Halrem Girl in a Farm World

A love journey through food, farming, writing, and community

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“Here’s a toast to you it’s been too long...” 

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All in my feels

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The feeling and sentiment in this track represent the feeling and nostalgia of my childhood. My culture. My people. My hood. My city.  Listen to this and feel the love Mos has for his home and understand the love I have for where I come from.  

I hope to create such powerful visceral work like this...Music and art as a means of transport.  As a means of understanding.  As a meeting place of shared souls. 

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Today was perfection ✔️Left NYC at 6am to spend the day in #theberkshires. Posed for a #normanrockwell painting rendition in #stockbridge , had an awesome planning meeting for the #webdubois mural comeback in #greatbarrington, got to spend time with the homie @jacksonwhalanmusic and ran into the lovely @freyazfly and then moments later her wonderful brother whilst picking up my dad at #skibutternut. Got to wrap my arms around my sis @farmgirlfarm and #ollieboo (we miss you #lenoxboo 🐶) and landed back in midtown just in time to catch my brother @elliottfrancis (who happens to be in town) and our mama for a bite and chats in #koreatownnyc. Oh and it was 81 degrees and I got to wear a white dress all dang day with no motha friggin' jacket (WHO?!?!) 👗🕶🌡Today was a DAY, to say the least, and I can't wait for tomorrow 👻🤓😊🌞💋 #berkshiregoodgood #dayday #nyc #harlemsfinest #mycuprunnethover #springfever #blessed #staywoke #nosleeptillbrooklyn #onpurposetho #jness (at Harlem New York)

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114 💜 #thismixelepoetry #writing #poetry #expression #oneaday #playingwithwords #idareyou #birthdaypoem #capricornlove #lovelove #harlemgirlfarmworld #365

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WRITING SYMPHONY Wherever you play, dwell, fight, or hole up; make sure you write. Open your soul and express the ‘spress out. Dance along the monkey bars of words, rhtyms, and blues. Hopes and dreams sleep within the chords, the moods, the ahhhs. Sing into poetry, unleash the core, make yourself bow for an encore of your whole volition. Call and be saved; saint in the modern day. I have no doubt in you, just hope and holy water, it’s true. The rhyme flow nometry of past hopes actualized and realized. Unborn son of the struggle, emanating His pain in the spiritual and we feel it in the physical. A past baby’s due of unborn truth. I feel the connectedness of it all so I struggle and love to create a genuine piece of peace and love for one and all. I stand and salute the ancestors who vibrate through my bones, breathe through my lips, sing off my nose, laugh on my tongue, and shake my hips to rattle and roll. They crack me open like unborn legs to spill the yolk of truth and past legends retold. A tear for the ones who provoke this prose. An everlasting love of the eternal reflection, until know, unknown…. @itsasouki #playingwithwords #poetry #writing #expression #oldworknewlook #oneaday #thismixelepoetry

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A wolf came to me in the night He seemed bad But was looking for good He approached I wasn’t scared Intrigued Unalarmed He didn’t bark or growl Just sniffed around He postured to show he was strong A little impressed, but not enough This wolf roams with a pack But cherishes his solitude Dark and strong A gentle giant But not to be mistaken for soft The wolf came to me again And again And again And again I found him endearing Mysterious Who is this wolf? How does he want me? Perhaps for dinner Or just the start Maybe dessert This wolf was unlike any in the pack He was hungry But not desperate He was strong But not aggressive He was warm But not weak He was persistent But not intrusive I decided I liked this wolf So I approached I looked into his eyes I felt his heat I wanted to hear him growl He waited for me And then I pounced August 7, 2014 #poetry #writingislife #exploringtheoldtocreateanew #harlemgirlfarmworld #realtalkeverything #wolfstories #heartwork #expression

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November 23, 2014 #poetry #harlemgirlfarmworld #writingislife #exploringtheoldtocreateanew

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This is how we live : This is how we eat : This is how we commune. We call it: community #berkshiregoodgood #hellagrateful #dancinginthenewyear #friendship #deeplyhuman #collective #cocreation #allies #unistopplayin #butdont #theshack #staywoke #trinity #bizallionsgb #breakingbread #2016 #quantumpower #realtalkporch #realtalkeverything (at Great Barrington, Massachusetts)

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Began this beautiful day @stonebarns for day 1 of the National Young Farmers Conference. Such a privilege to be here and so grateful for and inspired by everyone here. My cup runneth over ✊🏾🌾🌿🌱☀️🍅🍆🌶🌾🌿🌱❤️✊🏾 #yfc15 #bluehillatstonebarns #stonebarns #yesfarmsyesfood #lenoxfarms #harlemseeds #harlemgirlfarmworld #staywoke #blackfarmersofamerica (at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture)

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Three lovely farms in one awesome day. It's good to be home 🌱🌀🍁🌻🙌💜🌱@farmgirlfarm @soulfirefarm #farmgirlfarm #SoulFireFarm #farmlife #yesfarmsyesfood #berkshiregoodgood #garlicgamestrong #olliebear #harlemseeds #tasteberkshires #equinoxfarm #community #love (at Soul Fire Farm)

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Gorgeous and delicious #farmgirlfarm eggplant #berkshiregoodgood #yesfarmsyesfood #yesfarmgirlsyesfarms #summerbounty #eggplant #farming #harlemgirlfarmworld (at Farm Girl Farm)

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Just Greens

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So beautiful. So powerful. So true #canigetawitnesstho #amen #wintermantras #blessed #wegotthis

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Morning explorations in hidden places with @jacksontwhalan and miss Lola in Housatonic. Remnants of industry, reclaimed by nature, birthing creativity... #breaktherules #nothingisforbidden #morningglory#sorrynotsorry (at Housatonic, Massachusetts)

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Visiting with the beautiful (and social!) #hawthornevalleyfarm dairy herd today! 🐮❤️🐮❤️🐮 @hawthornevalley #farmbeginnings #happycows #imissaminals #beauty #farmlife (at Hawthorne Valley Farm)