Velvet Sky
Poem A new moon glistened And as we listened We could hear the virgins cry The gods were baying for their blood Up in the velvet sky The goat and the bull and...
Category: Poetry
Today Thoughts
Poem The sins of our parents Are like past lives, Because finding opportunities Come from bees from the same hives. Someone born to welfare Is never given a chance, Even when they’re smarter...
Dirty Window
Poem Through dirty windows I can see the mountain full of golden days, the days of friendship close to me, when we cared not of yesterday, when everything was greener, shining, and we believed...
Bleak Awakening
The passing of faces or the flipping of pages, the same feeling permeates the last spoken words I recall from my dream: they won’t listen. The tension: tightness, shortness of breath, exhaustion from that...
Courage To Dream
Poem The sky is blue and I’m dreaming. Tell me – is it true the way I am leading? Where? Brazil, Jamaica or Sahara? Stepping the ladder towards the sky? In my dreams,...
Underwater Dance
Poem I sometimes believe I’m in a dance Waves lead me and currents twirl me The melodies are soft and clouded Under the deep blue infinite But if I listen hard enough I know...
Winsome Woe
Poem I do lament he does not call I am bereft Sagacious Moon I am Withal I cast a Spell and he shall Fall oh Tallest, Tall, of Tall there be take this...
Grief-stricken
Mira cries. She opens her arms and holds them out toward me. I envelop her. Feel her chest heave with the staccato beat of a carpenter’s hammering. Listen to her muffled sobs. All I...
