Stephen Dunn

I've tried to become someone else for a while, only to discover that he, too, was me. ↗

— Stephen Dunn

#poem #poetry #self #identity

I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent. ↗

— Stephen Dunn

#life

I’ll always deny that I kissed her. I was just whispering into her mouth. ↗

— Stephen Dunn

#love #poetry #love

Although I know it's unfair I reveal myself one mask at a time. ↗

— Stephen Dunn

#i #know #mask #myself #reveal

I think because my parents died in their early 50s, mid 50s, I always thought I would die young. And that's been both a useful thing and I suspect something that's haunted me a little bit. ↗

— Stephen Dunn

#because #been #bit #both #die