(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.
some say during the day differentiate the HEART from the HEAD. but why hate on making things whole? anatomy says both are one and together make our bodies full. without a beat there’s no rhythm in a body made of fluid (to flow). without a brain, we don’t feel. no pain, no fame, no gain. […]
soliders stare across sidewalks & sit on streetbenches, waiting near traffic. sometimes a bus, sometimes a friend, sometimes a grin. a few anticipate nothing, & receive the wind’s touch. leaves across the nation fall, and a slight breeze invisibly changes illustrations of it all. some people act as ants, following leaders to rhythms outsourced beyond […]
Dear people with cell phones, I’m kinda over your dial tones. I was sitting, sipping, drinking water thinking – it’s a shame, our sinks are leaking. Fish swim blue waters every day It makes no sense that they should pay When all they do is swim and play In tanks, streams, river banks, lakes. I’m […]
