Megan Falley's Blog, page 21
November 24, 2014
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Danez Smith - “Not An Elegy for Mike Brown”"Once,...
Danez Smith - “Not An Elegy for Mike Brown”
"Once, a white girl was kidnapped & that’s the Trojan war. Later, up the block, Troy got shot & that was Tuesday. Are we not worthy of a city of ash?"
Performing at the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam. Subscribe to Button on YouTube!
"Atticus–” said Jem bleakly.
He turned in the doorway. “What, son?”
“How could they do it, how could..."
He turned in the doorway. “What, son?”
“How could they do it, how could they?”
“I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it — seems that only children weep.””
- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (via mrgolightly)
I just wanted to say that I absolutely adored your Lana poems. Please tell me the book will be released soon? it needs to grace my shelves.
oh man! thank you! the book is slated for winter. i’m glad you’re as excited as i am!
November 23, 2014
BOOKING FOR WINTER|SPRING.
bring me to your college, slam, library, open mic, coffee house, living room.
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gratitude is a circle
I think it is without question that some real magic was happening in the room last night at the Redhead & the Slaughter King RELEASE PARTY. I don’t know where to begin naming all my thanks when this gratitude is a circle and not a straight line. Does it begin with Angel Nafis, who is a gifted seer? Who can unveil and articulate hearts, even before the owner of that heart can for themselves? Maybe it begins with Shira Erlichman who is so intentional in her living, so obviously on this earth for the purpose of filling the room and the people with music. Maybe thanks starts with April Ranger who lets you borrow her eyes through which to see the world whenever you talk with her, and it all becomes beautiful again. Or Eboni Hogan who is a master at both cut and forgiveness, whose poems rebuild even the most dilapidated hearts? Or So Phee Ah who sings and sings no matter what life throws at her, who shares that perfect gift? Or Jeanann Verlee who has the nerve to call ME brave when I have studied her courage for years? Praised at the altar of it? How about Olivia Gatwood and her wildly unfiltered mouth and brain that drops truth and beauty bombs on your doorstep no matter what? Do I thank Button Poetry for capturing all this first? Caitlin Bercovici? Or do I thank Write Bloody Publishingand Derrick Brown Party Page for believing in my work enough to print it in two books, without whom none of this would exist? Or, further back, my family who made me a writer? Or the first teachers I’ve had? The inventor of pens? I know I should thank Miles Walser for trusting me to move around all our furniture and invite so many people into our little zoo of a home, for supporting me in taping balloons to our wall and experimenting with cupcake recipes in our kitchen. I know I want to thank everyone who attended, each of you are the realest and the truest, and your faces reflecting back on me, eager, listening, were a safety net I will dive into again and again. I am going to float on this night for a good long time. I am going to take all the love you threw at my feet and pump it back into the world as often, as loud as I can.
angelnafis:
tonight was full-moon-perfect. megan falley is a...
tonight was full-moon-perfect. megan falley is a vision and my gratitude to bask in her hard-earned radiance knows no limits. amen. congrats on your beautiful new book. Redhead & The Slaughter King is available! GO BUY 4 COPIES. xoxo
i love you!
November 19, 2014
NOVEMBER POETRY PROMPT #19
Stanza 1: Insult a season.
Stanza 2: Insult a person who has similar qualities to that season.
Stanza 3: Apologize to the season.
Stanza 4: Insult the person again.
Stanza 5: Write about a memory where you felt the qualities of that season inside your personality/heart/soul.
Stanza 6: The season changes.
Stanza 7: You change.
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for more poetry writing prompts, like megan falley’s author page.
November 18, 2014
How To Seduce A Soldier by Megan Falley
after April Ranger
Find out how to say bird in his language.
On the top of the mountain, point to yourself,
and say the word. Then rip off your bra
and throw it into the abyss.
On the bus, while the other tourists
slip in their earbuds, enjoy their own private
concerts, sit next to him and ask about
his gun. When you see a tank outside
the big window, curl closer.
Remember, you are scared.
When the guide tells you not to shave
before entering the sea, that the salt
content is so high your body will feel
like it is made of cuts, shave anyway. Be smooth
for him while the other girls stubble. Live
with what you’ve done. This is why
they call the water Dead.
Look at you, Queen of Sacrifice.
While the other girls get too drunk,
you only pretend. Mime for him
that you want his room key, then feel
him slip the sweaty plastic in your hand.
Knock on his door and let him smuggle you in.
Don’t you love being so against
the rules? Isn’t a hand over your mouth
what you know most about love?
And don’t you feel beautiful here?
This man who undresses you even though
he doesn’t know the things you can do
with language. And when he’s inside you,
like the horse entering Troy, all the men
he’s killed will fall out inside you too.
And you will have no doubt
he believes in war.
But when the other girls ask about it,
be loyal to the country.
Say you liked it. Say he was gentle.
Say you understood
every word.
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