“The Charming Fire”

Come warm up in the charming fire…

That fire that is within me…

Why should I leave, I just got here. And it really doesnt matterhow much time I have been here, I...

Writing a book, and getting someone to buy and then read it…

Self published, so you must be a ...

The following anecdote baste
upon overactive imagination of mine
in sync with being married
an...

she wanted theman

she had to have the man

she wanted to possess the man

so she possessesed the...

I would notshake hands

with a puppet master

because thosehands

beenup a puppets a**

nothing ever said I have to

nothing ever said I should

nothing ever said I need to

but I did

stop remembering the dismembering start remembering how to reassemble the disassembling become wh...

1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005

(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)

I trot ou...

For Years I Have Done 200 Push Ups PerDay

My Goal Has Been Reached

45Lb Dumbells Were Used ...

Greed, Money, Power, Control

The Four Words That Causes War All Across The World

The Shameless ...

On a flight in a window seat

The sun shining through the clouds reminds me

Of those picture...

Quite an undertaking
to break ground
figuratively, and symbolically linkedin
while able bodied...

Check 1

Check 2

Check 3

Check 123

Sending a shout out

Station to Station

Insert...

Sometimes I just

cant help it

my Spirit becomes

low

At times the tears begin

to fl...

They goin to take my babies

They all I got

DHS goin take my babies

They done called my cousins...

On today 11/9/23, I was shown from a young mans phone

How A.I. through asking a question can r...

In this life, Evil will try to persuade you with villainous words in different ways, on different...

Never come to me to speak in secrecy

No words secreted egregiously

Yet spoken as omens vehe...

Once labeled the intellectual gangster

From a squire like jester to regal prankster

Some ca...

Love is heavy

You cannot weigh it

Love hurts

But feels so good

You can't measure the ...

Sent my smooching life south,
whereby I felt like poor Georgie Porgie,

pudding and pie,

wh...

AS AN ODDITY ON HIS ODYSSEY

CREATING CALCULATIVE CAMARADERIE

I’VE GOT TO BE THE PROGENY

It was a flawless victory, I was lawless when I did it and undeniable when it was done. I ran gam...

Poetic license I employ
to match inventive
wisdom and witticism
regarding (brother in law of m...

I was all in, black and booted up. I knew better and so I did better. I am an angel and I am abou...

Hope everyone will be enjoying the festiv holidays remember

the homeless remember our troops W...

discombobulated, harried, and lobotomized
state of body, mind, and spirit triage.

Onset of da...

We All

Have Lost

Someone We've Loved

Forever The Memories Are

In Our Mind And In Our Hearts

You can’t grasp liberation

With butterfinger-hands;

Rather, you must grasp her

W...

Simon of Cyrene

Is mirrored in me each day

Helping me help you

With Simon’s ...

World wars are rising…

Bloody deaths are increasing:-

We’re praying for less.

Halloween coming

Ghosts of war’s death rising

Treats of peace waiting

Scared...

I have met some real losers. I mean losing is one thing but a real loser is something you really ...

It's Halloween

The night is dark, calm,with no street lights on

Just porch lights on houses...

We was kickin' it

Like a Karate flick

Me and my Chick

A Geto Goddess

Fantastic Voyage...

A young man

A friend of mine

Back in the 80's

In the Lou

I wonder if he knew

That on that da...

Hard times can come and go like seasons yet still I stand.

Ten toes down I stand,

Rooted in my ...

NOW, I AM A BLACK POET

because I am black
and a writer of poems
my semi-automatic pen should...

We all have a story

A story that developed us to bewho are today

Some had it hardthan other...

With memories fading, vision tunneling. The bigger of life's meaning is mighty humbling.
My room...

We met in 7th grade by accident

You were sitting at the back of the class

Throwing crumbled...

Forlorn; bereft of golden
(slippered) opportunities I weep;
Three score and four years
replete...

Now,you know that if you do wrong onto others. cause pain, oranguish

Karma shall come before you...

Boo hoo, boo hoo, black sheep

Do you need a stool?

No sir, No sir,

I've had a gut full -

O...

Well, these days

It’s hard to believe

The elected are there to lead

Pushing misinformation...

Intrusive thoughts pulling me, closer, (to the edge.)

I need more than prayers,

and 10 Ha...

When born, each of us has an equal spirit

But through life, wherever raised, or whatever go thro...

Reap the whirlwind

The enemy of peace has let himself in

Mechanized murder let loose upon the m...

Albert was born in 1898

His father, William, was born in 1853, how do I relate?

My great gr...

Laughter is living

Giggles become guffaws

Gotdamm that was funny

Take the sting outta sa...

Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996

after the comma error
punctuated mein ...

once one has come to

long the past drained of

fought effort exertion

once one has forked ove...

Basically I can't let go, of everything and more.
I've lost myself and soul, losing all self con...

It is
The voice of Phyllis Hyman
Or whoever you got on your Bluetooth playlist
while you buzz ...

Me, was thatguythe loved the street life

hanging with the wrong crowds, diddling around at night...

Sunshine is what can be seen when a lady smiles with beautiful teeth

You can definitely tell by ...

It's not wise to judge someone

Ifdifferent appreciate and consider learning from that person

it takes life to feel

illness don't necessarily

lead to death disease

can be ahe...

What do I do with myself now that I'm unhappy?Been hating my life and the ways thatit has me, cau...

I AM HAPPY in my

own SKIN,

God made me

BLACK,

FAIR SKINNED

and BEAUTIFUL

I LOVE...

After extorting pound of flesh
lifetime humiliation drummed into captives
hammering indelible n...

Thought I was drinking the holy elixir. Because without you I felt my heart grow sicker. Couldn't...

Over the years more and more have filled this place

This place, my town, my city, my state

Some...

to salvage flotsam and jetsam
of human wreckage
amidst a sea where triage
witnessed courtesy s...

The St. Bernard

The Calliope

The Desire

The Florida

The Magnolia

The Fischer

The Lafitte

S...

You Use To Fight All The Time

You Use To Get Mad At The Drop Of A Dime

You Use To Hang With Loo...

They Hide In Your Closet

Underneath Your Bed

Come Out In Total Darkness

Back From The De...

Blue lights in the basement
Roberta and Donny sing to me
Slowly
Softly getting me closer to yo...

I have been given eyes to see and nothing has really gotten passed me, I I just paid attention to...

A Disaster Occured

All Hell Broke Loose

For Now Patience Is King

When There Be Nothing Y...

Peace to the land and death to the destruction. Breathe in the air and exhale negative assumption...

I think that life can be either one way of the other. You can call it 6 one way or half a dozen t...

Emotions are something I can't depend on anymore. As they always keepme in a state of inner moral...

Have this LP from the early 70s one of my top favorite LPs

of all time Its by a favorite group...

"Run..."

Run…

Running…

Panting…

Gasping for air, breath by breath my lungs are explod...

“Genie grant me a wish”

Where do I stand when it rains,
Who do I hold when the sirens of
...

"Ignorance over intelligence”

The African slaves to those of today,
The Spanish heritage ...

'Dragon’s don’t eat people because there not real'

I gave you the time to not hear a word from...

'I man part of this world'

I man part of this world,
In the image of God,
The provider,
The...

'The Rhyming One'

Let's take a spin...
Don't take my spine...

Do I love thee
Yes, I do th...

“Have I lost my edge”


Have I lost my edge with writing, living & loving.
Have my words beco...

“Ethereal”


Could you be celestial…

So heavenly that my eyes are seeing things.

This ca...

Black skin be free…

Be free to walk the streets, be free to not fear

White men,
Black men,...

I am not giving you anything filtered”


Yes, yes, Yes!!!!!

That’s me screaming at all thos...

“Today we lost a voice”


Today we lost a voice…
A voice of courage,
a voice of equality,
a...

The World is
full of my Kind*


I struggle beyond belief to be recognized...

How I lay was...

To whom I owe...

To whom I owe this gift,

Of life's pains and treasures...

Oh yes it has...

“Ghost Story“

In an old house live many unrested souls
that gives no peace to its residence t...

“A moment without words”


Bitter salty tears flee from me…

In my dreams and In reality.

...

“Burned our fires”

The smoke was clearing…

A figure crept through.

I thought it was a de...

A Child's Last lullaby”



My, God my God why…

How am I going to sing
my child’s last lul...

“Burned our fires”

The smoke was clearing…

A figure crept through.

I thought it was a de...

Dark Poetry

I can see what you see not

milky visions when eyes rot

when you turn I will ...

“The Faceless Virgins“



Some women remain throughout
their lives reluctant to show or
sha...

My soul is tired

I have no “attire”

Yet unlike a squire

I flow with fire

And I know s...

I CAN HAVE YOU APPALLED OR ENTHRALLED

AS WE EXPLORE THAT WHICH YOU DEPLORE

WHEN I OFFER A G...