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Tag Archive for ‘National Poetry Month’
30/30 Day 13: A Block Of Love For You
Am I obsessed? Is it strange for us to be so close and so far and all I do is […]
30/30 Day 10: Senryu For Imbalance
Where is the healingWhen we can’t find balance inFacts and emotions?
30/30 Day 8: The Food Avengers’ Pledge
*note: I wrote this for a children’s program taking place at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum. “Don’t Get Wasted” is […]
30/30 Day 5: A Feline’s Request
30/30 Day 4: Game Boy
They say its Black and WhiteBut real ones knowIt all a green screenBoys trapped for hours moving to the beatThat’s […]
30/30 Day 3: Timeline
The other dayWe kissed in public as bulbs flashedThe kind of display reserved for established thingsWe are a sandstormUnpleasant in […]
30/30 Day 2: Erasure For King Street Karaoke Night
I am pensive in a bar, figuring these words will be erased. White people are singing songs I don’t know […]
On The Motions And Going Through
We say goodbyeAnd helloWith the same mouthBreathe air for greetingAnd dismissalWe go through the motionsWaving a welcomeBidding adieu Maybe it […]
Enduring
Isn’t there a runner’s high?The punch-drunk euphoriaFor a battered boxer?Is the fight ever finished?Hands seeking salve know no relief. Are […]
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