I want to playBut the game ain’t what it used to beFingers just can’t find the spotsTo make a fine […]
Tag Archive for ‘National Poetry Month’
“The Time Keeper’s Tick” or “Black Boy Studies Phenomenology”
Time doesn’t waitIt isEvery moment livedAll of time turned on its sideA solid block of timeA cut — a slice […]
A Dejected Muse Advises A Reluctant Poet
and don’t erasethe next line may be the onethe high — chasedand the crash will be just as mighty a […]
Black Debit
Oh damn my nigYou ain’t knowLiving is for white folksEverything is an excuseTo snuff your fireflyWatch your glow burn outIn […]
The Process
Anytime I get sick, I feel like a slug stuck in syrup. Im vulnerable and weak, but there is a […]
Mug Dance
Coffee mugsSweating as they danceTo the cadenceOf excited conversationThe beads — banding at the baseWedding the woodA trace wetting to […]
What Would Winona Do
“So, run, hop fences, jump over benchesWhen you see me coming, get the fuck out the entranceRun, fuck that, run, […]
Potpourri
For Maddie Bahar and it stays with usmemoryas things of importance dofragilely and with great caredo we hold this spacefor […]
A Love Poem Called Chance
Are we allowed to explore anymoreFind ourselves in an uncertain rainWonder and wanderAnd there it is – a memoryMade fresh […]
“Grasping at Strings” or “On Observing A Laugh”
There is some type of magicIn the laughter of childrenThe way joy bursts – like its escaping their throatsThe way […]
