Rachel Wiley

Rachel Wiley: Real Talk

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:48:48 -0400

Ok. So check it out- I am going to be begging for money a lot in the coming months to help send The Writing Wrongs Slam Team to Boston for the National Poetry Slam.

HOWEVER this is a separate sand different kind of plea.

I just found out that I did not get a job I was told I was pretty much a…

Big thanks to anyone that reblogged or placed an order.I am reblogging again just because I am not quit out of the woods yet.

Thanks <3

Hey, I just found your poem "10 Honest Thoughts On Being Loved By A Skinny Boy" and I fell in love with it and already wrote in down in my diary. It's just awesome really. And now I'm exploring your other poems and I wonder if you have them written down somewhere? Because sometimes these youtube-videos are hard to understand since english isn't my first language. Thanks for your writing, have a nice day!

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:22 -0400

Thank you so much. I am happy you are enjoying my work.

If you are interested in owning my work in print you can buy mt chapbooks on the mercy page of my website:

WileyPoetry.Weebly.com

Real Talk

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:52:58 -0400

Ok. So check it out- I am going to be begging for money a lot in the coming months to help send The Writing Wrongs Slam Team to Boston for the National Poetry Slam.

HOWEVER this is a separate sand different kind of plea.

I just found out that I did not get a job I was told I was pretty much a shoe in for. This coincides with my needing to pull together a security deposit to take over my apartment when my roommate moves out at the end of the month.

I am not asking for handouts

I am asking for you to take a look at my merch page and buy a book or cd or both so I can stay in the apartment that I run home to like an excited new lover

http://wileypoetry.weebly.com/merch.html

Shipping is included in all prices-some quanitites of some things are limited.

Thanks.

Ask A Queer Chick: fuckyeahcracker: Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like...

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:55:48 -0400

Ask A Queer Chick: fuckyeahcracker: Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like...:

fuckyeahcracker:

Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like That”:

Literally nothing other than white people having their feelings hurt on the internet

I’m not joking there is no real world consequence of this

Effects Of Thinking People of Color Are “All Like That”:

Saudi…

In which I glue two 30/30 poems together

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:49:00 -0400

The Folly of Youth

You would have loved me then

in those untamed days of purple hair and elephant bells

when I was afraid of my very own breasts

but little else.

Our first date would have had us

lifting a flat blue bottle of Mad Dog 20/20 from the corner store

in the enormous back pocket of your skater jeans

and drinking it under a cloud of graffiti in the abandoned racquetball courts in Westgate park

rewarding each other’s toughness for holding back the cough and shudder of malt liquor kickback with bursts of long hard kisses and secrets bitten into necks.

We would have skipped Mrs Bennett’s 9th grade Biology class to trade virginities in your mother’s two job unchaperoned house.

We’d smoke pot and stare at the glow in the dark stars on your ceiling

plastic sheen in daylight until the windows darkened and they smiled back.

We would celebrate at a basement party in a boys house

whose mother punched her maternal time card the day he turned 18

by moving a man with a rent check into the 2nd bedroom and the absence she left on her way to Nevada to finally begin her life.

We would glow like those same sun heavy plastic stars

and not let go of one another’s hand

even and especially when Joey Williams proves himself a lightweight by vomiting a still intact handful of cheese puffs onto the screen door after only 3 Mike’s hard lemonades.

We would be drunk and safe on the folly of youth.

We would be a pair of soft hands here.

We would never think about growing old.

We met instead in the years the hard lessons came to collect.

Where I am alone a calloused fist, God fearing, and begging you not to make a joke of me.

You have only just earned your knee caps and wear them proud and shiny like medals

I cannot possibly ask you to give them up to me so soon,

and I understand this.

After a fertilizer plant exploded in the town of West, Texas

A local news station in Columbus, OH went to interview a farmer living near the Scotts Chemical Plant in Marysville just an hour or so away.

They asked him if in light of this recent tragedy he was scared to live so close to the Chemical Plant

and he said, “Well sure, but this is my home,you cant run away from from everything that might explode.”

And I understand this too.

I am walking home under an awning of college boys grand standing on roof tops

chucking beer bottles onto the lawn.

a home I will not live in this time next week

a home I never quite belonged in no matter how we arranged the furniture

We haunted the attic of this home together for a year.

On Sunday morning 2 men with a truck will come and take all that is mine

away from all that is yours.

In the new house I have already decided to place the bed

that used to be our bed

but is now just my bed

against a wall the way you hated for the way it made you feel trapped

but it always made me feel safe.

Last week you found your house key for the first time in 3 months

while I was at work

and scrawled a love note in ink on the drywall we never got around to painting

I cannot take this with me when I leave here.

My friend Jon says it is a fact

that the frontal lobe of your brain has not yet fully developed

this is the place in the brain where forethought and empathy live

it does not complete development until we are nearly 25

You are 22 now.

Penelope waited 20 years for Odysseus to return to her.

I am not waiting for you

but I am not not waiting for you either

My fully formed frontal lobe tells me it is unlikely you will return

that the smart thing to do is to move on from this explosion

My heart though,

she met your heart somewhere less tame

she thumps on a promise where we grow old together

and

she likes to be called Penelope sometimes.

deadpon-and-weible: impsexual: Because telling fat people that...

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:38:56 -0400

deadpon-and-weible:

impsexual:

Because telling fat people that they are in fact humans that deserve dignity and respect automatically means you’re ~*GLORIFYING OBESITY*~

By the way, don’t dribble on to me saying you worry about a fat person’s ‘health’. That’s just a bullshit excuse to voice your unwanted opinion on a fat person’s body considering you wouldn’t give a single flying fuckadoodle about someone’s health if they were skinny. Besides another person’s health is none of your damned business anyway. Run along now and preach to a choir that actually cares.

I’m going to be honest, so long as you’re not hurting anyone, you can eat soy sauce and milk duds all day long for all I care.

thank you so much for this comic imp.

fariedesign: no one is alone forever..right?

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:36:22 -0400

fariedesign:

no one is alone forever..right?

If i lived close to columbus i would take you out. Youre a cutie pie

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:34:05 -0400

Why you gotta be anon about it though? ;-)

Thats the feeling I am looking for…I’d like a...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:43:42 -0400

Thats the feeling I am looking for…I’d like a crush..or a date…or a date with a crush..

or another glas of wine

mikemcgee: Back in San José. Starting over. Amassing...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:35:06 -0400

mikemcgee:

Back in San José. Starting over. Amassing ingredients for a massive life-cake. Wanna pitch in? My “Sweet Nuggets” Chapbook & Album, from my hands to yours: $6 here—-> http://www.mikemcgee.net/store (at In Your Mailbox)

GO BUY THIS CHAPBOOK! It is full of awesome. It will turn your mailbox into a cereal box FULL of secret decoder rings and tiny submarines and awesome.

Do it.

fatpeopleart: tarynrileyart submitted: Tea Party - Oil on...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:32:05 -0400

fatpeopleart:

tarynrileyart submitted:

Tea Party - Oil on Canvas

tarynriley.com | tarynrileyart.tumblr.com

faatmatiu: Sean Hartter’s “alternate universe” science fiction...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:26:09 -0400

faatmatiu:

Sean Hartter’s “alternate universe” science fiction movie posters.

Fuck Yeah Slam Poems!: Slam Poets and Spoken word folks you can follow!

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:23:35 -0400

Fuck Yeah Slam Poems!: Slam Poets and Spoken word folks you can follow! :

fuckyeahslampoems:

Hey Fuck Yeah Slam Poem Fans! Looking for more interesting poetry/spoken word/slam/poets to follow? Here is a (large) sampling of some of the folks we follow:

Lauren Zuniga http://laurenzuni.tumblr.com/

Andrea Gibson http://andrewgibby.tumblr.com/

Sierra DeMulder http://sierrademulder.tumblr.com/

Mike McGee http://mikemcgee.tumblr.com

Rachel Wiley http://sweetwhatsername.tumblr.com/

Wonder Dave http://wonderdave.tumblr.com/

Michael Mlekoday http://michaelmlekoday.tumblr.com/

Suzi Q. Smith http://suziqsmith.tumblr.com/

Megan Falley http://meganfalley.tumblr.com/

Miles Walser http://mileswalser.tumblr.com/

Mahogany Browne http://blkgirlwrites.tumblr.com/

Rob Sturma http://ratpackslim.tumblr.com

Katelyn Lucas http://kmlucas.tumblr.com/ (it’s a photo blog of poets in action!)

Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz http://coaptowicz.tumblr.com/

Doc Luben http://docluben.tumblr.com/

Rachel McKibbens http://rachelmckibbens.tumblr.com/

Joshua Merchant http://joshuamerchant.tumblr.com/

Shayne Avec I Grec http://shaynanigans.tumblr.com/

Victor Infante http://victorinfante.tumblr.com/

Eric Odum http://wordsmithsjournal.tumblr.com/

Toaster http://timtoasterhenderson.tumblr.com/

Michael Lee http://michaelleepoetry.tumblr.com/

Sarah Griff http://wordfury.tumblr.com/

Steph Holmbo http://smallsholmbo.tumblr.com/

Amelia Dylan Garcia http://arsenalhearted.tumblr.com/

Guante http://guante.tumblr.com/

Niccolea M Nance http://only1miouo.tumblr.com/

Faylita Hicks http://faylitahicks.tumblr.com/

Amy Dentata http://amydentata.tumblr.com/

SeeMore Perspective http://seemoreperspective.tumblr.com/

Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria http://rscspokenword.tumblr.com/

Houston Hughes http://houstonrh7.tumblr.com/

Sam Sax http://samsax.tumblr.com/

Denise Jolly http://denisejollyspoken.tumblr.com/

Nic Alea http://nicalea.tumblr.com/

Omar Holman http://omarholmon.tumblr.com/

Shappy Seasholtz http://uncleshappy.tumblr.com/

Carrie Rudzinski http://carrierudzinski.tumblr.com/

Will Evans http://williamevanswrites.tumblr.com/

Kait Rokowski http://kaitrokowski.tumblr.com/

Jesse Bradley http://iheartfailure.tumblr.com/

Dave Nichols http://mychinatown.tumblr.com/

Khary Jackson (aka 6 is 9) http://prettydeadhair.tumblr.com/

Nicole Homer http://nicolehomer.tumblr.com/

Inky http://colesarar.tumblr.com/

Zoelle Egner http://zoelle.tumblr.com/

Lewis Mundt http://beardpoetry.tumblr.com/

Hieu Minh Nguyen http://hieuminhbeing.tumblr.com/

Jessica Helen Lopez http://thewordisawoman.tumblr.com/

Chad Anderson http://chadpoet.tumblr.com/

Ashley Haze http://thelolahaze.tumblr.com/

Ellyn Touchette http://ellyntouchette.tumblr.com/

T. Miller http://tmillertakesatumbl.tumblr.com/

Here are a couple of Spoken Word/ Poetry Organizations Tumblr accounts:

National Poetry Slam 2013 http://nps2013.tumblr.com/

Beast Crawl (Oakland CA Literary fest!) http://beastcrawl.tumblr.com/

SlamMN http://slammn.org/

Cal Slam (University of Berkeley CA, College Slam) http://calslam.tumblr.com/

Button Poetry http://buttonpoetry.tumblr.com/

Loser Slam (New Jersey) http://loserslam.tumblr.com/

Is there any chance of some UK performances?

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:47:14 -0400

I WISH! Its a goal but nothing is in the works that I am aware of yet.

Thanks <3

It's a shame that I forgot that I was following you until I went through my "follows" list. You have a beautiful way with words.

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:44:47 -0400

Well I am glad you remebered…thanks hun :-)

I found a poem that starts: "Before you fuck up and call her anything less than her name, before you grab her by the arm you need to know the trigger that you are pulling at." Is this by you? If so, what is the title and where can I find the entire text? Your writing is painfully, beautifully truthful and I love it. <3

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:44:27 -0400

This is a poem called Her Name-I wrote it for my best friend-There is a youtube video of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThcbC5uYFjk

I am very glad that you like the piece. Thanks for messaging <3

you're gorgeous, don't every forget it or waste any time thinking you aren't :)

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:42:45 -0400

Thanks :-)

All of This

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:02:48 -0400

Recently sighing hard and re-entering the online dating world has coincided with me being really fucking mean to myself. This article http://www.themilitantbaker.com/2013/03/things-no-one-will-tell-fat-girls-so-i.html?m=1

Is everything I know to be true but needed to hear someone else say in a calm and rational tone. I am grateful for it today.

are you in love with anyone, and if so, who?

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:55:55 -0400

Do you want it to be you? ;-)

"Traditional FA [Fat Acceptance] arguments have relied on the idea that the way to diffuse these..."

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:52:09 -0400

“Traditional FA [Fat Acceptance] arguments have relied on the idea that the way to diffuse these hateful statements is to prove that fat isn’t necessarily unhealthy. But by doing so we’ve ceded the premise that health status is, in fact, grounds for hating or despising someone. And as long as the tiniest statistical correlation between fatness and whatever-disease exists, we’ve lost the argument, because we diffused the wrong bomb: we should have rejected the idea that it’s okay to hate people for being ‘unhealthy,’ period.”

- (via docluben)