Warrior She is everything. They seek her blood to drink and mix with their own, Not knowing that her blood will poison their hearts, livers, lungs. Not knowing that revolution eats through stomach lining. Acid on a quest for liberation Will leak from bowels, Burn…

WARNED   Wear your masks! Wash your hands! #COVID clean   Don’t stand so close to me #distancing   We’re alone together #quarantine   (A tricube is made up of three stanzas, with each stanza being composed of three lines, and each of those lines…

It’s shapes you, each pose shapes you. It’s okay to look in the mirror, every curve is yours!

So many sports, so little time. Which do you choose? Most people have a weakness. Sports help us rejuvenate. Right? If someone doesn’t follow the Rules, does that matter? To many of us, that which is rhetorical doesn’t matter. But does a guilty conscience govern?…

Underground   “We are what we always were,” she said, “Underground.” From The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates.   Mama’d holler, “We have struggled for hundreds of years. Are you not aware of that?” [Silence] So, what do you have to say?” “We have always…

The desert is sucking the life out of me. Like a mummified Pharaoh with papyrus skin. The sun says “sweat”, but I have nothing more to give. Surrounded by sand, I am in the wrong place. I long for the waves, splash dancing with a…

This year I chose to do the half marathon as I didn’t have time to do the full one. I can’t wait for the second half to start so i can start my 12 poems! Congratulations to everyone that has already done their twelve! You…

“I am absolutely going to find you.” You left with my bag of books. I had testing tomorrow, and you ran off. I took my shower, washed my hair. I made a snack for both of us. On the table it was all set for…

“Mother, may I . . . ?” I recall the childhood game, and I am transported in time and place to my first innocent love, sticky taffy shared on the playground with Scotty, curly haired boy, a kid with attitude and spunk, later made a…

Claim the power it brings and you will do great things. Love your neighbor as yourself And no one will be without wealth. Trust in a power greater than you and  spiritual gifts will come due.