Monthly Archives: December 2024

God is the original spoken word artist I’m just trying to recapitulate what that may mean in a modern way for some including myself to see So a stanza of mine, set to rhyme, is followed by Isaiah 7:14 later … Continue reading →

(For my friend Ashlyn) ————————————- Epigraph: meraki (v.) to do something with soul, creativity or love; to leave a part of yourself in your work. ————————————- A schematic of sorts or a basic blueprint  for how we live fiercely in, … Continue reading →

The Other Side We are each a matched set with a stranger across the world who looks just like us but different somehow we may speak different languages attend different gatherings and play in different parks Yet our work will … Continue reading →

Waiting Room I arrive for the interview early The receptionist asks me to sit as there is another applicant in the chair across the room The receptionist hints it will be a while as the person ahead  of the person … Continue reading →

True Colors Poetry December 4th, 2024 Warm Up Writing Exercise Poet’s Choice: Option #1: Write a poem in response to the line “I never thought I’d end up here.”  Option #2: Write a poem that both starts and ends with … Continue reading →

December 2nd, 2024 https://poets.org/text/thirteen-ways-looking-poems-about-birds https://poemanalysis.com/poems-about/birds/ BIRD RELATED QUOTES https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/bird-quotes PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY To a Skylark https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45146/to-a-skylark EMILY DICKINSON “Hope” is the thing with feathers https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42889/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-314 WALLACE STEVENS Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45236/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-blackbird MAYA ANGELOU Caged Bird https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48989/caged-bird … Continue reading →