Side by side the bear and girl walked A fox leads them to their destiny Passing by a few autumn shrubs And buildings that have been marked The girl paid no attention to the surroundings Marching forward with a slight skip to her step The…

One million chances to try to make it right To my shame, the results the same I cried another night.  

Write a poem as if it is a letter to someone. Start with the word Dear and go from there. This poem letter could be to yourself. It could be to someone you know. It could be to a complete stranger.

There is something I need to say about this place where I live Not the structure that protects my head from rain This body, my living frame that I live in each day It follows me everywhere that I go It is broken and tattered,…

I see the sky moving on my smartphone screen transcendence

in the house we’ve visited many times a different person The china vases are now all gone the door in the hall full of poetry books the new owner wrote

It was scorching hot and it was mid summer Mama and Papa had gone to the relatives Leaving me under the care of Chris and Kirk.   Kirk was looking at his left Not eyeing me But he’s eyeing the hawker who was selling ice-cream…

These streets have been silent for far too long… Let’s kick up a storm and run all along. Let’s raise our voices and make our intentions clear. Let this announcement reach those far and near.   The revolution has begun. Man and animal walk hand…

“Before Darkness” the blurry city before darkness just like my watercolors drawings in the beginning asking me to clarify what is actually there at first just a faint idea my thoughts taking shape

Phil knows the way Knows the path, knows the trail, Knows the shortcuts, the subtle lay lines Phil the vanguard, Phil the scout, Without Phil the journey is aimless Without Phil the mission is mindless, Wandering through hostile territory dangerous without his guidance Phil the…