Porsha Olayiwola | Twerk Villanelle
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In this week\\u2019s episode, we dive into the groovy life of Porsha Olayiwola. Her work talks about her experience as a queer woman of color. This episode includes a reading of her poem, \\u201cTwerk Villanelle\\u201d (featured in Get Lit Anthology).
\\u201cBlack, futurist, poet, dyke, hip-hop feminist, womanist: Porsha is a native of Chicago who now resides in Boston. Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the artistic director at MassLEAP, a literary youth organization. Olayiwola is an MFA Candidate at Emerson College. Porsha Olayiwola is the author of i shimmer sometimes, too forthcoming with Button Poetry and is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston.\\u201d (http://www.porshaolayiwola.com/bio)
my girl positioned for a twerk session \\u2014
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 knees bent, hands below the thigh, tongue out, head
turned to look at her body\\u2019s precession.
she in tune. breath in. breasts hang. hips freshen.
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 she slow-wine. pulse waistline to a beat bled
for her, un-guilt the knees for the session.
fair form of vertebrae- backbone blessing,
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 her pop-in innate. her pop-out self-bred,
head locked into her holied procession.
dance is proof she loves herself, no questions \\u2014
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 no music required, no crowd needed.
she arched into a gateway, protecting \\u2014
this dance is proof she loves me, no guessing.
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 a bronx bedroom, we hip-to-hip threaded.
she turn to me, tranced by her possessing.
she coils herself to, calls forth a legend \\u2014
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 round bodied booty, bounce a praise ballad.
she break hold, turn whole in a twerk session.
body charmed, spell-bent, toward procession.
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