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(Silly writing sense of humor)
If there were some kind of conflict between all the Holidays!! ...
since revised when das scribe
made laughing stock of himself
(circa ~ 8:30 post meridiem
D...
Chilling winds blowing...
Kids ape playing ice hockey...
I slip...breaking leg...
Quiet frozen pond…
Iced water rejecting heat—
Loud cold ducts quacking
All is frozen still;
Blizzards have taken their toll—
High temps welcome floo...
malfunctioning heater
on that brisk winter day
recorded here as proof positive
regarding follo...
NOTE: Motivational writing, poetry, inspiring, positive.
Go on and Reach higher heights;
...Waiting on the rain. Thesky frowns with bad intentions,rain is coming the air smells of high ofdr...
Yours truly pinned down by invisible
vestiges of coronavirus and
getting attacked from an...
Warming hearts heat up…
Frozen sorrow melting down—
Flames of love glowing…
...Snowfall is forecast...
And blizzard winds are blowing—
Firewood love...burning…
...
It’s so cold outside…
Chilled winds and faded iced grass—
Thanks for your war...
PART I
This may be a winter of many grievous
Hailing discontents
But we must...
Woe be unto me…
Death feasting on my people—
Hell’s eating Haiti:-
...
Black nation crying—
Haiti’s children screaming, help!
Empathy’s ears clogged...
No one is caring,
Just sitting and looking on—
Haiti exploding:-
Watch me poem about, I am grabbing life by the horns. I am dodging all the bull, watching me wave...
as the figurative curtain closes on 2022
How arbitrary the assignment
of seconds, minutes...
I would Love aSticky bun;
with a Cup ofwarm coffee.
An Omelet, with
Cheese, Ham and all of t...
No aversion nor embarrassment
admitting, divulging, and jumpstarting
poetic endeavor regarding ...
That once so much bought
such automatic joy
just that euphoric feeling
in the air
The...
BOMBED OUT PLACES
MANY NAMES AND MANY FACES
A TRAIL OF TEARS
WHEREVER WE GO
DESTRUCTION AND C...
when you're good at doing something people tend to have a bad habit of expecting you to do what y...
Power outage here within
mine happy hunting grounds
(as well the ghosts of Lenni Lenape),
...Love is yesterday’s news, that’s the easy part. I want the consideration, rage and the humbleness...
It's True
It is Just a Desk
This is Just a Chair
Yet, the Air of Responsibility there
And t...
I sat in class and wrote
"I hate theteacher"
"on a sheet of paper"
the teacher read it
she go...
beliefis a spell
beware of what you believe
do not curse yourself
a deep dark secret
should not see the light of day
don't shed light on it
tune out all the noise
listen up pay attention
silence is speaking
when I first learned how to skate
the best part about the whole
experience was getting up f...
on one hand I say we "a lot" on the other hand I don't necessarily mean all of us I can't possib...
By my favorite poet I am everyday people
I wanna thank U 4 let me B micelf --Sly Stone
and ...
The celebrated sailing frog
from Montgomery County
went a courtin, or so the tale iz toad
...I am Wize I be Wize call me Wize they call me Wize I am called Wize my name is Wize I am known a...
Mine body electric analogous
to Google map pronounced
with arteries and countless varicose ...
I have been lsoing sleep as of late, I was late to the event and the event was of beingin awe of ...
Weakest most lame specimen
among human breed
control of my life I willingly concede
word...
Little girl lost in big girl choices
Young in number
Old in time
Time lost searching
Searchin...
Sacred rhythmic mind-cave words
Flow out to the beat of my heart
To paper, pen,...
A New Year is upon us,
this year is almost through.
saying hello to 2023 and
farewell to 2022....
On this day
God sent cradled love
Our way
Bright starlight
Revealed where it ...
Laboring in love—
Gift wrapping service to give
A Merry Christmas…
...He’s the greatest gift…
Let’s share this gift given us—
Happy birthday Christ:-
...
The crucifixion of Christ is one thing
But the “X-ing out” of him is another;
...Heaven’s water breaks—
The cistern-cradle is filled
With God’s flowing love…
...
It is said that God so loved the world
He gave it his son, Jesus Christ
Y...
We call it Christmas—
It’s the birthday of Jesus;
The gift God gave us:-
...self quarantined misanthrope...
pitched into purgatory wham!
Ably cane resign eternal dam...
I can’t multiply numbers with seven above eleven in my head (I can’t)
But when I calculated my...
The Spirit Whispers
A Poet Is Listening
The Word Is Written
A Christmas Cheer!!
almost a new year!!
let's spend the Holidays!!
with the ones so dear...
Caterpillar-like, I cover myself in prayer;
my faith transforming:-
Joyfully cocooned, impr...
Oppression cocooned,
Liberty is transforming---
Wings getting ready:-
Butterflying grace,
Metamorphosing freedom,
Seeks her liberty:-
Caterpillaring,
I'm cocooning oppression;
Freedom is coming:-
AS IS THE SUN SO ARE WE…
Uprooted from the richness
Of the nourishing soils
Of Mothe...
When a child is liberated
From the darkness of the womb,
It enters into the light...
This morning’s freedom fixed mind
Woke up to the realization that fighting
For free...
In all of life there’s one equanimity;
We’re all of God’s created humanity.
Many of...
Our black lives must continue to matter;
Oppression remains alive and ki...
Here in the darkness
Of the ebon night
I lay erect in ecstasy
And the fullness
...Her solitude
Had nothing
To do
With her
femininity
Nor hued skin…
Rathe...
In sad beauty
Silence deposited itself
In the bank of mind;
Thoughts as ...
It has been said
Life is like a camera.
A camera
With its film and negatives
...They say age is nothing
but a number.
Why is mine such a painful
bummer?
...Like chickens in a coop
We laid warm eggs of hope
Nights passed over and mornings c...
Sharing awareness,
I am just an old griot
Rapping my own way:-
Slicing through the snow
Gliding over black oppression—
Soaring to freedom:-
...
MY EBON GIFT
You’re black and comely;
God’s beauty born unto me.
Giving God ...
You’re not the future…
You’re the now…leading us on—
Footprinting the way:-
...Boldly I stand here---
Emancipation canvassed;
Grounded in freedom:-
Oppression waning...
Black Power Movement waxing---
Skies of justice glow:-
Building liberty...
Pillaring voting power...
Raising up justice...
Voting overflows…
Black Power’s pot heating up…
Oppression melting…
...Black lives still matter…
Oppression slowly dying…
Liberty breathing…
...
Searching the word book—
No, not the dictionary;
Seeking God’s wisdom:-
...
Gun violence rising…
Mental illness is waxing;
Concerns are waning:-
...whereat purposefulness rarely gained traction
Fatherhood (half my life time ago)
bolstered re...
Mirror, Mirror on a wall, or
Mirror, Mirror, bathroom stall’d
Picturesque views for taking ...
I was told to wake up in the morning and ask the Universe how great it was going to be today. I k...
She Called It Quits From Her Man Of 15 Years Due To Lack Of Communication
But There's A Seriou...
Empaths run down their own pleasures,
this is because they find pleasure from giving it to other...
SAME PLACE
DIFFERENT TIME
STILL HERE
Transitional images that are
reprinted thru time casting false
images thru colored lens and
pl...
It was right there
I know it I saw it with
my own eyes
crossed up
disengaged, but there
righ...
thrown under the wheels of a freight train drug up and down the train tracks ain't no coming back...
Though the following
twittering scenario quite absurd,
methought diehard adherents of mine
My mood is Godgeous
My attitude is Godgeous
My life is Simply GODgeous
My house is Godgeous
M...
People, people, people, let’s talk about a “Block Party.”
Alright, first of all, I’m old...
Which STILL are you - are you this Still?
Still mad
Still fussing
Still bitter
Still lazy
...
When you from New Orleans dey gon do a lot of things.
Dey gon fix it
Dey gon call me
Dey gon g...
Saying goodbye, Feels like a never ending story..
One I have told before..
A turn of events,...
Remember not that long
ago I remember the craze
was the bit coin
Lots of money was being...
if you are contemplating whether you want to continue this journey called life I can't stop you f...
This is the start
The beginning, the part
When everything’s fresh
And you did your best
Bef...