Gazing out you can see the ocean. No worries of evil only animals on a horse riding island with one bridge on and off this secret space.

I don’t dream anymore But if I did I would travel back in time Back to my country My state My town My city I’d travel back even if no one went with me Imagine that I would hear the beating of drums before reaching…

In sorrow, I watch you walk away through no fault of your own. You were asked to leave. I don’t know why and I probably never will. You came here for just one reason. She was just nine months old when you arrived. Now three…

to reach my island home once you’ve alighted from the ferry: lift your nose inhale deeply the crisp and tangy air tilt your head inhale again does that stir memories? walk to the minibus parked beside the squat red cement shed that serves as a…

Hour Nineteen – There are so many nature poems out there. Our prompt for this hour of the night is to write a poem for a city, real or imagined.   My Tale of Two Cities Two homes have I, they’re oceans apart Two cities,…

The City Dead? No, a city always seems alive It throbs with life from eight to five. Later, it puts on neon glitter And parties till midnight or later. It sends long roads snaking out To lasso fields, make houses sprout. Its towers stretch their…

All I know about joy is that it comes in the morning I’ve felt overwhelmed with happiness as soon as night surrendered to day All I can say about joy is that it comes after mourning I’ve always experienced it this way I choose joy…

Miles and miles away from home, Pretty lights on the street There is so much more I need to know. From the its intricate corner to its jeep. It can be also scary, All you see are unfamiliar strangers, No more silence, life’s in a…

Lagos, like the mythical elephant ugly and attractive a moment it is flooded the next it is a silk smooth dazzling fragile strong and enterprising accommodating and regale If a capital city is needed you check the boxes exotic tastes eyes for beauty energy and…

CoastCity is an actual band, a duo of two talented Puerto Rican artists. If it were a city it’d be somewhere on the shores of Florida, not far from Miami. It would have R&B mixed with Caribbean soul like their music. Their city flag would…