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Considering the Source – Again
So again, I find myself up against human nature – true, racism at this level of engagement is one that appeals to baser instincts but, it’s part of our human collective none-the-less. What to make of...
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This After Life
I met a woman who said Hell is right here on earth She greets each morning In the bookstore Name-tag and smile affixed While I ponder her life Her gray head bobbing in Agreeable kindness Surely...
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OLD AGE
When Is it time to Consider death? Useful for nature Troublesome for the heart Navigation lights preset Trumpeting the intractable Quieted by ministerings Of vicodin And helpless Knowledge Lost in...
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LOSING MY RELIGION
Torn mad between Disbelief and A final cloud-soft Happiness A Christian hoax That hides the knife Stabbing me everyday Headlines broadcasting seeds Of human decay Oh, sweat mead – me Drink and forget...
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THE SECRETIVE MS. PEESKINS
Ms. Peeskins on her favorite perch Haughty, stretching Guiltlessly warm I tell her one day I’ll refuse To put wood on the fire See what happens then She keeps her head to the window Looking for a bird...
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In the Wee Hour of Life
My father-in-law, Lucidity, blinking and broken Declares his life a night, a forgotten dimension. So fast, where Did it go? He is still outside The forest of human Travel Following the script Of...
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STUTTERING JUSTICE
My dream disturbing: Grand black pianos dropping from the sky Missing bodies frolicking in an otherwise calm, moonlit ocean Black men still being killed with impunity I awake Channeling E.B. White: “I...
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Eugene Feldman: 1921 – 2014
My father-in-law Lucidity – blinking and broken Has declared his life a night A forgotten dimension So fast Where did it go? 92 years inside The forest of human travel Following the script Of human...
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ANGEL IN THE OUTFIELD
In 1998 I was “stuck” with western New York’s equivalent of “The Bad News Bears.” A team no one wanted and I, by default (with a son moving up to majors with his father as coach),...
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My Mother: Celebrating the Life of Ruth Norman
My mother – beautiful at 58 years old What does a cup of coffee, a wicked sense of humor, and a loving and determined mother have in common? All three of the above elements served as foundation for all...
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A Country For No Child
Jaime Kalenga, whose mother died in labor, suffers from malnutrition and tuberculosis. Credit Nicholas Kristof/The New York Times There is a country rich in diamonds Oil and foreign sports cars I know...
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THINKING OF SUICIDE WHEN THE HEAD- LINES SHOULD BE ENOUGH
Send Kevorkian away His services unnecessary For the slow death That comes from the congenital Uncontrollable urge To read the daily newspaper (And not the easy living sections either) Always, like...
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NOV. 15, 2015: Headlines – A Poem
Attackers in Paris ‘Did Not Give Anybody a Chance as if chance played with motive none are chanced when death is not feared FEAR: it is all that keeps us good and goodness is relative only to the god...
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