simone john

poet | witch | abolitionist. author of TESTIFY (@Octopus__Books). vibe dealer at @hivesoulyoga. booking: [email protected]

[simone john @simoneivory]

new poetry project is almost hereeeee✨🎶💅🏾 (I guess I'm a producer now? 😂🤷🏾‍♀️) learn more at https://t.co/Iz67Wt2wGn

#comingsoon #BlackBoston #whatfolksaresaying

[simone john @simoneivory]

follow @auntiesbabyaudio on ig for more deets
🔗https://t.co/9L4jkoK152🔗 (2/x)

#poetry #blackboston #blackarchives

[simone john @simoneivory]

made it another year around the sun 🎉✨🎂 here's a media dump from the past year & a teaser for a new project dropping soon on a music platform near you 👀 🎧 #thisis30 #growthgamestrong #geminigang (1/x)

[simone john @simoneivory]

@BrianLehrer @paulkrugman question for your guest: are there economic reports, studies, etc that illuminate the reality of who carries the most student debt? could a study be conducted? (& who might do that?) I'm wondering if facts could counter Biden's Ivy League debt narrative

[Central College English Department @CentralEngl]

Today in African American lit, Dr. Billing's students discuss @simoneivory's raw, beautiful, elegaic collection Testify. Listen to her read some of her poems here: https://t.co/QZgcFdeUmZ

[Hugo House @HugoHouse]

Two poems from Testify by @simoneivory https://t.co/Bb056GqSUJ

[simone john @simoneivory]

catch me on this instant virtual poetry reading, curated by @masscultural 📚💻✨

[Mass Cultural Council @masscultural]

We've assembled a virtual reading series featuring MA literary artists @simoneivory, @grnethercott, @annavqross, @wvstrautmann, and @Shilpits. Listen now: https://t.co/DHaP8MzyAa

[Lemu. @lmckr]

2020 is what we thought Y2K would be.

[OctopusBooks @Octopus__Books]

One of @simoneivory’s poems for Sandra Bland in TESTIFY.

[That Aint It @bonitafrobum]

If you or someone you know was arrested in Boston tonight, get in contact with the Massachusetts Bail Fund: https://t.co/zzG6tHv3Yv

[simone john @simoneivory]

@evan_greer @threadreaderapp unroll

[Bodega Baddie @CAMONGHNE]

To be clear: are Black folks rioting and turning up? Yes. Is that okay? yes. Are black folks burning down their own communities — absolutely the fuck not.

[simone john @simoneivory]

relatable #mood 👇🏾 still traumatized from being in the streets in 2015 & jammed tf up from writing TESTIFY 🙃

my main action rn is laying low & asking the altar for guidance about where to put my body in this moment 🙏🏾✨

[Crochety Poet @CaseyRocheteau]

When Black folks are repeatedly saying do not show the faces of protesters it’s because people’s lives are at stake it’s not an exaggeration. When we tell you that white people who are either agent provocateurs or cops or both are escalating shit it’s not a conspiracy theory.

[Crochety Poet @CaseyRocheteau]

Fred Hampton was brutally murdered in his sleep by the police the following year. Mark Rudd is still alive. In 2013 I asked Mark why Fred Hampton knocked his ass out. His answer was clear and concise: “we did not listen to the people on the ground because we were racist.”

[Crochety Poet @CaseyRocheteau]

Fred Hampton (Chairman of the Chicago Black Panthers) punched Mark Rudd (a member of the Weather Underground) in the face during a meeting and the white activists still wouldn’t listen.

[Crochety Poet @CaseyRocheteau]

Short Thread:

During the 1968 DNC, white activists descended upon Chicago for the “Days of Rage” and the Chicago Black Panthers told them not to bc Black Chicagoans were the ones who would suffer the consequences. The white activists didn’t listen.