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night-bloomer

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

The proofs are here😩 will be released by the end of may💕 My second poetry book night-bloomer is finished and now the editing process and final arrangements begin. in the meantime, check out my first book inflorescence! Click the link 🌸 My new installment is going to be dark, lush, and sexy! can’t wait to release [...]

Poetry

in a jungle of few

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

thrust into the waves; a baby sea turtle shouldn’t have to be so brave. to backstroke through the city streets: it made me lean, indifferently mean, made me miss green sleeves and citrus trees. i shout on walls, i cry on cement, my canvas is anyone impatient enough to listen. i dodge yellow beasts and [...]

Poetry

maiden of flowers

April 28, 2018April 28, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

you split the earth apart, just to capture my heart. persephone, maiden of flowers, maiden of dewy thighs, and rounded breasts, you were rich of land but poor of company, duty-bound but smitten. sprouting from the earth, they call me damsel instead of bringer of life, harbinger of men. reluctant instead of queen, but i [...]

Poetry

without warning

April 28, 2018April 28, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

why does falling out of love, imply reluctance? something sudden, without warning? a force instead of reason, action instead of neglect? maybe we romanticize falling out of love-deem it tragic instead of something that just happens? should it be something we revisit? https://www.instagram.com/p/BhxKw-jnVlR/?taken-by=amateur__poet

Poetry

maybe if you had

April 28, 2018April 28, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

maybe if you had changed your perspective, turned left inside of right, danced in the center instead of holding all the coats and purses all night, maybe you would see that the day is just as illicit as the night ✨