I came across Eloghosa a while back on twitter and I promptly followed her after just a quick glance through her TL and tumblr page. She has a way with words that is just too beautiful to read and never fails to give me life. When I heard of the woman in bloom exhibition which
I first stumbled upon the genius that is Bassey Ikpi by chance after someone retweeted her onto my twitter timeline. She was sharing a personal story that day : one of heart break, depression, bipolar disorder and making it through. I remember telling Mr. A about this amazing woman I followed earlier on twitter, who
This poem does the exact same thing to me everytime I read it! Everytime! It starts off not too slow but I always reach my climax near the mid section (I highlighted these parts) Its a poem that touches an important problem most youths face : low self esteem, not feeling good enough etc Its
Yet another beautiful poetry find and because i feel like I’m so at peace these days that i fear i’m beginning to forget how much of a mess i was and how dark and gloomy my days were. I mean what’s the use of getting through the dark if you can’t go back to let
Its a dull friday evening, the type you are already accustomed to. Some days you are fine with this slow paced tempo that is your life but other days like today when the rigors of medical school is threatening to drive you crazy, you wish you could have even just a little bit of that
Honestly guys, i didn’t intend to blog tonight. I have a pile of untouched books to deal with but somehow someway, i found myself on tumblr (Please don’t judge me) and came across a quote by Rupi Kaur and of course the CIA in me just had to dig for more of her works I
Hi I thought about you today About the beautiful times we had And the memories we made From the early morning jobs to that one time I was a mess. Who am I kidding, I was always a mess Oh and the little drama’s I want to write our story but the words aren’t coming
OMG!! Guysssss!!! I’ve found my new muse! I’ve found another Writer/Poet to love. Warsan Shire! You see how tumblr is amazing? You see? I randomly came across one of her quotes on tumblr and i did some CIA work googling and uncovered some of her poetry. Warsan Shire is a London-based Kenyan-born Somali writer and
It took me 18 years to realize that I could make heads turn when I walked by and even then It was a realization tinged with the dark colors of doubt. It took me 18 years to realize I could just reach up and unstick the plain jane’ label placed on my forehead by every time I was overlooked.
I already talked about my love for poetry and especially poetry by Andrea gibson HERE . Her words move me in a way I find difficult to explain. I’ve been going through her tumblr and googling up some of her poems, she’s simply amazing! I couldn’t just pick one poem to put up here