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"…but she wanted the privilege of occasional admitted sadness." -Dorothy Parker, "Big Blonde"
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On Sadness #13
Friday, November 16, 2012
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A Touch of Blue
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Quotations
"'Besides, I've been feeling a little blue – just a pale, elusive azure. It isn't serious enough for anything darker.'" -L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island
"You are brief and frail and blue–
Little sisters, I am, too.
You are heaven's masterpieces–
Little loves, the likeness ceases." -Dorothy Parker, "Sweet Violets"
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About Me
- Nazifa
- Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Nazifa Islam grew up in Novi, Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at Oregon State University. Her poetry and paintings have appeared in a number of publications, including Anomalous Press, From the Depths, Fat City Review, splinterswerve, and Flashquake. Her debut poetry 'Searching for a Pulse' was recently released by Whitepoint Press.