Tag Archives: violence

What We Can’t Say

Posted on September 24, 2017 by anyushka

Today, a man got stabbed in my neighbourhood. On a road I cross almost daily, a road I had crossed just an hour before someone else did, someone who had a knife in their hand. And a man got stabbed … Continue reading →

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HOME – Warsan Shire

Posted on July 25, 2016 by anyushka

no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your neighbors running faster than you breath bloody in their throats the boy … Continue reading →

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LOVE IS LOVE – Pray For Orlando

Posted on June 13, 2016 by anyushka

Here are the names  of those who have been killed in Orlando this weekend. Pray for those who lost their loved ones and for those who do not feel this loss. ——— Pray for the LGBT Community in Orlando and … Continue reading →

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news flash

Posted on May 3, 2016 by anyushka

… is it so easy to kill, is it as easy as getting on a bus, is it as easy as turning your back to the school kids on their way home … it gets easier once you carry the knife, it gets easier once blades are familiar, it gets … Continue reading →

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Blessed Are the Children

Posted on October 1, 2014 by anyushka

  blessed are the children/ newsagents and takeaways are their post-school tabernacles/ they congregate behind bus stops/ righteously praying over one of their own/ fallen from grace/ at their feet and their mercy   blessed are the children/ NatWest closed … Continue reading →

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