Home Profile Photography Project 365 Ask Archive var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-10532525-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @rakkan)http://rakkan.tumblr.com/In China he is eating dinner in a restaurant that the Zagat Guide picked out for him, and I am here...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/51054165581http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/51054165581Wed, 22 May 2013 02:19:00 -0400prosefictionwritingcreative writingwordslong distanceflash fictionHis voice is like butter melting in a pan over the stove. It pours over a room like hot oil lacing a...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/51052350609http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/51052350609Wed, 22 May 2013 01:38:00 -0400prosefragmentoriginal contentwritingcreative writingwordsspilled inkSome people buy easy-chairs, Jack, but all I&#8217;ve got is you. I&#8217;m ringing the doorbell at...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/51049196379http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/51049196379Wed, 22 May 2013 00:38:23 -0400jackwritingprosecreative writingfictionwordsthoughtsspilled ink The boy who sings happy birthday at your party is never the one who stays till all the balloons are...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/50976804946http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/50976804946Tue, 21 May 2013 03:55:00 -0400prosewritingcreative writingwordsspilled inkoriginal contentfictionthe trumpets explodedgold flames in her eyesand a blaring pulse to matchhe said,...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/50969718200http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/50969718200Tue, 21 May 2013 01:03:00 -0400poetrywritingcreative writingspilled inkoriginal contentwords You are at ease only when the sun has set — relieved that the daylight no longer obliges you to...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/50394126707http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/50394126707Mon, 13 May 2013 23:02:00 -0400prosecreative writingfictionthoughtswordsspilled inkwritingThere you are, suddenly. Like always. Standing under the canopy of some store window as though the...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/48678250741http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/48678250741Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:15:22 -0400jackwritingcreative writingprosethoughtswordssomeone should seriously tell me to stop this In an alleyway where the darkness is velvety, I am your cigarette holder. Not the cigarette. I...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/47847454699http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/47847454699Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:56:00 -0400prosefictionprosetrywritingcreative writingwordsthoughtsoriginalspilled ink<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/14905f273ed1feb9d80135189084bc64/tumblr_ml3lmlxO8D1qa22y4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hello, followers old and new!<br/><br/>Over the past few months, I’ve had the privilege of gaining many new followers, and I feel like I’ve never really properly introduced myself. So here’s a picture to allow you to put a face to a name for starters (and just in case the name’s a mystery to you too: it’s Madeeha). <br/><br/>I’m 20 years old, and currently finishing up my third year of university, majoring in English rather predictably and dabbling in linguistics on the side. I read, most of the time, and usually begin and end my days with chocolate. I like to see new places, but I love more to go back to those that are familiar in the way that eases your heart. I watch films often and take pictures because I know there is an enchantment in images different from the magic of words. <br/><br/>I write creatively on this blog. I don’t believe I have any specific format, genre, or style to promise you, but I can promise that I write what I feel. Because writing allows me to explore experiences that I may never have had, or revisit those that have stayed with me, I don’t think it’s fair to really say that I write what I <em>know</em>, nor is it something I aspire to. I write about what I feel, and there is much to learn from that along the way. I know things because I write more often than I write because I know things.<br/><br/>I also have a personal blog (although I am not very great at talking about myself, as evidenced by the lack of activity there): <a href="http://www.lamarionnettiste.tumblr.com">http://www.lamarionnettiste.tumblr.com</a><br/><br/>And here are the photographs I take: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/madeehahashmi">http://www.flickr.com/madeehahashmi</a><br/><br/>It’s nice to meet you.</p>http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/47706039928http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/47706039928Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:56:00 -0400megpoyintroductionfollowerswritingpersonalthoughtswordsYou&#8217;re looking at the moment where a dream comes true. You thought it would be fireworks. You...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/47124965999http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/47124965999Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:16:00 -0400prosefictionwritingcreative writingwordsthoughtsspilled inkshort storyshort fictionflash fictionHe&#8217;s standing in the fourth floor hallway of an apartment building. It isn&#8217;t his...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/46994655624http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/46994655624Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:20:45 -0400prosefictionwritingcreative writingoriginalspilled inkwords I wanted to spend the winter sinkingmy feet into the tracks you left in the snowyou spoke in...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/45471440860http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/45471440860Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:34:00 -0400poetrywritingcreative writingwordsoriginalspilled ink&#8220;I&#8217;d sell all my books if I could trade them for just one girl like...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/45469913627http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/45469913627Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:13:00 -0400prosewritingfragmentsnippetconversations with the real imagined boysspilled inkwordsoriginal There it goes. Slipping away like the drinks slip down all of those tossed back heads. You&#8217;re...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/44126334388http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/44126334388Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:26:06 -0500prosefragmentwritingcreative writingfictionspilled inkI’d love for you to identify yourself and explain this to me. Cast off the grey silhouette disguise,...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/44121184608http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/44121184608Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:54:00 -0500anonymousconsider me intrigued Soon I&#8217;ll be carrying the bits of your bones in a canvas bag. I&#8217;ll drill holes in them...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/43706208465http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/43706208465Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:47:37 -0500prosefictionwordsthoughtsspilled inkwritingcreative writing enemy soldier with a bazooka slung over his shoulder &#8220;ammunition,&#8221; he says he opens his...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/42979408476http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/42979408476Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:18:29 -0500poetrywritingcreative writingwordsspilled inkIf I walk back far enough, I will eventually have stopped at every place where my sleeve caught on a...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/42974865632http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/42974865632Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:22:00 -0500prosewritingcreative writingfictionwordsspilled inkI haven’t ever been given one on Tumblr before, but I’d be happy to try it! =)http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/42532478210http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/42532478210Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:42:45 -0500“The world will scream for you if you’re beautiful, you know,” she said. She declared it to me as...http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/42411651562http://rakkan.tumblr.com/post/42411651562Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:22:04 -0500prosewritingcreative writingwordsthoughtsspilled inkspilledink