Dorothy Parker
@dorothyparker.bsky.social
"I hate writing; I love having written"
I post quotes from my book of poetry, Enough Rope, twice a day!
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I post quotes from my book of poetry, Enough Rope, twice a day!
https://www.postingparker.carocummins.dcreate.domains/
The ladies men admire, I've heard, would shudder at a wicked word
December 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The ladies men admire, I've heard, would shudder at a wicked word
Go and bless your star above, thus are you, and thus is Love
December 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Go and bless your star above, thus are you, and thus is Love
Four be the things I'd been better without: love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
December 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Four be the things I'd been better without: love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
Four be the things I'd been better without: love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Four be the things I'd been better without: love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
You will be frail and musty with peering, furtive head... Whilst I am young and lusty, among the roaring dead.
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You will be frail and musty with peering, furtive head... Whilst I am young and lusty, among the roaring dead.
The ladies men admire, I've heard, would shudder at a wicked word
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The ladies men admire, I've heard, would shudder at a wicked word
You will go faltering after the bright, imperious line
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You will go faltering after the bright, imperious line
A battle lost, a battle won— The difference is small, my son
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A battle lost, a battle won— The difference is small, my son
And what goes on, my love, while you're away...you'll never know
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
And what goes on, my love, while you're away...you'll never know
Always knew I the consequence; always saw what the end would be
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Always knew I the consequence; always saw what the end would be
You must go on breathing, but I'll be safe in hell.
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
You must go on breathing, but I'll be safe in hell.
Love was a rose with thorns that tore us
December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Love was a rose with thorns that tore us
Claim a foe, or hail a friend—Bed awaits me at the end.
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Claim a foe, or hail a friend—Bed awaits me at the end.
The next time I died, they laid me deep.
December 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The next time I died, they laid me deep.
Needle, needle, dip and dart, thrusting up and down, where's the man could ease a heart like a satin gown?
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Needle, needle, dip and dart, thrusting up and down, where's the man could ease a heart like a satin gown?
Oh, I can laugh and marvel, rapturous-eyed. And you laugh back, nor can you ever see the thousand little deaths my heart has died
December 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Oh, I can laugh and marvel, rapturous-eyed. And you laugh back, nor can you ever see the thousand little deaths my heart has died
That I am gay as morning, light as snow, and all the straining things within my heart...you'll never know
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
That I am gay as morning, light as snow, and all the straining things within my heart...you'll never know
The days will rally, wreathing, their crazy tarantelle
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The days will rally, wreathing, their crazy tarantelle
Who flings me silly talk of May shall meet a bitter soul; For June was nearly spent away before my heart was whole.
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Who flings me silly talk of May shall meet a bitter soul; For June was nearly spent away before my heart was whole.
This is what I know: Lovers' oaths are thin as rain; Love's a harbinger of pain—Would it were not so! Ever is my heart a-thirst, ever is my love accurst; He is neither last nor first—
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is what I know: Lovers' oaths are thin as rain; Love's a harbinger of pain—Would it were not so! Ever is my heart a-thirst, ever is my love accurst; He is neither last nor first—
Then Sorrow came to stay, and lay upon my breast; He walked with me in the day, and knew me best
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Then Sorrow came to stay, and lay upon my breast; He walked with me in the day, and knew me best
Then on the world I may blazon my mark; and what if I don't, and what if I do?
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Then on the world I may blazon my mark; and what if I don't, and what if I do?
I do not like my state of mind; I'm bitter, querulous, unkind.
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I do not like my state of mind; I'm bitter, querulous, unkind.
Death will not see me flinch; the heart is bold, that pain has made incapable of pain
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Death will not see me flinch; the heart is bold, that pain has made incapable of pain
Claim a foe, or hail a friend—Bed awaits me at the end.
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Claim a foe, or hail a friend—Bed awaits me at the end.