August 2012
80 posts
Callisto Biscuits: classified →
callistobiscuits:
the guys in the underground bunker below the bohemian grove are crafting prototype delivery systems for invisible airborne viruses the prototype delivery systems are invisible also black helicopters are recovering black boxes from the bermuda triangle and forwarding the data to black mailboxes …
Anonymous asked: Hi ! , Yesterday I saw that you said people shouldn't claim you as a role model. Why shouldn't they? Because my little sister who is 13 claims you as her role model.
Anonymous asked: Hey, just a quick question. How does one develop their style of writing. I just began writing and I'm noticing it's never long and I can never elaborate more on my topic.
vhuyie asked: so there is a buzz about getting you out here#Mzansi# lol South Africa. i am praying that it happens... You are just a blessing to the lot of us and thank you so much for sharing your talent with us. P.S. pls do make it out here :)
commeelleva asked: Aha! This where I see that you answer. Forgive me, Ms. Harris. I'm new to tumblr. But my question to you is, what classics should one read to improve their writing? I'm currently at a stage in life where I want to find true language. As true as language gets. Therefore, I am would like to step away from modern writers and dabble in old lit. Any reccomendations?
Anonymous asked: I did remove the anonymity but on FB. After I wrote the note concluded with "I simply wish I had the chance." I saw you reply with the opening "I wish this wasn't said anonymously", and I wrote you a message. At that time I hadn't thought to use the R.M. moniker, but then I thought about a message I sent on FB prior and kinda hoped you would put all of the pieces...
Anonymous asked: should people call you their role model?
Anonymous asked: Hi Alysia I'm 19 and will be starting my 2nd year at university in a few days. My problem is I don't have any friends who go to my university.I thought I would of made at least one friend but I've been at this university for 1 year already and it seems everyone came in with their friends or have already made their friends.I know it's dumb for a person my age to let this affect...
This
I will undo your previous fires.
Turn you from smoke to live.
But you’ll have to hand over your intangibles
and quit being a hologram
if you really want to dance.
Most men do not actually want this.
By this i mean this. What is definite.
What is known by your right hand.
Not what is pointed at
but what is held.
They don’t tend to me.
They tend to be much more sated
by...
blindbowboys asked: You have such a beautiful soul! You truly inspire me and bring me to tears!
traceylovesfood asked: Hi Alysia, what advice would you give to a young christian girl who so badly wants to get a tattoo, but doesn't want to contradict what she believes in, because it does say in the bible. 'Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD' in Leviticus. However, I am aware that you are christian and you are fully aware of this and you have a...
A GIG IN YOUR CITY?!
thestriversrow:
Classes are starting up again! To book Alysia Harris at your university contact us at thestriversrow.com #striversinyourcity
Anonymous asked: How do you stop caring what people think?
Anonymous asked: what do you do on days when you have too much emotion stored inside the marrow of your bones?
ashbanqa asked: I'll try to keep this short.lol I have a transatlantic love affair going on lol. my relationship is long distance and im tired of it. i am a sophmore in college and i have a great support system where i go to school and at my home but i dont even care anymore. I want to go to school where he is so that i can be closer to him. i seriously love him deeply it makes me want to cry. im just...
Anonymous asked: What is the name of the piece that you performed at Columbia? The one about hope, and when will it be put uploaded onto YouTube?
Anonymous asked: You're my role model : ]
welivethissh-t asked: Your poems are truly breathtaking.
Anonymous asked: How can a woman like you be hopeless? Pardon, if I'm wrong, but your piece brought tears to my eyes. Just want to let you know it felt good to know someone like you reciting similar lines from my diary. I thank you.
autore-deactivated20130514 asked: I really need your advice. I want to pursue a career in writing. I sincerely think it is the only thing that would ever truly make me happy and happiness in life is my only goal. I don't care about the money or success or anything like that, but my parents really are not having it. I don't know if I should follow my heart and do what I know I love or obey my parents. If you ever had a...
we--live--to--die asked: How are you Alysia ?
ithinkdance asked: I want to be like you when i grow up :)
lifeisbetterincolour asked: What's Jasmine's tumblr name??
Anonymous asked: what made you want to do linguistics major did being a poet have any affect on that choice?
llmorrow asked: how do you deal with writer's block, or feeling like what you are writing isn't good? how do you continue to write when you have no inspiration at the present time?
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Maybe 5 months Ago.
I cry for you.
I cry for you in my own dreams
Until my eyes are twin shipwrecks.
The dream skewered on the shallows.
I cry because fate is cruel
Because you are crown and I casual.
I cry into your t-shirt
I want you to hear me crying
So that you know that women do more
Than write poems and take dick.
i'm not sad
warsanshire:
but the boys who are looking for the sad girls always find me. i’m not a girl anymore and i’m not sad anymore, if you want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say ‘wow, isn’t he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad?’ if you think i’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star, well the sky is vast and have you seen...
poetryandfingerprints asked: Roughly how much would it cost to get the whole strivers row to Atlanta to do a show for Morehouse and Spelman's joint homecoming?
warsan is not drowning.: my hair is falling out... →
warsanshire:
we lost the baby
i lost a limb
lost
lost lost lost
hysterectomy
mastectomy
after the fifth baby my aunts womb had to be taken out
she said the women would talk about her
that she’d been gutted, scraped out like fish
lobotomy
poor girl
all that beautiful hair
falling away from…
Just Starting to Read the Bible?
Start with gospel of Mark
- look at Jesus as a man, get to know his character, his personality, his actions, words, patterns and traits
Read Hosea
- explains God’s disposition towards his people. Notice how ‘his people’ can be those who don’t follow him
Read Acts
- shows the formation of the Early Church, this should be a model of fellowship, power, authority,...
Anonymous asked: Tips for sophomore year in high school in general? How do I stop caring what people think?
Anonymous asked: How old were you when you wrote your first poem?
silentrhetoric asked: OMG !! I am such a big fan ! Do all the strivers have a tumblr??
khaliahp asked: If you could, please grace me with some advice. Not to sound immodest but i know i am a good writer. I've been developing my voice for 13 or 14 years, writing is what i do. Yet, i have never been satisfied with my performance; it is never up to my caliber, my expectations. I've have horrific stage fright when it comes to poetry. I love acting, i ace at improv, but performance poetry...
A Song to the Lord
The Victor of my Heart,
a compass may tell the leanings of the earth,
a sail may suggest the motives of the wind,
but who, besides the Spirit of the Lord, can navigate
the bloodwaters of the heart?
Who divides a man’s yes apart his no,
preempting the whipping tongue?
Who boasts knowledge
of the heart’s feudal geography?
Who could contain the weight of this paradox:
the mighty...
lecreatifspot asked: Come to Columbia please? Not the one in NY but in the Chi!
Anonymous asked: what would you recommend to read if your trying to get over heartbreak and moving on? i need something to inspire me to live life again and not simply exsist in it
Anonymous asked: Have you ever been to South Sudan?
Anonymous asked: Why would it be Joy?
Anonymous asked: Can we make permanent marker memories on my dry erase heart? -R.M.
Anonymous asked: What do you do when you feel like you have nothing to write about? Because I feel like although I'm trying to write every day and read more, my life isn't interesting and I can't write anything with true passion or feeling that people can connect with.
thedopepoet asked: What are some techniques you'd recommend to someone performing spoken word for the first time?
kevinryancamara asked: I've been studying your work, because some of your vocabulary is out of reach for mine, and as I'm studying and learning the words you use, your work just reveals itself to be light years more than just the punch lines or clever arrangement of words. It is so much deeper than what I thought it to me and I just want to convey to you how much I appreciate that. I really hope that one day I...
Anonymous asked: What age should people be to listen to your poems?
deartahisha asked: Is there going to be a new "Brave New Voices" soon? If so, will you be on it?
