Alyssa Moore

this bb officially launched @ NOPF this year and i’ve read from it here and there but forgot (?) to post about it (?) [ time keeps stretching and stretching away from me . trying to keep it loose / un-pressured / at peace with being outside of time] anyway here i am w so many thanks to the beautiful people of @tiltedhouse who welcomed & collaborated on my wild experiment. including bringing into the world this dream cover which took several days to fully dry ✨💦 i’m reading from it again this Thursday Sep 19 @poboxcollective &also talk to me i’d love to read from it where you are too, outside/time

Yesterday, I turned 25 in Boston w my love / Today, I have two poems in Poetry Magazine /In April, I’m reading at the Poetry Foundation / It is, despite the snow, a warm time

Alyssa again… Today’s meditations center around being “spineless” in “any moment like this” of great human suffering and exploitation—from Gaza to Sudan to Haiti to Congo and beyond. Spineless here does not just mean standing aside and letting others make brutal decisions. It also means aligning with power or money over the health and safety of human lives. And then choosing to make inhumane, unconscionable decisions. This is the policy of our government, of many governments and institutions worldwide. It’s an active, measured choice. And from Israel to the United States, leaders and media rely on rhetoric and propaganda to obscure the fact that their policy is death. And so we see those with power (“the nuclear bomb”) saying they are afraid of the powerless (“the cucumber”). If we believe we are “implicated in one another,” then it matters the institutions we involve ourselves with and seek positions of power in. Many have bought into the idea that they can change these institutions from the inside “incrementally.” And we’ve seen them become the mouthpiece for the spineless from the UN to Atlanta. I hope we imagine more. And in this lifetime of resistance, I hope we seek positions, avenues, and opportunities that allow our siblings to “gather,” “ripen,” and flourish.

thawing into blushes of pink and purple / a few of many gifts + .joy. belatedly Pisces / “I had a dream recently where I asked for help in how to fill the void of loneliness, unworthiness & I got the answer "Fill the void with the divine." @cyborgstuti / (colors!!: @krislovescolor )

celebrating, manifesting, meditating on joyful Black femmes resting and caring for themselves in THIS lifetime. // long road // aren’t you fighting for a world where black ppl can rest?// here w/ @blax_nphysics and @earthmamaa , my partners through two nourishing months of @blmrocketyoga teacher training with @iamdavinadavidson . a training w ALL/ hundreds of Black ppl. (s/o to our other wonderful instructors @amberjyoga , @yogiman_83 , @brandoflows , & @jnaebless ) there are Black yoga teachers, y'all!! here we are! Zaria’s teaching now. I’ll be offering classes in the new year. give Black ppl ur coin obvi. PC: the sweet and gracious @abrianavisuals ✨

something 4 every1 // a poem is an image & a novel. idc // day’s play //

Thursday I was invited to read some words @poetryfoundation w the amazing @paige.m.lewis & @eloisaam - my loves came ! - my coworkers came?? - i was gifted a muji pen - 📷: @kavehhhhhhhh

i don’t have instagram anymore

very hot very young very Iowa

got a new diploma (& also my foot). i’m a master