Katie

English 2367.02 Commonplace Blog

[katiechillinsky]

Group Presentation: Resistance against Pop Culture

[evkenn17]

"This is a time capsule for the Coast: words of the people —don’t forget us—”

-Natasha Trethewey, “Liturgy to the Mississippi Gulf Coast” (via evkenn17)

[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)

[jakestankey54]

" ‘You belong in our swamps not our schools!" they rage"

TERRANCE HAYES

segregate

[poetryofresistance]

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

Young Afrikans by Gwendolyn Brooks (via poetryofresistance)

[syerington]

The radio said there is no god.

Ricky Laurentiis “No Ararat” (via syerington)

[aldengardiner]

"I tried to find myself all night"

-Nick Flynn, “Seven Testimonies”

[katiechillinsky]

#stories

#Stories run our lives, #new and #old,

We tell #stories through art, #family, #friends.

#Stories about #surviving, #death, #life, #celebrations.

#Stories paint pictures in minds about what people go through,

Without #stories we would always be wondering,

we need #stories to help understand history,

and bulid a better future.

#Stories bring #emotions, good or bad.

#Stories come in all shapes and sizes,

3 minute songs, 100 page novels,

11 lines on a blog. #stories.

[katiechillinsky]

"To those who died on the Coast. This is a memory of the Coast: to each his own recollections, her reclamations, their restorations, the return of the Coast."

-"Liturgy of the Mississippi Gulf Coast", Natasha Tretheway

#GulfCoast #Katrina #RememberingVictims #Restoring #Surviving

[kaleymeyers]

Sometimes I can’t believe my eyes.

"Some Instructions" -Ross Gay (via kaleymeyers)  (via rsparksblog)

#judgemental

[aldengardiner]

"I tried to find myself all night"

-Nick Flynn, “Seven Testimonies”

[katiechillinsky]

#physicallyalone #mentallyalone

[katiechillinsky]

and the crime - but what could contain my fire? I explored. I saw the down trees (they were beautiful), the down power lines (beautiful), and broken glass. I saw the life I once had rise from me like a tiny balloon.

-"No Ararat", Ricky Laurentiis

#katrina #naturaldiaster #damage #homeless #beauty

[katiechillinsky]

They let me go once, my hands always laughing

-"Seven Testimonies", Nick Flynn

#community #neighbors #crazy

[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

[katiechillinsky]

My last man? He never even met his father. Four women, six kids. Three of whom are named after luxury cars. Child support? 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 Instructions...", Ross Gay

#Fatherhood #Boyfriend #Supportive #Deadbeat

[katiechillinsky]

He will tell you the distance between heartbreak and rage

-"Within Two Weeks", Ross Gay

#anger #sad #emotions

[katiechillinsky]

especially not the mother of Jesse Washington whose charred body hangs from a chain in a chestnut tree in Waco Texas in 1916.

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

#Death #Racism