There’s is a certain dazzle and personality required for spoken word poetry and speeches that I have yet to capture in written form (as compared to when spoken); add pazzaz as needed for your full[…]
Author: Ibukun
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4. something memorable
“Some people need others to believe in them first before they can believe in themselves.” -someone wiser than I To My Lovelies, When I tell you how much I love this class I feel, at[…]
3. something creative
evolving is cool: a small collection of (mainly) poems January 6, 2018; “[title]”: I have heard that one should not preface their work So I shall not explain myself, As I have grown accustomed to[…]
2. something thoughtful
The Absence of Light … the role of honesty when an individual experiences tension between optimism and reality. (June 2018) Darkness: the absence of light. In a similar manner, deception is the absence of[…]
1. something honest
Today, Tomorrow, Then Forevermore. What does the text suggest to you about an individual’s response to constraints of convention or circumstance? . . . A personal Response to James Lasdun’s “To a Pessimist“. Pessimism, “It’s[…]
0. something important
*important to me Beautiful Black Bodies …impact of an individual’s ambition on self or others? . . . A personal response to James Weldon Johnson’s “Art vs. Trade” God’s chosen people proclaim His goodness[…]
Nirvana
The three fires between her and freedom – unbinding: Passion, Aversion, Ignorance They put you through it all: their American Dream paved the way from your fantasies to psych ward. Constantly being watched. White linoleum[…]
Pride & The Failure to Grieve
“It was pride that changed angels to devils; it is humility that makes men as angels” -Saint Augustine The Necessity of Pain The most important themes in literature are sometimes developed in scenes in which a[…]
2:00 am
Platonic intimacy is defined as the act of making yourself mentally, emotionally, and physically vulnerable to your friends. –Medium : ( : I can feel my thigh falling asleep under her head but I don’t[…]
On the Reinvention of the Turkish Anthem
Series 2 (Turkish Red) by Lale Müldür builders of the idea of turkish red poets dervishes and wandering lovers sitting at a drinking table based on the refinement of ancient times turkish red child sultans looking at[…]