Fight…

Fight, Don’t give up now. You have traveled for so long, The destination is around. Fight, Don’t let go now, You have worked so hard, It’s time to charge on. Fight, For yourself, For every person, Who was forced to bow down, Who was never…

Story Keepers – Poem #4

Always there has been A family historian Mostly the women Aunt Teen obviously She kept track of everyone In mom’s family Aunt Alois too Dad’s brother’s kind, soft-spoken wife By caring, she knew Now times have changed No longer is there a center Keeping us…

Poetry Marathon Submission #3

Injustice in America Form: The Bop Ann WJ White When a teen, I raised my fists against racism, violence; but for LBGTQ rights, women, elders, battered children, nature. I squeaked and squawked in righteous fury, pushed away, seated, a white bread girl against a tide…

Prompt 3 Keeping My Word To Myself

Keeping My Word To Myself ~willjxn~  Last night I went to bed undecided.  Thinking of all the words I’ve promised to keep  work deadlines,  family expectations, Morning woke me, thinking about — keeping my word to myself.   I got up from bed.  I organized…

My brain Prompt 3

Cloudy with a chance of brain fog. The CT confirmed my head is not normal; I mean, like duh. People tried to prepare me for the Washington rain, instead my head has created its own storm. Sleepless nights, brain zaps, data errors, forgetfulness, head pressure,…

Waterloo

People said I was getting old They said I had started developing wrinkles on my face They even said my hair had started greying That I was approaching menopause That, I had to get married I was reluctant too Because I was getting set in…

Plight of the Homeless in my Home

the town-crier said they said they will give the homeless shelter they said the homeless should come around and register they said each homeless will need a number they said to get the number a homeless must bring his mother they said whoever does not…

Doing the COVID-19 Bop—Making this Menace Stop

  Listen to the swarm as we explore solutions to the world-wide plague, That dastardly virus COVID-19, for which solutions are admittedly vague. Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization do lag on presenting-fixes to the pandemic’s problems while the economy drags– no…