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hauntedbythenarrative · 2 years

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This Hell, Rina Sawayama//Tjawangwa Dema//William Dill-Russell by me - Oxfordshire, March 2017

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jamesmurualiterary · 2 years

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Fabienne Kanor wins the Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize 2022

Fabienne Kanor’s HUMUS (University of Virginia Press, 2020) is the winner of the Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize 2022. Véronique Tadjo and Tjawangwa Dema came second and third consecutively. The announcement was made on September 12, 2022. The Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize is awarded by the Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association for an outstanding book that prioritizes African women’s experiences.…

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#Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize #Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize 2022 #Fabienne Kanor

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lifeinpoetry · 4 years

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We’ve practice enough at grieving.

Perhaps fire is right, let us burn everything and be done with it.

— Tjawangwa Dema, from “In the House of Mourning,” The Careless Seamstress

#quote #Tjawangwa Dema #poetry #The Careless Seamstress #out of my collection #In the House of Mourning

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softromanticwanderer · 4 years

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Instagram: alaswrites

#photography #quote #quotes #poetry #poem #literature #tjawangwa dema #in the house of mourning #the careless seamstress #modern poem #modern poets

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veeisalright · 2 years

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c!wilbur as prose

Credit: traaumaa // Franz Kafka: Letters to Milena // Richard Siken: landscape with a blur of conquerors // Suzanne Rivecca: ugly, bitter and true // this post by 1dietcokeinacan // Frenando pessoa: the book of disquiet // Tjawangwa Dema: In the house of mourning // this post by fairycosmos // Richard Siken: self-portrait against red wallpaper

#genuinely think Richard Siken is the only person that understands me btw #man please don’t sue me I will delete this if necessary I am poor and i just accidentally got attached to this character #cc!wil you want to give ur oc a redemption arc so bad #Wilbur soot #dsmp #character study thing #c!wilbur

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mcytwebweaving · 3 years

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nihachu with themes of fire

#nihachu #dream smp #dsmp #niki nihachu #web weaving #parallels #comparatives #fire #mcyt #quotes #literature #art

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iwhoresome · 3 years

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"We’ve practice enough at grieving.

Perhaps fire is right, let us burn everything and be done with it."

— Tjawangwa Dema, from “In the House of Mourning,” The Careless Seamstress

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alwaysgcld · 3 years

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dead poet’s society (1989) dir. peter weir // had it all by mother mother // untitled [ophelia], artist: john william waterhouse // the careless seamstress (in the house of mourning) by tjawangwa dema // roswell, new mexico (s1e10) dir. lance anderson // interlude: i’m not angry anymore by paramore // the archangel ariel, artist: unknown // i am the storm by anonymous // roswell, new mexico (s1e13) dir. julie plec, tim andrew // oranges are not the only fruit by jeanette winterson

#☼ web weaving #☼ musings #long post

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nehalnv · 2 years

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A Poem by Tjawangwa Dema

Cadastral: The Black Girl Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Where are you from? No, I mean where are you really from? Go back where you came from? Is that your [insert child, insert hair, insert flag]? Why does everything have to be about race [translation – you. Why are you you? Why are you here? Why.] i. whatever refuses us unburdens us it cannot banish cannot diminish anything but itself ii. for…

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aria-word · 3 years

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Lethe - Tjawangwa Dema | Traducción: Aria.

Este río no es ese pórtico de arena y sombra mojada lleno. Este es memoria de hoja caduca y es rayada contra cualquier razón diseñada por nosotros ocultada, cualquier cosa que queda. Que no hay nada cada día concede que robarse de aquí nada que quede. Y aun así insistimos en triturarlo todo; y aferrándose nuestras manos a la redonda roca del río cuentan que algo permanece cual orillada raíz de ginkgo mientras otra cosa se erosiona en la corriente. No sabrás con el venir de las mañanas por qué no puedes tú olvidar los dogmas de los cuentos de las hadas o de la memoria de adulto borrar de esta bebida al dador cuya fluorescente fisonomía en espuma convirtió la forma de tu palpable medianoche en ese ruidoso resplandor del día.

#poema #traducción

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kenzieharrod · 5 years

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Cheating

“Ovaria”- Tjawangwa Dema

Today I’m cheating on my poet for another boo. This poet is similar to my poet in the sense that they are both relavent women in society today. Their type of writing is very intuitive and enlightening. Their writing differs in how they see topics due to their difference in perspective. This is because of their different cultures and upbringing. For example, Sally Wen Mao was born in China but grew up in boston; so she has an interesting perspective from the start.

“Blowing my insides upside down

An umbrella in the wind

Too busy believeing

In dreams”

I was under the impression that the person who is speaking is using the umbrella as a metaphor to show that the wind/change is making them so uneasy that they cannot function. They are too caught up in the dreams/fantasies of life to see the world for what it is/ the real truth.

I chose this quote, because I love the comparisons shown. It’s perfect imagery, because if you have ever opened an umbrella on a windy day it flips inside out and the spokes break. This works well for a person feeling uneasy and flipped. They seem too distracted to do what they should.

The speaker seems distracted but coming back to their senses. The tone is very dry, solemn and serious. The speaker gives great advice nonetheless.

#aplit20livingpoet #229 words

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hauntedbythenarrative · 2 years

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Gone, Rosé//You won't find him here (snailsnfriends)//Arson, Jhope//Monica de la Torre//William Dill-Russell by me - Oxfordshire, March 2017//Outro: Tear, BTS//Burn it, Agust D//Your ex-lover is dead, Stars//Portrait of a lady on fire (2019), Celine Sciamma//Arson, Jhope//Tjawangwa Dema//Sula, Toni Morrinson//Playing with fire, Blackpink

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hauntedbythenarrative · 2 years

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"Buried", Not a girl, Ashe Vernon//Death of Sappho (1881), Miguel Carbonell Selva//Vengeance is Sworn (1851), Francesco Hayez//Plainwater, Anne Carson//The Unequal Marriage (detail), Vasili Pukirev (editor unknown)//Vesuvius, Amber Sparks//Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974), Toshiya Fujita//Furious, Jade Bird//Lady Snowblood (1973), dir. Toshiya Fujita//David Foster Wallace//Mitski//Ira V Simon//Candle Clock Aflame, Takato Yamamoto//Tjawangwa Dema//Emily Carey and Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon//safia elhillohome is not a country; “haitham”//Monstrous Flesh: On Women’s Bodies in Horror, Rebecca Harknis-Cross//Kill Bill vol.1 (2003), Quentin Tarantino

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hauntedbythenarrative · 2 years

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Female rage

Prelude, Brynne Rebele-Henry//Tjawangwa Dema//Kill this love, Blackpink//Speeches for Dr Frankenstein, Margaret Atwood//A hunger like no other, SK Osborn//Monstrous Flesh: On Women’s Bodies in Horror, Rebecca Harknis-Cross//Monster, Red Velvet//Ira V. Simon//Mitski//Fallen angels (1995), Wong Kar-Wai

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jamesmurualiterary · 5 years

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Tjawangwa “TJ” Dema poetry collection “The Careless Seamstress” for March 1.

Tjawangwa “TJ” Dema debut poetry collection The Careless Seamstress is coming out on March 1, 2019.

The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is awarded annually to an African poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry. Previous winners of the award are Clifton Gachagua for Madman at Kilifi (2014), Ladan Osman for The Kitchen-Dweller’s Testimony (2015), Mahtem Shiferraw for Fuc…

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jamesmurualiterary · 6 years

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Tjawangwa Dema wins Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2018

Tjawangwa (TJ) Dema Tjawangwa (TJ) Dema is the winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2018 is for her collection, The Careless Seamstress. Dema will receive a $1000 cash award and publication of her manuscript as part of the African Poetry Book Series by the University of Nebraska Press, to be released in the spring of 2019. The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is…

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