Music blaring while the crowd moves Bodies gyrating men and women As the rhythms of the music beats in the brain This is the heart of the ghetto Residents relieve their stress through dances Reggae music’s universal appeal Dance hall’s hard core beats speaks to…

“Past the river, and through the jungle, There lives a lion, In its den, It prowls around at the mouth of its cave, Circling the air as if it’s trying to catch invisible prey. It never hunts nor leaves it cave, But sits around lazily,…

We huddle, we hope, we play card games on the floor, eat takeout for every meal. Pizza, lo mein, cheeseburgers, and Gummi bears. We watch each other’s luggage, and sleep in dog piles against the wall. We walk around the same terminal that we already…

Hi, I hope you are safe and sound. Speaking of sound, this old age is a payback for all my nagging at you students. I can no longer hear anything but your words and chaos is still in my memories.

the twisted tree is hit by the storm grandma forgets me but remembers the young sapling right outside her home she checks on it hourly but walks carelessly to her bed getting scrapes she asks me questions gives me names that she likes   the…

We gather together ~ We ‘gather’ in echo chambers, scorning the company of the ‘other,’ that dangerous believer of untruths, of fake news, of demagogues new & old… We gather to scorn and mock. And yet mothers still love their children, red & blue alike….

When we lay in bed at night Our skin touches Our bodies sink in Our minds ease Then we say the silliest things My beard looks like I’m trying to sell you a pan for mining gold Sir, please stop stacking those rocks Can we…

  The Commune   Perhaps my life has been random. Or it could be that every step has been planned.   Why did I extemporaneously quit dental school? If the stars were different or the sun out that day maybe I would have stayed.  …

We convene under full and new moons Sisters and brothers alike Draw the circle and light the fire Pour a cup of tea and settle in Breathe in breathe out And presence ourselves All five elements appear Connect heart and soul And cross the bridge…

Invincible and Ancient It is true the Mayfly, Shad-fly, Fish-fly or Up-winged fly named so because the long tail and wings don’t touch the belly. Victorious, invincible and practically eternal the innocent invertebrate is quite the insect. They have been around forever. Note that they…