Haikus From a Random Wednesday Morning

I could start this blog post with a list of excuses as to why I haven’t been writing. I could go on and on about how busy my schedule is, I could tell you a sob story about how my life is slowly falling apart, or I could tell you how my internet at my apartment only works every once and while. All of which are accurate, but they are also considerably irrelevant to your daily life. So here are some haikus instead:

wow blankets are warm
hmmmmmm can i just sleep all day?
wake up class starts soon

my alarm is ducks
QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK HONK QUACK
i must hate myself

class starts in twenty
not enough time to shower
i am a sex god

no frost today yes
i can just drive to my doom
i really love school

why is it still cold
my nip naps are unhappy
nippy nippy nap

thought i heard my name
*turns around to kid i hate*
*walks away faster*

why are we playing
jeopardy in class today
are we twelve like what

jeopardy makes me
really mad at the human
race. no nice things here

review sessions make
me feel like i know nothing
midterm here i come

hello library
how are you today? oh me?
i only cried once!!!!

I always try to
study at the library
but i never do

spotify is great
right now i’m listening to
disney music yes

pocahontas yes
JUST AROUND THE RIVER BEND
NOSTALGIC FEELINGS

preparing myself
for my adventure outside
someone hold me please

why are there balloons?????
balloons are so neat yes yes
fun plastic and air

SEE BALLOONS. THE INSTAGRAM FILTER IS NASHVILLE IF YOU WERE CURIOUS.

OH MY GOD BALLOONS
THEY ARE MAKING THEM RAIN AH
HOW BEAUTIFUL WOW

i found balloon friend
he is red and a nugget
*balloon pops in hands*

leftover perkins
this is all you have to say
to make me love you

yes i have HASHBROWNS
*cries on hashbrowns for more salt*
that’s so much better

-Poof

A Collaboration of Random Thoughts

Hello there everyone! So…its been awhile. I could give you a list of excuses for why I haven’t been writing but quite frankly, I don’t have a valid excuse.

Because I have been writing.

I just haven’t been writing anything that any of you would be interested in. True, I’m just kind of assuming that none of you want to read my five page rhetorical analysis on an irrelevant article I had to read, but if i’m wrong I am so sorry.

Anyway, so I haven’t had a lot of time to sit down and write an actual “life update” type of blog post. Every time I have tried to sit down and actually blog I get distracted and forget who I am, where I am, what my purpose in life is, and most importantly what I was writing about.

So here is a random combination of thoughts and poems that I have wrote in the past few weeks, I hope you enjoy:

Words:

Words. Words are really weird. They are just a bunch of combined letters mashed together to express a thought, an idea, or a feeling. Then to make them more complicated, the words work together to form sentences, sentences that can invoke change if anyone actually listens. From rants to lectures, from speeches to slurs, from books to blog posts, words impact humans everyday.

But how can something so small cause so much change?

Even simple words like “Yes” and “No” can alter a whole situation. Words shift how people feel. Words can break hearts and mend them all at the same time. Nothing is more powerful or credible than a person’s word. Common phrases like

“I love you” or

“I need you”

make people think.

The trite phrase “actions speak louder than words” is lost in our generation. Words are honest, words are raw. Words can be analysed and recorded for years, an action happens in a moment.

Even just the sounds of certain words can make people cringe. If a sound of a word can make you think, what does that mean?

It shows how powerful words really are. Some say it’s crazy to think that a seemingly random combination of letters, can actually mean something. A lot of different somethings.

Words.

Words are weird.

I call this:

“that one time I was really determined to write a blog post but then i just fell asleep on my keyboard instead”

*dusts off the old keyboard* Hello there everyone! Guess who is back at college for her second semester? If you guessed me, well then you are correct! If you didn’t guess me, well then you made this lackluster blog opening a little bit more pointless. safff ffffffffffffffffff fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff fffffffffffffnjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa   aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa    aa    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

DISCLAIMER: it went on like that for a solid seven pages until I woke up to the song “Let it Go” playing, while I observed my newly drool stained keyboard. If that wasn’t a sign to stop writing, I don’t know what is.

Haiku’s from January 21st, 2014

Backstory: At this point in January, I wanted to start a new segment here where I just wrote a bunch of haikus relating to my whole day. If you like this, please tell me in the comments or on HeyPoofy’s Facebook page.

AND NOW FOR SOME HAIKUS:

it is too early

no other student is up

why must i work sigh

i’m sure it’s not cold

*opens the door* HOLY TITS

COLD COLD COLD CRYING

MY TEARS ARE FREEZING

I THINK I’M THE ONLY ONE

OUT HERE. WHY CRUEL WORLD.

remember how I

scoop eggs for a living wow

this is kinda sad

my boss is cranky

serving breakfast with anger

not worth the money

calM dOwN We HAvE BreAd

BUT WE do NOT hAvE BaCoN

sigh SIGH sigh SIGH sigh

remember when I

through my gloves into the trash

then strutted away?

huzzah warm showers

wait…why is the water cold

*bathes in tears instead*

one time my roommate

and her mom came in the room

when i was naked

ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha…ha ha ha ha

At least I can say I posted something *self five*

-Poof

Promoting Passions: Poetic Rhymes

Before I went to college, I was told that one of the most important things I would be exposed to was: networking. All of my teachers, coaches, and advisors told me that networking was key to having a successful future in your career. And for the most part, people make networking pretty easy at college. There are clubs for almost any major, internships and jobs available to students, and professors who have had experience working in your desired field.

 

But what are you supposed to do if you want to network and put your own work out there if it’s not in your field? If you are an artist that’s going into engineering, or a writer that’s going into teaching, how do you promote your own work? It seems like the hardest part is finding somewhere to start.

 

And we are starting here.

 

During the beginning of the school year I made a new friend, and we are both in the college of design. He is working on becoming an architect, but at the same time has released a collaborative mixtape under the name John Doe with his musical partner Phresh Prince. The mixtape is called Poetic Rhymes and helps tell the artists stories through poetry and hip-hop about their African roots as they live in Dallas, Texas. Recently I asked “John Doe” some questions about the Poetic Rhymes:

1) Though it is a basic question I feel like I should ask, why music?

 

Music transcends through all. Music is such a powerful source of information and culture. I love music because music will always be here. Things come and go but music is one thing that is forever inexhaustible. There is not a single person I’ve met that does not like music. Most importantly music has the ability to change and convey so many emotions, it’s a wonderful thing.

 

2) What artists have inspired your music?

 

Artists such as Andre 3000 & Outkast, Kanye West, Florence & The Machine, Of Monsters and Men, 2Pac, Bob Marley, Kid Cudi. I could literally go on for hours.

 

3) Would you consider making music as a career?

 

I would definitely consider making music as a career. It brings people such happiness, and I feel as if musicians are the voice of the people.

 

4) What is your favorite track off of Poetic Rhymes and why?

 

I have several favorite tracks from “Poetic Rhymes” but if I had to choose one it would be the final track, “Running Wild”. I like Running wild because it was the first time me and my compadre Phresh Prince really dedicated a whole song on our African roots. We really wanted to tell a story of our hardships and our hopes and dreams from young African teens’ perspectives.  

 

My personal favorite track is “Walking on the Moon”, but overall the album is worth a listen. The intros of these songs are all different then anything that is currently being produced in modern music, and that’s what sets Poetic Rhymes apart. The lyrics are genuine and tell their story elegantly while still being catchy. If you want to listen to Poetic Rhymes yourself, here is a link to the mixtape with a free download option

 

Want your passion to be promoted on Heypoofy.wordpress.com? Contact me on twitter or email me at: heypoofy@yahoo.com

 

#poofproblems

-Poof

Haikus: The Best Form of Expression

Sometimes at work I find myself with time to spare. Instead of sitting around wasting my time, I do something far more productive: write haikus.

haikus have really changed my life guys.

Here are some haikus from last night:

boss told me to text

but i’m not about that life

haikus are better

why does it always

smell like rotten chicken like

i can not even

ouch the water burns

so hawt so so hawt hawt hawt

bye bye fragile flesh

i’m not sure what’s worse

the poignant smell of chicken,

or scent of burnt flesh

where is everyone?

oh they are outside smoking

third time today sigh

if i hear ‘cup song’

one more time i will have to

cut someone close by

co workers are now

discussing the price of crocs

i hate everyone

oh no not again

plates stained with alfredo sauce

this is why i cry

but where is your house…?

i do not understand why

you would mislead me

eight dollar tip nice!

wow i don’t know what to say

thank you customer

dear girl that only

gave me seventy-five cents

keep the change my ass

#poofproblems

-Poof