To Viola
In the closing scene of the fourth episode of How to Get Away with Murder, Viola Davis' character Annalise Keating removes her wig, eyelashes and wipes away her makeup, staring at herself in the mirror. This powerful scene has stayed with me ever since...
To Viola,
As I write these lines,
Shame courses through my veins,
Clawing beneath my skin
Sending my heart into a frenzied dance
How do I articulate the sensation
Of witnessing your revelation?
Bare.
You stood before us
Stripped of the armor
The façade we so carefully craft
It felt like stumbling upon
A hidden wound
A stranger’s nakedness,
The discomfort, the shock
Of recognizing…
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A "scholasticide" has been happening in Haiti
I published my first piece for the diaspora column of Stabroek news, a Guyanese newspaper. In it, I talked of the systemic destruction of education in Haiti, driven not only by recent gang attacks on schools but also by a history of social inequality.
Check out the article here
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A poem is an omen
Two poems speaking to each other over 2 years
Nothing hurts more than losing one's home
Two poems speaking to each other over 2 years
April 28, 2022
Aren’t you happy?
To be here among riches
To fall asleep knowing that tomorrow
You can get just what you crave
You can jump on a train
And find yourself miles away
Get on and off planes
Get a coffee
Attend a concert
Feel the pressure of moving
At each coming holiday
Because why would you limit yourself
When nothing limits…
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De la nécessité de mettre les sciences humaines au service du développement d’Haïti
Reprenant un texte initialement publié en 2017, je suis surprise de constater à quel point mes réflexions, bien que mûries, restent ancrées dans les mêmes préoccupations, notamment sur la nécessité de la remise en question des modèles de développement...
Initially published here on December 1st, 2017
En ce 21ème siècle, chacun a au moins une petite idée vraie ou fausse sur ce que sont les sciences humaines. A travers le monde, elles sont souvent considérées à la fois comme très prestigieuses mais aussi comme des tergiversations inutiles. Par année, on dispose presque dix fois plus de fonds pour des recherches en sciences naturelles en génies et…
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Innocence
Dear Subscribers,
Get ready to embark on an emotional journey of self-discovery with this latest short story release that explores the theme of lost innocence in a world filled with silences and expectations.
TW: Masturbation, familial violence, slurs
Tay looked up at the clock. Tick Tock. Tick Tock, it went. Grounding her in her new reality. There had been a breach, she knew that. Knew that the time to come would bear no resemblance with what preceded. Her world had been shaken to its foundations, the pillars of her existence had crumbled down into rubbles on top of which she was forced to kneel down, bracing herself for the aftershocks. No…
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CARREFOUR-FEUILLES WIL NOT FALL
My recent trip to Brazil confronted me with the fact that when I was there last August, I received news that gangs had invaded Carrefour-Feuilles, my childhood neighborhood, forcing my family to leave. It took me a while to be able to write about this...
“If things turn sour, continue to live for us both. I love you, sis.”
Source: RTVC
I woke up in São Paulo to this heart-wrenching message on August 13th, 2023. In that instant, my world completely shattered, and I have struggled ever since to keep its pieces together. My eyes welled up with tears as I began wailing uncontrollably, my heart racing faster than I ever thought possible. Her voice.…
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M pa gen cheve
Hi everyone! It's been a while.
This one is quite personal. It's my first try writing in my mother tongue Haitian Creole. A loose translation in English can be found below😊
Mpa gen cheve
Cheve m kannèl
Cheve m pa bèl
M toujou tande moun ap di
Yo di si cheve m te bat anba dèyè
M tap telman fyè
Se tèt anlè m tap mache
Eske sa vle di m oblije rete tèt bese
Eske m oblije chanje
Eske fom rayi moun mwen ye
Paske gen moun ki panse m te ka mye
Cheve swa se bote
Yo toujou di
Lè l lage sou do w, li leve figi w
Kiyes ki pa anvi bèl
Ki pa ta anvi moun di l…
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Anchorage
Teenage me was so cheesy but love is timeless...❤
You speak
You laugh
I look at you
There’s nothing else in this world
But your laughter breaching the silence
And your voice playing along
The frenzied beating
Of my heart
I look at you
And I laugh too
Life is sweet
I tell myself
It is when you speak
It is every time I see you
I feel like singing
But I only have sheets to fill
To overflow with every moment near you
Stolen from…
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Is it me?
You can also follow me on TikTok:
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ4kP125/
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You whom I love
Gloomy day here in Ghent. Hope the sun shines brighter where you are...
You whom I love
Whom I love as
The best part of me
You whose love
Leaves me unsteady
I only dream of being guilty
Of your happiness
As you are of my weakness
To love you every day
A little more
A little stronger
I dream of seeing the sun
Rise in your eyes
And your gaze saying
The desire to have me
Closer and closer,
Blending into your skin
So that our nights
Have a taste of…
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Aren't you happy (French-English version)
I took part to my second open mic night recently. I first recited “Pénélope” by Maram al-Masri then a bilingual version of my poem “Aren’t you happy”. There’s something really powerful about reading your own poem in public. I will try that again for sure!
Links to the open mic event:
Penelope: link 1 link 2
Aren’t you happy (live): link 1 link 2
N’es-tu pas contente
D’être ici au milieu des richesses
De te coucher
Sûre que demain
Tu peux avoir tout ce que tu veux
Tu peux sauter dans un train
Et te retrouver loin
Prendre l’avion
Prendre un café
Aller à un concert
Sentir l’appel du large
À l’approche de chaque fête
Car pourquoi te…
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Writing challenge: Day 3
Writing challenge: Day 3
Tess fell in love that day. It came like a storm sweeping her away in its breath after years of fearing that she might never find the courage to take the leap and fall again. Because you have to fall first to be able to soar and appreciate the new skies that you reach. But her heart had been broken one too many times. By men who treated her like she was disposable. Men who wanted everything from…
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Writing challenge: Day 2
What impression you get from reading me?
What are three things you like about your own writing?
Three things I love about my writing
I love how simple yet powerful my writing can be (I have sometimes felt bad about it but came to realize that there is beauty in simplicity. And anyway, it’s my personal style and I love it)
I love that it can resonate with people, make them laugh, think or it can just get a conversation started
I love how capricious it can be (When months go by without me…
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Qui veut essayer ce challenge avec moi?
Who wants to try this challenge with me?
En anglais ou en français 🙂
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It's all falling apart
Speed writing at the Hyster-x writing residence on August 6th, 2022
I could tell you
But what?
There are no words
No images to evoke
No ligns to trace
Nothing but threads
Nothing but noise
Maybe time will tell
But I don’t know
Sometimes I love you
Most times I don’t
Or I do
But it’s a shadow
Echo of the past
Reflection on a mirror
I can’t touch it
I can’t touch you
It’s all falling apart
Magdalée Brunache
Speed writing at the Hyster-x writing…
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Announcement to my readers
Hope you'll like it:
https://youtu.be/HTOTtayfEJw
Also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@boldandmighty/video/7138700026565512454?_t=8VLKGFddyeE&_r=1
Hi everyone. I have been publishing my poems on my personal blog for some time but I decided to share them under a different format to reach more people. Hope you’ll like it:https://youtu.be/HTOTtayfEJw
Also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@boldandmighty/video/7138700026565512454?_t=8VLKGFddyeE&_r=1
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