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Aja Monet

Feb 21
Love0

Hi Ms.Aja. I’m 15 years old and I am an aspiring poet. I say aspiring because I’m so afraid to share my work, mostly because I’m scared of my work being rejected or not well received. Can you tell me hopw to overcome this and the skills to write impactful poetry?

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Hello love. Thank you for sharing and sending me this message. I think the best way to overcome this fear is to begin by reading your poems out loud to yourself as much as possible. It will help to begin to get used to the sound of your own voice. Slowly and gradually, share with your closest friends and confidents. Eventually, it will build your…
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Feb 21
Love0

Hello, my name is Kelvin. I was searching something and came up your page. Do you mind me asking, where you got your description paragraph (“two ex-slaves from the same family tribe…” above *ask me anything*) or if its something that you came up with? I think this describes me & this Brooklyn Sista and our ensuing relationship to a tee. This Sista is absolutely special to me, in the ways that this paragraph you describe… To find out that someone else is on that tip, is almost unbelievable.

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Kelvin, thank you for your message. I wrote this with my best friend sitting beside me. It best embodied how I felt about our friendship. It came to me as it reads. I am grateful that you, too, have a friend like this. 
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Feb 21
Love0

How did you come up with this? It’s incredible!”two ex-slaves from the same family tribe reunited in the new millenium, after figuring out how to time travel through creating & sharing artistic vision and futuristic ideas about love & liberation. Their sense of humor is what revolts are made of. Jetsetters in this life and the next. shout out to the middle passage.”

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i was sitting with a friend of mine and it best captured how i felt the moment i started this tumblr.
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