manifesto

poem collage

2026 : 04

lines borrowed from poetic legends* – rearranged with (a LOOKBOOK-y) intention for journal 03

collage design by Tara Hogan of TULSI

collage on contents for this story by Tara Hogan of TULSI

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

the world is resting without sound or motion

so soft, so calm, yet eloquent.

the colour of unremarkable walls,

of quiet rooms,

where light falls gently.

Only this and nothing more.

stand still.

step lightly.

allow silence to do its work.

because what is this life if,

full of care,


we have no time to stand and stare?

*words (in order of appearance) by E. E. CUMMINGS, Sara Teasdale, Lord Byron, Pablo Neruda, Edgar Allan Poe, Matsuo Bashō, Mary Oliver, Edgar Allan Poe and W. H. Davies

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

the world is resting without sound or motion,

so soft, so calm, yet eloquent.

the colour of unremarkable walls,

of quiet rooms,

where light falls gently.

Only this and nothing more.

stand still.

step lightly.

allow silence to do its work.

because what is this life if,

full of care,


we have no time to stand and stare?

*words by E. E. CUMMINGS, Sara Teasdale, Lord Byron, Pablo Neruda, Edgar Allan Poe, Matsuo Bashō, Mary Oliver, Edgar Allan Poe and W. H. Davies

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