When a boy is granted a family comprised of Women He is privy to The Intelligence The Power The Influence That X can have over Y and if he has the courage to grow to feel with his whole being He knows that the old…

I am struck by the ease with which we can permanently mark ourselves Pieces of past hastily patched onto my skin in the form of Ugly makeshift collagen, stitching over my damage Nourished and replenished with the rest of me as a part of the…

Shoot her with your hurtful words Like a balloon, she will float up in the sky Cut her with your sharp actions Like a kite, she will, after a try, fly high Burn her with your hateful eyes Like a phoenix, she will rise and…

~ From afar, The world watches As you smile As your energy provokes One After Another Gift, One After Another Friend ~ Is it you Who carries The Message or The Message That carries you? ~ Friends twining together From across a city From across…

I come by my radical feminism honestly as scrupulously as can a middle-aged guy like me I come from a long line of strong women immigrants occupation resistors pogrom survivors Great Depression scrappers and savers who made do and much more blue-collar unionists organizers women…

Dearest Poets, Surreal times for our present poetic adventure. Standing in the backyard, my lungs ached as I swallowed gulps of Saharan desert air, lingering in the dusky gold Texas sky. “Stay Home,” read the public safety alert blaring from my cell phone. “COVID-19 threat…

Not sure if I’m doing this right. but I’m keen to say hi and not sure who will see this.  Where do I find the prompts? Where exactly do I post my poems… here?  Anyone in Cairns area doing this too?