December 2010
45 posts
Anthony Hamilton. Do You Feel Me? →
“Are you in? Or am I in this on my own? I need some clue from you Let me know babe”
She’s quick to fight
For her man but not her rights
Even though...
– j. monae
the only truth.
"Fashion seeps into our subconscious and...
blackfashion:
…Even when we pretend not to care about the clothes in the glossy advertisements, we are still bothered by the models. They are too thin, too pale, too young, too something. Why don’t they smile? Why are they so awkward? Why do we even care?”
—Robin Givhan WalPost farewell column
(via mtjstyle)
snow whips around outside
i play with opacity in my mind
deciding how much of a wall it creates
how much i can see through
how soundproof it is
how well i can see you approaching through it
trudging through the snow towards me
sitting in a pale yellow house
a purple door painted with love
today i saw a pale yellow house with a purple door…
Puppets with self-awareness still have strings attached.”
-Kyle Brooks
– (via jpghostwriter)
onceuponapoet: To a Man by Maya Angelou →
onceuponapoet:
My man is Black Golden Amber Changing. Warm mouths of Brandy Fine Cautious sunlight on a patterned rub Coughing laughter, rocked on a whorl of French tobacco Graceful turns on woolen stilts Secretive? A cat’s eye. Southern. Plump and tender with navy bean sullenness And did I say “Tender”? The…