train, twisting
your ankle, the afternoon fucked.
Running to get to or away from?
the stranger who helps you up
wants to know, you who are so used to
anything scribbled on a prescription blank.
Just want the pain to go away, you say,
surprised to find yourself
reaching for someone else's hand.”
― Don't Go Back to Sleep
Thought you were at a standstill
but you were only slowing down enough
to feel the pain. There are worse things
than running to catch the train, twisting
your ankle, the afternoon fucked.
Running to get to or away from?
the stranger who helps you up
wants to know, you who are so used to
anything scribbled on a prescription blank.
Just want the pain to go away, you say,
surprised to find yourself
reaching for someone else's hand.”
― Don't Go Back to Sleep
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