Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad, Moved in down the streetCautious watched them, from her window, Wondering, which one should I meet?Confused came in with overwhelmed and said, "The Panics have come to town"Then Hopeful called the carefulls, And said that Happy was a clown.Anxious came in with the news, Confident... Read More
Chicken Soup is good for a coldSleep is good for the FluWhen I get a case of the FearsWhat is a person to do?It is not bacteriaAlthough it can eat away my soulIt is not a virusYet, it can keep me from feeling wholeI know what will do the trick,What... Read More
I get up in the morningAnd want to stay in bedOh, so nice and warmLike fresh from the oven bread.My day is oh so busyI wish that I could stayIn the quiet of my houseIf only I could play.Relax and play like Children doNo matter where they areNever worried about... Read More
During interviews and general conversations with the public,one of the most difficult questions for me to answer(timely and thoroughly) is,"Why do you enjoy writing"?So due to the challenge manifested in such a question,I pondered on creating an answer. Many reasons came to mind,but after digesting much"time for thought",I managed to... Read More
Growing hurts sometimes; saying goodbye to friends, to things you've known and done to things you wanted to do. Growing heals sometimes the shattered dreams and hopes of a life you once knew leading you to a new knowledge... Read More
How wonderfully sweet to be a dweller dwelling on the road of goodbye. Bittersweet tears fall as I think of all the places I'll never see, all the faces I'll never know, all the joys I'll never share, as I head for the... Read More
FIND the MAGICFind the Magic As you release old bondage Come out of hiding And see the starsFind the Magic As you expose the pain Let the tears flow And find beauty in your bodyFind the Magic As you scream from the beating Run from the threats And feel the... Read More
Ocean Heal MeOcean heal my wounds Let your waves curl and foam on my body Wash away blood, heal scarsOcean renew me with your power As unceasingly you roll Giving strength that's been drainedOcean keep me warm Wrap me in your brine Caress me with your tidesOcean disperse my tears... Read More
now is not the time to open open that great door again not the time to be more tolerant not the time to play to winnow is not the time for justice evolution mercy choices not the time to pet the puppies yipping with pathetic voicesnow is not the time... Read More
JOINEDHeart beat of man pounding - yet unheard joined becomes the beat of a nation.Words of man written - yet unread joined becomes a proclamation.Sounds of man spoken - yet unheard joined becomes a production .Lines of man drawn - yet unrecognized joined becomes an illustration.Beings of man humming... Read More
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Writing Poetry for TomorrowWhat does a man need to be... Read More
A poetic comment that just welled up inside my head... Read More
AFRICA (to africans in diaspora)africa here i come, africa africa... Read More
Time goes by to quickly to hold your feelings inside... Read More
She raised me like I was her own daughter from... Read More
Little girl from HuancayoDo you really, really know? Just how... Read More
"For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more... Read More
It's dark, it's cold, its' just six thirty,thoughts of sleep... Read More
Have you ever sat there staring at the paper, ready... Read More
Thank youDedicated to soldiers and their loved onesFor those who... Read More
(The city by the bay of Northern California, near which... Read More
She probably can't remember and I know I can never... Read More
Once upon a midnight dreary, coffee cold and vision... Read More
Blind DesignsBorn today, gone tomorrow Like a butterfly with no... Read More
My life has changedin so so many waysIt seems to... Read More
Mother's Day Poetry,I'm Sorry Mom!I'm sorry for the troubles ... Read More
Phantom of the Rocks[Huancayo, Peru]Night falls deepUpon the traveler!Low, over... Read More
Memoirs of a Wasteland's RimIt still was light when she... Read More
#25The King and Delka [Split Mawkishness-on Moiromma /Part V]Sickly SentimentalityI... Read More
Part One Midget HistoryI am thirty-six inches tall, that is... Read More
There are many times I set up barriers and walls,... Read More
Hammers. Timbers. Iron. Steel.They're laying down a mighty keel.As ant-like... Read More
Lord Byron's opening couplet to "She Walks In Beauty" is... Read More
Most of my poems are written late at night, often,... Read More
Black Blood, in Jeremiah's Vines [A Dream Poem]And I heard... Read More
Truth is stranger than fiction according to many people who... Read More
Black Blood, in Jeremiah's Vines [A Dream Poem]And I heard... Read More
Burning Autumn Leaves [1950s in St. Paul, Minnesota]My long steel... Read More
Wars, air of AmbiguityDedicated to 1st. Lt. Laura Walker (From... Read More
Ole Bulky JeepsThrough late summer's heat These bulky shaped jeeps... Read More
Part OneI tell you a legend of long ago Of... Read More
Old skin, once held tight Against her skeleton- Rose no... Read More
English VersionAnd the Death God said: "Let it rise to... Read More
Man UnbowedUnbowed by sin, the world of man, stands Upon... Read More
"How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was... Read More
Part oneI see them in the skies I hear them... Read More
In this modern age of technology, busy lifestyles, and obsession... Read More
Asha of DarfurCry, cry-oh little Darfur woman For your sister... Read More
"All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling."--Oscar WildePeople write poetry... Read More
the disease of extremism is infectious-; whoever cannot think of... Read More
Our home was warm in the shade of the trees... Read More
Once upon a midnight dreary, coffee cold and vision... Read More
Footprints to Mantaro Valley (Peru; in English and Spanish)In what... Read More
Isn't that what they say?But what does that mean?There's no... Read More
Hammers. Timbers. Iron. Steel.They're laying down a mighty keel.As ant-like... Read More
Emlyn Williams Theatre, Mold, North Wales: 20th February 2003Clwyd Theatr... Read More
I want to get closeI am afraid.Afraid of what... Read More
I never met a man, who could shake my hand,... Read More
Note: written 4-15-05, while driving through the Andes of Peru,... Read More
Charlotte Bronte (1816 ?1855) Novelist and Poet.Charlotte was the daughter... Read More
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