“I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.” – Abraham Lincoln, letter to George E. Pickett, Feb. 22, 1841 Lately the topic of truth has become very […]
I. traffic jams slow (down) my heart. pound, bleed, start, breathe. stop – wait. lights gotta shine on & on & on me… you. /// u know they always tryna show u where 2 go. (they think we don’t know) …i look both ways b4 crossin the road. and dont need to be told when […]
2011 was awesome. Here’s why: 1. I read [this] poem on stage in Washington, DC at [Powershift] to hundreds of people & recieved a standing ovation. Also read same poem on a bus that runs off of [biodiesel] (vegetable oil) at [Bonnaroo]. 2. After 6.5 years I finally graduated from Grand Valley State University with a […]
(it has got to be one of the most fascinating times in history to be a poet.) “Guns shoot stars into the/sky, the storm of constellations night after night, the infinite/night rages on.” -Afgha Shahid Ali, The Country Without a Post Office:The Blessed Word: A Prologue… There’s a song every year when birds pass. Slowly […]
My mother forwarded this to me earlier this week. Though this blog is filled with poetry about nature, I believe Joyce Kilmer does a much better job than I ever could at explaining the importance of trees. A park was dedicated to him in North Carolina. What a good man. TREESBy Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) I […]
(need commission.) i been payin TOO MUCH damn TIME wit my mind. (can i get some of that.) you compromisin yet? (yea you). VII. ladiez learn 2 get along n stay strong: how: it’s a riddle. the wall. (breakdown) “you know, i bet the shout started when they said ‘imma keep u OUT’…” (say what?) […]
proposition persecution: 1. bullets are bullies. 2. fists start fights. 3. arms are for hugging. casual conversations contain words as weapons consistently. …..pen > sword….. so the United States treasury has this office called the Comptroller of the Currency and apparently they are supposed to regulate economic investment and activity of banks. For a bank […]
i’ve got a date with love because all the world is inside of me. and love is never on a time schedule. . you can be the star shining behind the clouds, or the sun peering over the mountaintop, falling into darkened lives. . (where’s all my soul sisters?) we got beats, & my girls […]
to be brave one has to be a survivor, not a victim. this creates courage. courage translates into bravery. building a wall against judgment is incredibly difficult in a world where people use eyes more than any other of the senses. (the most important of these is touch). people talk whether you do good or […]
the veteran is painted: concrete, steel, stone. work together, but stand alone. it’s this that makes shades blend. the world is round, not flat. colorful, ever-changing, and constantly growing.
