spring – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

The magic of spring

April 25, 2019by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Daydreamer- Themes and Format

March 18, 2019March 22, 2019by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Theme With each of my books, I liked to keep an overall theme and with Daydreamer, I took inspiration heavily from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I’ve always been fascinated by the Green World- the mischievous and dark world the lovers in the play enter where there were fairies and a sense of loss and [...]

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paradise was a garden

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

paradise was a garden of comely serpents and coming-over-my-place-to-cuddle-around-noon. we were there, flowers underneath a hook-shaped moon: larger than life but tamed to a future speckled with green hues. artists, dreamers, the lovers cup that never seemed wholly full-it was a simple life, but for us... it was enough.

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i had to become less, to become more

May 19, 2018May 18, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i had to digress to progress. i had to become less, to become more. i suffered alone to allow others to see my growth. i shine brighter, to make up for the times i cried even harder. i became me; from the cocoon I sprouted wings dancing in glitter. in times of insanity, i grew [...]

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