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It’s been a while
Creativity is a language to be discovered within us. I’ll probably do another episode about this. And did it is out now ! Creativity is a lifeline that systemic oppression and capitalism and white supremacy tries to snuff out of us until it is lucrative. My bestie sent me a video today where Chinese slippers are now $79. We’ve seen the fashion houses do it.
The Y In Poetry
Let’s talk about poetry — Living poets and their happenings of poetry as a lifestyle. The why behind the poem and so much more. Let’s talk about poetry — Living poets and their happenings of poetry as a lifestyle. The why behind the poem and so much more. read more read less Rasha - Find me on the way to liberation This is the conversation that keeps gifting for me.
Brincando Charcos (Jumping Puddles)
I tell Mateo to meet me at a wine bar. It’s a quiet, low-key spot—ideal for first dates, because it’s easy to make a speedy exit in case the red flags start flying—or worse, if the men in blue come knocking. It’s been over an hour, and we’re on our second glass of wine when I realize there are no red flags. He’s not just monologuing, he’s asking me questions too. This is actually a good first date—and when was the last time that ever happened for me?
Strange Horizons - Manman ak Pitit By Rachelle Saint Louis
can an island have ptsd?
A Few Notes on Paradise
Beautiful things, beautiful places, are not supposed to be complicated. They exist to be dreamt of, and no one wants to have annotations and footnotes on their fantasies. When beautiful places are allowed stories they are simple ones. Paradise is lost or paradise is found, perhaps the world begins in it but certainly does not stay in it. It is a garden, which is not something one lives in; it is a place to visit. Paradise is an idea. You may have heard that the Caribbean is a paradise.
The fate of despair
The universe devoured you. Trapped in an escape pod of a stellar wreck, malfunctioning thrusters and molecular printer soon became heralds of a silent death, which might come in the blink of an eye, or the instant a comet’s fiery tail reflected in your dry eyes. On more than one occasion you thought about opening the gate and pushing yourself into the blackness interwoven with patterns of nebulae. Yet, each breath of oxygen was more comfortable than ending it all at once.
Railroad Del Mar
Alas the calls are heard around the world—conch shells far and wide states to continents. The mortal children have risen. Centuries of preparation to return them to the ocean culminates today. I taste enemy blood in the water.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon is your father
Ma does tell me I just like my father. These days, down to the exhaustion. I wouldn’t know. My young memory only have three saved dates of his face, the desire to cling to someone’s hand and having nothing worth grabbing. I don’t know where he lived, or where he was when he died, only that when my ma vex, suddenly my skin putrid like he own. I didn’t go to the funeral.
Storytelling is Part of the Heart of the Caribbean Soul
It is with gratitude that Marika Bailey and I present the Strange Horizons Caribbean Special Issue. I want to begin by thanking the Strange Horizons team for helping us make this project a reality. I also want to acknowledge the SFFH community for their support in funding and boosting this call. Your unwavering enthusiasm for our project has been heartwarming. We received submissions from authors from fifteen different countries in response to our call.
Sonnet for Birds
His mother told him not to harm the birds. Her words went in one ear and out the next. He pulled the slingshot taut, watched the stone fly. It struck the bird which made the strangest sound. Not that it was strange, but odd for a bird. For he had heard that scream from his mother when she entertained a lover at night. His friend told him to leave the bird alone, but he ignored him and carried it home. Cooked it, ate, and then fell into a dream.
The Gates of Lanvil
The sea was charged with cadavers, and this morning, it was spitting on to their faces. It splashed its yellowed foam each time a corpse, swelled by the salt and sun, hit the tank aboard which the young Joge-O and the Doctor Ignace had been surviving since the storm. The craft was zooming straight, pushed by the winds without too much hesitation, taking the two survivors toward freedom, toward Lanvil. Leaning overboard, Joge-O was vomiting out his guts.
I Attack the Queen!
Well hear this one time nuh. I tellin’ all yuh the queen must be alien or something not of this earth, because in 1966 she come and visit Trinidad when I was just a schoolgirl, and I gone with my classmates to see she, and before we gone, the headmaster tell we, we have to throw flowers at the queen. Now, we small and don’t know nothing, we cut the flowers from the neighbor’s bush, we take the flowers and a quarter of the bush, too; leaves, stem, picka and all.
Issue #28: BELONGING
My mother grips me tight and begins with the lathering. Sweet seed oil, rubbed so thick onto my skin it streaks brown arms with traces of ghostly white. It fades into a slick gloss as it melts in the morning sun, and the beads of her headdress tap along my arm as she leans over to grip me, to focus. I am old enough to dress myself but also old enough to understand she needs the disguise of kneading the anxious shaking out of her hands.
Issue #25
“Keep, keep, keep, trees say when I sleep.” –Sandra Cisneros, “Four Skinny Trees,” The House on Mango Street It’s brute work moving this body around. It takes every ounce of my spirit to keep the pieces together. I pick up one leg, move it forward, try not to let it thump to the ground. It’s not at all like I remember walking.
ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
ALL UP IN YOUR MIND Creatively Exposed * By Lysz Flo * 1 hours ago 🎃𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, & 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘫𝘦𝘴 🎃-- 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 Support the show by liking on Spotify, or where you listen.
Lovecraft Country - I AM
🚨NEW SPONSOR 🚨 This episode is brought to you by 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 by Bryan D Covington. Partial Blurb : What if, out of the blue, you were saddled with a task that would most certainly ruin your weekend plans? What would you do if you were to look to the side at this very moment to see a creature of myth and legend beckoning you to do things that defy common-sense? Find the book in: -Audiobook (my fave) -Hardcover -Paperback, and Ebook 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 wherever you buy your ...
Between Magic & the Author's Dreams by Creatively Exposed • A podcast on Anchor
Between Magic & the Author's Dreams 🇭🇹Happy Haitian Flag Day🇭🇹 — (intro and outro isn’t my music). Today we are talking: with the Author of Magic & Dreams my first sponsor about his vision, geek Thangs, his dope novel.
Magic of Mental Health Healing by Creatively Exposed • A podcast on Anchor
Magic of Mental Health Healing I am talking Mental Health journey, new moon thangs, and what therapy has taught me. A tender episode with exicitng horns in the beginning.
New Season, Who Dis? by Creatively Exposed • A podcast on Anchor
It’s the throat chakra episoooooode. https://lonerwolf.com/throat-chakra-healing/ So many links so little time. It’s all here ! 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐫.𝐞𝐞/𝐂𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐨𝐝 you can find my patreon, newsletter signup, and merch shop.
Fear of Success - Imposter Syndrome feat Xperience J by Creatively Exposed • A podcast on Anchor
Fear of Success - Imposter Syndrome feat Xperience J A podcast creator mashup!! An explicit conversation about: the Fear of Success where it stems from how we can move forward and truly fly. Naysayers Faithing it through How we can do it scared and truly expand into your purpose. Knowing you are worthy of blessings If you are low on hope and positive testimony- this is definitely the episode for you.
Ready Set Fire ft George Diaz by Creatively Exposed • A podcast on Anchor
Ready Set Fire ft George Diaz George Diaz is a Podcaster, Voice Actor, and Streamer. We discuss how they got into this creative work and what it means for them. We discuss the concept of multi-variety shows and the lack of representation in the podcasting space. This episode has been a long time coming! Want to inquire about VA work or contact George. Connect with them on Twitter @readysetfire123. Check put their twitch https://m.twitch.tv/Readysetfire123.
On a Bruja Tip by Creatively Exposed • A podcast on Anchor
A conversation with one of my fave IG content creators @ Brujatip Learn more about them and their herbal worK/offerings/merch: https://berenicedimas.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brujatip Most recent articles: https://www.ofrendamagazine.com/articles/in-the-energy-and-flow-of-intention https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/style/as-an-intense-winter-unfolds-some-lessons-from-herbalists.html How to Exterminate the Black Woman - Play on April 30th...
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