English 2367.02

Commonplace Blog

[hamill-25-blog]

"What you know about rockin' a wolf on your noggin? What you knowin' about wearin' a fur fox skin? I'm digging, I'm digging, I'm searching right through that luggage One man's trash, that's another man's come-up Thank your granddad for donating that plaid button-up shirt 'Cause right now I'm up in her stuntin' I'm at the Goodwill, you can find me in the (Uptons) I'm not, I'm not stuck, I’m searchin' in that section (Uptons) Your grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammy I'll take those flannel zebra jammies, second-hand, I rock that motherfucker The built-in onesie with the socks on that motherfucker I hit the party and they stop in that motherfucker They be like, "Oh, that Gucci - that's hella tight." I'm like, "Yo - that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt." Limited edition, let's do some simple addition Fifty dollars for a T-shirt - that's just some ignorant bitch (shit) I call that getting swindled and pimped (shit) I call that getting tricked by a business That shirt's hella dough And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don't Peep game, come take a look through my telescope Tryna get girls from a brand and you hella won't Man you hella won't"

Macklemore - "Thrift Shop"  Verse 2

(Group Project - Resisting Pop Culture)

[hamill-25-blog]

Pyramid of Life

What is success and who is it for?

Is it something for the compassionate man?

A person who will sacrifice their happiness,

so that others can experience joy?

Or perhaps it is for the tall individuals,

the ones who stand above their fellow citizens.

Could it be that it is given?

Much like a present or a birthright?

This however, cannot be true

For not everyone enjoys presents,

Nor receives a birthright.

[zachrobertson-blog]

"Do you know anything about your people? Your father probably took you fly-fishing, helped you with your geometry homework after coming home from work. You’ll probably do the same.”

-Some Stipulations By Ross Gay

[brandon-rapp]

The girls are eager to transform him with a kiss; the boys eager to see him on the basketball court. But their principal greets him with a “Get the Hell out of here!”

Terrance Hayes, Segregate.

#hate # racism

(via brandon-rapp)

[jtsnow99]

""If your enemies are hungry, feed them.""

Girmay, “Arroz Poetica” (via jtsnow99)

[jtsnow99]

"I held on to my mother’s hand. I held on to my mother holding her mother’s hand. I didn’t dream this.”

Laurentiis, “No Ararat” (via jtsnow99)

[trevorhansen412]

"i have never wanted another life, but i know the story of pursuit: the dream of a gate standing open, a grill and folding chairs, a new yard boxed in light."

Root- Terrance Hayes 

#thought #new #fresh #free #tradeplaces

(via trevorhansen412)

[syerington]

I tell you it was necessary: violence had to preface such beauty.

Ricky Laurentiis “No Ararat” (via syerington)

[theoakwa]

I saw the life I once had rise from me like a tiny balloon.

"No Ararat" Laurentiis (via theoakwa)

[hamill-25-blog]

"This is a time capsule for the Coast: words of the people -don't forget us-"

Natasha Tretheway - "Liturgy to the Mississippi Gulf Coast"

[hamill-25-blog]

"It was morning. No sooner did he put head to pillow, Uncle Vernon shot up, hollering, 'The roof! Damn storm done ate the roof!' I didn't dream this. There was a storm. Then there wasn't."

Ricky Laurentiis - "No Ararat"

[katiechillinsky]

'If your enemies are hungry, feed them.' But to be perfectly clear, my enemies are not hungry.

-“Arroz Poetica”, Aracelis Girmay

#privileged #notequal #war #enemies

(via katiechillinsky)

[hamill-25-blog]

"I woke up, I asked why- my children, my wife, my leg. Outside my head- cold, rainy, a tent- there were others"

Nick Flynn - "seven testimonies (redacted)"

[hamill-25-blog]

"They wear ball gowns & suits & rings to talk of war in neat & folded languages that will not strain their formal dinner clothes or tousle their hair. They use words like 'casualties' to speak of murder."

Aracelis Girmay - "Arroz Poetica"

[hamill-25-blog]

"See, I only date hood. My last Man? He never even met his father. Four women, six kids. Three of whom are named after luxury cars."

Ross Gay - "Some Instructions..."

[hamill-25-blog]

"Where you see misunderstanding I see knuckles and teeth for sale in a storefront window. I see the waterlogged face of a fourteen-year-old boy."

Ross Gay - "Within Two Weeks..."

[kaleymeyers]

Until someone calls time and they’re done, and everything becomes what it was.

"The Court of Forgetting" -James Hoch (via kaleymeyers)