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Crush

Richard Siken’s Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful collection of poems driven by obsession and love. Siken writes with ferocity, and his reader hurtles unstoppably with him. His poetry is con

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“I do believe his mouth is heaven, his kisses falling over me like stars.”

— Richard Siken, amazon.com

Tagged: Passionate, love quotes, Poetic, Symbolism

“The way you slam your body into mine reminds me I’m alive, but monsters are always hungry, darling.”

— Richard Silken, amazon.com

Tagged: Intimacy, Wild, Love, alive

“Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good. The truth is complicated. It’s two-toned, multi-vocal, bittersweet. I used to think that if I dug deep enough to discover something sad and ugly, I’d know it was something true. Now I’m trying to dig deep…”

— Richard Siken, amazon.com

Tagged: Feelings, Digging Deeper

“We are all going forward. None of us are going back.”

— Richard Siken, amazon.com

Tagged: Poetry, Writing, Moving Forward, Life, Progress

“These are the dreams we should be having. I shouldn’t have to clean them up like this.”

— Richard Siken, amazon.com

Tagged: Poetry, Dreams, Love, Relationships, Loss

“All the cows were falling out of the sky and landing in the mud. You were drinking sangria and I was throwing oranges at you, but it didn't matter. I said my arms are very long and your head's on fire. I said kiss me here and here and here and you did.”

— Richard Siken, amazon.com

Tagged: Poetry, Dreams, Love