Yrsa Daley-Ward's Blog, page 8
June 2, 2014
"But at least I’m not fourteen
anymore,
talking to other peoples husbands
avoiding my..."
anymore,
talking to other peoples husbands
avoiding my stepfather
drinking all of the clear stuff I can find in my
mothers cabinet,
washing it down with talcum powder
and orange juice
passing out in parks
or at football games
and getting the dark dark chills
in the early hours of the morning.
Staying forever far from home
completely, completely at sea
Knowing God has cut me out
jagged, loose, wild.”
May 31, 2014
"Next book out June 17th!!!
Co-releasing date with Nayyirah Waheed and Tapiwa Mugabe!
This is all..."
Next book out June 17th!!!
Co-releasing date with Nayyirah Waheed and Tapiwa Mugabe!
This is all with a view to opening a discussion on the support and community of writers in the african diaspora/ people of color diaspora.
Ready to begin the celebration of ‘us,’ through poetry with all of you.
”- (via thiswillnotlast)
"What an odd, romantic time it is, if you remember not to panic.
How many times has money almost..."
How many times has money almost driven you mad?”
May 30, 2014
Hey Rupi, hope you're doing well! Do you have any good summer reads to recommend?
Hi love, thank you! i hope you are phenominal.
Currently sprawled between my bedsheets I have: This is How You Lose Her, What the Body Remembers, shAke loos my skin, and Everything Was Goodbye.
I’m planning to soak in as much Toni Morrison, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Junot Diaz as I possibly can.
Also, June 17 is a big day. Nayyirah Waheed, Yrsa Daley-Ward, and Tapiwa Mugabe will be released new collections of poetry. we get 3 new books that day. so excited! Do check out their work, i promise you will fall in love many times.
May 26, 2014
"Next book out June 17th!!!
Co-releasing date with Nayyirah Waheed and Tapiwa Mugabe!
This is all..."
Next book out June 17th!!!
Co-releasing date with Nayyirah Waheed and Tapiwa Mugabe!
This is all with a view to opening a discussion on the support and community of writers in the african diaspora/ people of color diaspora.
Ready to begin the celebration of ‘us,’ through poetry with all of you.
”May 23, 2014
May 21, 2014
briannamccarthy:
Conversations with Faria. I met her in a...
Conversations with Faria.
I met her in a dream. She played with my hands, studied the lines. I
touched the top of her head. She had such warmth and light.
The first time i saw her she was standing in the sea.
Immediately after I dreamt I was walking through a lush rainforest.
When I started drawing her, I saw her in that same forest. In the golden
lushness.
May 20, 2014
"I couldn’t help noticing all of your alarming little details"
- from ‘On Snakes and Other Stories.’ Yrsa Daley-Ward
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