For days I woke up with the same song in my head I thought it was Todd Rundgren, but wasn’t sure. I searched the snatch of lyric in Youtube and was flummoxed to see the song was by America, a band I didn’t think I…

You have to be realistic about love, the times you reach for the sun are the times you burn your hand.   Don’t stray after a sizzling mirage, it will consume you; to find meaning in a meaningless world one must look within.   There…

1. We never know what each day will bring what each day will bring will be many things we never know the outcome in life the outcome in life can bring joy or strife we never know the blessing we hold the blessing we hold…

Octopus We watch the skies for aliens But we should watch the seas For among us swims the octopus An alien, if you please He can change is size and color And texture at his will And disguise himself like anything A clever sort of…

06 2017 Black Woman’s hair (don’t touch) . Some tips for white folks in a multicultural setting. By Paul Sanford Introduction: Evidently some of you have not read the manual, and you are embarrassing us out there. All you do is shampoo and condition, blow…

The millionaire who had donated his estate to the church had made money from whatever war was underway and the sanctuary was filled with furs on Sunday morning The Women’s Guild officiated in the mansion next door in burgundy carpeted dining room with dark wood…

I can only think of you as a place that has my soul I wish I could hug your walls and cry like a child why did you let me go I wish I could stay longer I wish I could be here to see…

I want a chain to hold you dear, You just run and run, Farther and farther …………………….. I want to be cool and calm Not a mere hypocrite But a simple human. But the clutters Don’t let me do that My life is like a…

Does she craft a necklace, Craft a song, Craft a poem To lament the fading dawn?   Does she tie them around her feet? Does it changle, Does it bangle, Does it shine upon a tree?   Beneath a quivering sound, Does she plant them…

Taking a chance at knowing the world through a blanketing reassurance. Searching for the moment when I can honestly believe I have succeeded. Sweet insect crawling across the windows pane, Bursting steps upon a transparent world. Too small to recognize your own reflection, Too miniscule…