Author Archives: SIDEWAYS EIGHT

Become Rising in the dark brisk, autumnal high desert air segues into warmest wonder, set ablaze by fire and imagination. We patrol at dawn for best vantage from which to point and see the annual show, glowing with anticipation, favorite … Continue reading →

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—————————————————————- —————————————————————-Why can’t we try it my way? https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FMATrh/ —————————————————————- AN EVENING WITH NIKKI GIOVANNI https://youtu.be/Gh8KNsKziNI?si=KY9wM8mk_4sFsuvr —————————————————————-

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 →

We May Call If a mother named song and a father named prayer had a baby we may call that child a poem and they would agree So as Mother Earth and Father Time reconcile the destruction and cultivation  of … Continue reading →