Kaley MeyersEnglish 2367.02 Blog

[syerington]

Tell me why fire yearns for the heart.

Juan Felipe Herrera, “Half Punk Panther” (via syerington)

interesting take on a common idea, usually we hear that the heart yearns for fire or passion

(via evkenn17)

Perfect

[poetryofresistance]

"If there are flowers flowers must come out of the road.”

Young Afrikans by Gwendolyn Brooks (via poetryofresistance)

[kaleymeyers]

And we'll never be royals It don't run in our blood. This kind of luxe just ain't for us, We crave a different kind of love. Let me be your ruler. You can call me queen Bee. Cause baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule Let me live that fantasy.

[trevorhansen412]

"Most white American men are the same color they were then." #racism #hatred #discrimination

“Onlookers with the burning body of Jesse Washington” -Steve Scafidi  (via trevorhansen412)

This just hows how big of a problem racism and discrimination are and how it should be stopped.

(via brittanycastrataro)

I think that racism will never be stopped. There will always be some people who would think that minorities are inferior and don’t deserve respect. Then they will pass on this training to their children, and the next, and the cycle will continue.

(via theoakwa)

[zachrobertson-blog]

"until someone calls time and they’re done, and everything becomes what it was”

-The Court of Forgetting By James Hoch

[syerington]

To me, these lines point out not only the sanctuary of the court, but also the resistance of returning to reality

[rsparksblog]

"I woke up, I asked why"

seven testimonies (redacted). Nick Flynn. (via rsparksblog)

[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)

Really liked this one!

[kaleymeyers]

This is a memory of the Coast: to each his own recollections, her reclamations, their restorations, the return of the Coast.

"Liturgy to the Mississippi Gulf Coast" -Natasha Trethewey

[kaleymeyers]

They knew I was someone & my house was on luck.

"seven testimonies" -Nick Flynn

[kaleymeyers]

I didn't dream this

"No Ararat" -Ricky Laurentiis

[kaleymeyers]

Sometimes I can't believe my eyes.

"Some Instructions" -Ross Gay

[kaleymeyers]

When I stop at McDonald's for a cheeseburger, no one suspects what I am.

"What I Am" -Terrance Hayes

[kaleymeyers]

He will tell you the distance between heartbreak and rage.

"Within Two Weeks" -Ross Gay

[kaleymeyers]

I cannot imagine the intimacy with which a life leaves it's body

"Arroz Poetica" -Aracelis Girmay

[kaleymeyers]

& we cannot separate the roof from the heart from the trees that were there, standing.

"Arroz Poetica" -Aracelis Girmay

[hamill-25-blog]

"we were losing our bodies- digitized salt of bytes and speed we were becoming a powder- light- bicarbonate- what we might have seen, if we had looked-“

Dana Levin - “Techno” (via hamill-25)

Favorite quote from this poem!

[kaleymeyers]

Most white American men are the same color they were then.

"Onlookers with the Burning Body of Jesse Washington" -Steve Scafidi