Ariana Brown - Curanderismo

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Ariana Brown, performing at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
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[@IzzyEze]

"If you are alive, you descended from a people who refused to die. Nothing is more sacred than you". Powerful.

[@michaelanderson9106]

"The western world would have you believe that only what is written is true" that line. gives me strength.

[@kutelovely11]

She is one of my favorite poets to listen to. Her voice could paralyze me. It is so beautifully broken

[@ilovepiedoyou2]

I'm in tears. Absolutely beautiful.

[@emeech21]

"And the call us dirty as if being covered in the earth is wrong"

[@gabriellejordan6535]

“What medicine do you know that can lift the wounds of the dead, return the living their souls?”

[@Prettyybrowngirl]

"The western world would have you believe that only what is written is true"💖

[@CinthyaYanez-nt1xb]

This gave me the chills. "It takes love to name the damage in my own body"
It is ok to not be ok. Our ancestors are always watching and loving us. Gracias por tan bonitas palabras

[@gloriaodekunle]

My favourite poet. The poet who made me fall in love with poetry.

[@gracegany3983]

she could say hello and I would get chills. Just her voice is magic.

[@luceroencina2976]

her words touched my soul

[@amparoohoo3532]

Her voice always makes me feel so much emotion.

[@DezerayHope]

that is beautiful honestly and I love the last line.

[@charlespineda1685]

From someone who is working on their own decolonization, this is very inspiring and reassuring.

[@HeiLong24]

That final line gave me CHILLS. Wow.

[@eclecticraeen]

This is my favorite poem in the entire world ❤

[@andreahaller17]

The power and the deepness makes me tear up. Love this!

[@ChristCruisin]

We never really lose our ancestors... it’s how you’ve known all along, that you were never alone

[@ZedRN]

Ariana, You are amazing- I am not even a fan of much of contemporary poetry, but this grips..thank you!!

[@ButtonPoetry]

Wow, thank you!

[@em578578]

I am white, and I grew up knowing only America, and I do my best to understand others experiences, and nothing gives me goosebumps and feel like I understand (as best I can) like Ariana's poems
(if this is a bad take, please let me know and I'll delete the comment, this is not about me)

[@resilientwriter]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@latrekistaboricuablogger7421]

raw y precioso. un millón de gracias, Ms. Ariana Brown.

[@ivannelson2392]

I love her cadence

[@BeautyTakesOver]

Beautiful.

[@daddymarx9445]

Marking a return, or at least a survivor.

[@2016brownie]

One of the GOATs

[@hobbojoe097]

she just gets better and better

[@lovelyyearnings]

This was so beautiful & encouraging to listen to, thank you

[@SweetNightmare369]

Okay but I want the book and the song to start my own decolonization process

[@travelingurlbrittyb6043]

that was amazing

[@royal3880]

she did her thing big time!

[@nathaliaarcos1852]

i love her

[@scarlettcisneros3032]

Amazing

[@joseresendiz6599]

Breathe taking. The shame of the egg resonates with me, you see my mother practices this hybrid ceremony passed down by word of mouth from generation to the next. I come from a long line of curanderas. Until recently I had turned my back on these teachings; because when I translate them into the Colonial language I now speak. It doesn't make sense. It resonates more now because It connects me to my Amerindian ancestors who built the most complex pyramids in the world, it connects me to my African heritage. You see during the colonial times the Afro Mexicans were famous for their knowledge of natural remedies.
Curanderiamo comes from the intersection of the three cultures in my Homeland of Mexico.

[@mat1rom]

This poem is a testament to identity its complexity and why America will always be and why trump will never win. You can not deport us into a land that is always us.

[@laurachapa5195]

Beautiful!!

[@BeingTiffany]

wow powerful

[@Jbunny1997]

2:52 this got me.. wow

[@soyGringaSalsera]

Beautiful

[@zainabamadahy9918]

Powerful!!!

[@risa7591]

BEAUTIFUL POWERFUL REAL
TLAZOCAMATI

[@jeffreyvoid]

powerful

[@ChristCruisin]

💕💕💕 wow

[@sonyavargas6756]

woooooo!!!

[@marshacreary2442]

Dammit Man!

[@LozerChic7]

chills. fucking chills.

[@kyramckenzie7556]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@andpoof9305]

She has a poem called wolf child right? Or am I delusional, because I can't find it!!

[@whiskeredwriter]

Who the hell are the 11 people who disliked this? Nevermind. I don't want to know you.

[@Thiagokko]

Beautiful!