The poem <n>The Thing Is</n> by <n>Ellen Bass</n>.

A flower vendor in Vietnam carries bouquets for <n>Tết</n>. Photo by <n>Đức Nguyễn</n>.

<n>Love Poem</n> by <n>Linda Pastan</n>, from her 1988 collection <n>The Imperfect Paradise</n>.

A photograph by <n>Herbert List</n> from his 1988 book, <n>Junge Männer</n>.

Cover art for the 2024 book <n>Black-out</n> by <n>P.F. Thomése</n>.

A photograph by <n>Robin Lopvet</n> from the book "<n>Pink Matter</n>", presented by <n>Saint Laurent Rive Droite</n>.

<n>Calla Lily</n>, 1984, by <n>Robert Mapplethorpe</n>.

<n>Love Poem</n> by <n>Nick Martino</n>, published in <n>Passages North</n> in 2024.

A quote from the book <n>HUMANIFESTATIONS</n>.

The poem <n>Night Bird</n> by <n>Danusha Laméris</n>, published in <n>Poetry</n> magazine in May 2023.

A <n>sink skirt in Old Gold linen</n> by <n>East London Cloth</n>, founded by <n>Gemma Moulton</n>. Photo by <n>Emma Lee</n>.

A horse is exercised in the sea off the coast of Martinique. Photo by <n>Christophe Jacrot</n>.

Porto, Portugal. Photo by <n>João Cabral</n>.

A still from the 1990 film <n>Close-Up</n>, directed by <n>Abbas Kiarostami</n>.

Artwork by <n>Benjamin Patterson</n>, 1965.

A quote by an unknown author, posted by <n>Poetry</n>.

Wild mustangs of <n>Shackleford Banks</n> in North Carolina, photographed by <n>Brad Styron</n>.

<n>Winter Poem</n> by <n>Nikki Giovanni</n>, from the 1996 book <n>The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni</n>.