safia rhymes with mafia

I'm performing with Immortal Technique next week

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:44:10 -0400

I'm performing with Immortal Technique next week :

AND I AM FREAKING OUT.

YOU SHOULD COME HANG OUT.

homecoming/hey DC :)

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:19:39 -0400

homecoming/hey DC :)

The Life and Times of a Published NYU Poet: An Interview With Safia Elhillo

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:25:56 -0400

The Life and Times of a Published NYU Poet: An Interview With Safia Elhillo

"before our Trane trekked all those Miles, all those Monks, wasn’t it always just us two? before the..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:25:01 -0400

“

before our Trane trekked all those Miles, all those Monks,
wasn’t it always just us two?
before the women who loved you mortal,
who knew not of the blue shades of your breath
knew nothing of the maps at the tips of your fingers
knew nothing of our love.
how was I to have known that
out of me you would coax the greatest love song
titled in the name of another
and never mine?

and who else could have known that
the birthplace of your breath was not your lungs
but the hollowest parts of my belly?

”

- Questions for John Coltrane, from his saxophone. Safia Elhillo (via tooroughfingersoftheworld)
:)

jai-danielle: pretty much. www. wellandoftenpress.com guys :)

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:24:36 -0400

jai-danielle:

pretty much.

www. wellandoftenpress.com guys :)

tomorrow :) let’s be Facebook official about it:...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:12:11 -0400

tomorrow :)

let’s be Facebook official about it: http://www.facebook.com/events/521487394582635/

Binge Channel: Speak Up Contest: Spoken Word/Motivational

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:45:49 -0400

Binge Channel: Speak Up Contest: Spoken Word/Motivational:

shaneromero:

The Poem Prayer For Her is by Brooklyn Poet Shane Romero. The poem is about a girl from Khartoum, Sudan and his amazement at her history and journey. T …

Dear World,
Because of everyone’s support my poem “Prayer For Her” is doing amazing in the SpeakUp contest hosted by BingeNow.com & Talib Kweli. Because of that everyone who SHARES & VOTES for my poem will get to download my album “Collecting Poems” FOR FREE in 24hrs. Thank you for the continued support I am so grateful.

“The Poem Prayer For Her is by Brooklyn Poet Shane Romero. The poem is about a girl from Khartoum, Sudan and his amazement at her history and journey. The poem explains how before her, he knew nothing of her culture. It displays detailed imagery about her journey from Sudan to New York and how all he now knows and still doesn’t know is what has made her so beautiful.”

so, let’s answer the million-dollar question first: yes, the poem is about yours truly ahaha. but the actual important thing here is that Shane is my thugged-out neighbor and a great friend, and no one is ever tryna care about us little Sudani girls so I think this poem was a really gorgeous gesture. what I also think is that you should vote for him, and we’ll get three-for-a-dollar ice pops at our bodega and toast your kindness

Metropolitan Room’s Feature Finder is an open mic series where,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:17:00 -0400

Metropolitan Room’s Feature Finder is an open mic series where, at the end of the night, the audience will vote for their favorite open mic performer of the evening, who will then get to do a feature-length set at the next week’s open mic!

$5, aka the cheapest thing to do in New York City on a Thursday night, and a bar serving whatever your pretty little heart desires.

Doors and open mic list open at 6:30!
Metropolitan Room is an internationally acclaimed jazz cabaret, and has recently introduced poetry to the range of performance arts it showcases. To join our mailing list for information on upcoming poetry events, send an email to safia@metropolitanroom.com

RSVP on Facebook, where all real love is validated: http://www.facebook.com/events/521487394582635/

Metropolitan Room
34 W 22nd St between 5th & 6th aves
New York, NY

"did our mothers invent loneliness or did it make them our mothers? were we fathered by silence or..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 01:10:13 -0400

“did our mothers invent loneliness or did it make them our mothers? were we fathered by silence or just looking to explain away this gaping quiet? is it wasteful or wistful to pray for our brothers in a language they never learned? whose daughters are we if we grow old before our mothers, or for their sake? they called our grandfathers the january children, lined up by the colonizer and assigned birth years by height. there is no answer because we come from men who do not know when they were born, because they married women shown to them in photographs, because their children left the country and tried for romance and had daughters full of all the wrong language.”

- Safia Elhillo, poet (via llapen)
:)

blackartchicago: Behind the Scenes: Verses and Flow Season 3...

Sat, 04 May 2013 18:21:29 -0400

blackartchicago:

Behind the Scenes: Verses and Flow Season 3 Taping
Los Angeles, California | May 2013

photos by blackartchicago
@versesandflow

blackartchicago: Behind the Scenes: Verses and Flow Season...

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:35:23 -0400

blackartchicago:

Behind the Scenes: Verses and Flow Season Three Taping
Los Angeles, California. May 2013

photos by blackartchicago
photo of Reggie Eldridge by Chas Jackson

love

stealing all the photos that i can from tonight because it was...

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:50:20 -0400

stealing all the photos that i can from tonight because it was the most gorgeous and i still haven’t processed that it happened

shot for season 3 of verses and flow today :)

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:20:54 -0400

shot for season 3 of verses and flow today :)

“To Whom This May Concern” by Camonghne Felix at the first...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:17:25 -0400

“To Whom This May Concern” by Camonghne Felix at the first Poetry Lives show at Metropolitan Room

(email safia@metropolitanroom.com to join the email list and stay updated on awesome events like this one!)

“Hypnophobia” by Aziza Barnes at the first Poetry...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:15:00 -0400

“Hypnophobia” by Aziza Barnes at the first Poetry Lives show at Metropolitan Room

(email safia@metropolitanroom.com to join the email list and stay updated on awesome events like this one!)

“Slaughter” by Mega at the first Poetry Lives show...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:12:00 -0400

“Slaughter” by Mega at the first Poetry Lives show at Metropolitan Room

(email safia@metropolitanroom.com to join the email list and stay updated on awesome events like this one!)

Word to Allah, I thought I saw you and Mega at the Canal Street A train station the other day. Also, I miss seeing your face in real time aka in person.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:13:20 -0400

WAIT ignore my last answer, we were there after the show on Sunday transferring to the C!!! Miss youuuu

Hi Sofia, What is the best way to get in touch with you about collaborating on a poetry project with youth in the SE Brooklyn? I'd love to talk with you more! Thanks & Cheers, Karen

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:41:59 -0400

Awesome! Send me an email at safia.elhillo@gmail.com :)

Cruella El Hill / DFC featured at the Metropolitan Room today so...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:00:00 -0400

Cruella El Hill / DFC featured at the Metropolitan Room today so I wore some lipstick about it

(new alias courtesy of Rob’s genius)

our first “Poetry Lives” event was wonderful and gorgeous and...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:55:29 -0400

our first “Poetry Lives” event was wonderful and gorgeous and bathed in purple light- here’s the recap video!

(for information on upcoming poetry events at the Metropolitan Room, send an email to safia@metropolitanroom.com to be added to our mailing list!)