There is something magical about living inside words. Stories sweep us off our feet and carry us into worlds we’d never otherwise get to visit. Narratives allow us to fall in love, battle enemies, destroy evil, and share any number of emotions inside the safe and harmless imaginary landscape of fantasy. I have personally lived […]
Tag Archives: poetry
January
05
white girl
posted by Samara
Spoken Word and I go back a long way, and have a very…complicated relationship. But some words just can’t stay on the page. This was written to be performed as spoken word poetry, so I recorded it as such. If you’d like to hear me, please click the picture below: white girl […]
November
14
INSOMNIA
posted by hastywords
This week the Sisterwives were honored to have Matticus guest post twice. The first post was about the perception of cowardice and the second was about insomnia. Today I have an extra surprise for the SisterWives community; a poetic duet titled Insomnia written by Matticus and I. Written by Matticus and Hastywords Tip-toeing through […]
August
25
Undoubtedly Woman
posted by Laurie Works
Back before I’d ever jumped head over heels into the spoken word world – I wrote a spoken word poem. I was in a Psychology of Diversity class and we were asked to do a creative class project showcasing something from the class, ideally something we related to ourselves. I thought about it for a […]
July
10
Shell
posted by Laurie Works
Six and a half years ago, my sisters were murdered in a mass shooting at my church. There, I said it. The thing that makes me “that girl.” The thing that I’ve said over and over out loud to the point where it almost has no meaning. And yet… Even though I have written about […]
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