Curtis Ackie
never them
Down in the town there existed a temple. The temple was vast and roofless, its columns reached up to the clouds. In the centre of the...
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Curtis Ackie
aye yah yie
pree di shrieker deh high chess with no mates refusing to eat rook volatile and sandy in the middle of the rheum an arcane limbo where...
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know comfort
"Every ghetto yute life have meaning." - Jahshii, Born Fighter
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taro root
in the mornings we step with caution eyes averted, senses spurred and stand patiently at the back of a long line of misheard...
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Curtis Ackie
on uya's touchstone
My great-grandmother had 94 years here (specifically in Carriacou) before transitioning. As she grew old she became tired and once asked...
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whoosh
A collection of insatiable mimes sits ill-mannered in the commune Bitter and fetid, their deceit breathes death down to the carbon Oh be...
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shadowplay
If we are light let we not cast one In the spirit of the vigorous waters To know an arc of spun refraction Where stickmen linger at the...
Curtis Ackie
Curtis Ackie
water springs
'Grandmother said: "The sap is rising in your bones. Wear the cloak I wove you so that your body draws the eyes of the night and drives...
Curtis Ackie
commesse
Does 'Black British' seek to homogenise the wide variety of exciting cultural differences? and/or Does 'Black British' seek to...
Curtis Ackie
sunrise//sunset
Since Point Horror gave me goosebumps and the neighbour's leopard changed its spots Enchanted brightness, swift transition: bated breath...
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planasse
"Every book I read about young Black girls, they were props. Jokes. Topsy. No one took em seriously, ever. I wanted to read a book about...
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bipp
"It’s the huge amount of work to be done socially and culturally. The gap between where we are now and I imagine where we could be. And...
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miscues me
Alliteration often provides great repeatable stim sentences (consonants preferred) Anagrams make my spine tingle The sound of bird flight...
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conlang*
I don’t like the way commas look when inside brackets. ‘Cool accents’ on letters was a good enough reason for me to sign a player in...
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cinema revolucionário
Bacurau (2019, Kleber Mendonça Filho) Lunga the queer superhero! I loved this film so much I watched it on back-to-back nights. I also...
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a mantra
‘Bloom and eclipse them, wake up and transform’ - Chelsea Wolfe
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scape // verba
For collected thoughts The words unravelled, a threaded passage under All elements chart and chant and gleam Trail made with fervour crow...
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