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Poetry and Poetic Prose. Creative contributions from our talented guest poets.
Ghost Body
Ghost Body
Ghost body, I want flesh and blood.Your heartbeat becomes a forgotten dream.
It stops when I…
Congress Park 1880’s
Scattered along the dirt paths in Congress Park were wooden chairs where friends met, and women were watched by the…
Indian Paintbrush
Indian Paintbrush Like the cat who sleeps
on my bed, you lie curled
in the warmth my body left. …
Glass
I have this memory. One of those wiping in circles with your sleeve at the grime on the window memories. I am in…
The African Woman
Her silence is deafening,echoed ceaselessly by her ubiquitous presence.She is everywhere, yet nowhere.She is the…
From the Inside
She saw the light before, returned to finish things before her time arrived. I stood and watched as she shook her…
Touch Of Love
BrieflyWithout regretWith words that heal the soulSoftly and tenderly offeredSincereAnd intuitively spokenOn…
At the Pond
At the Pond
BLACK SAINTLINESSI am black,
not of the darkness,
but evidence of sameness
Of the Maker’s…
Giants
To a child a boy was a giant especially if you thought your giant was better than the others. Grade school, and we…
Freedom’s Fire
A Sonnet In Memory Of Dr. King, And In Tribute To President ObamaThe Contagion of freedom's fire
Lights a…
The Fall of an Empire
The Fall of an Empire
False flags flitter at night, lighthouse lost its glow
High water rising, tides overflow…
Search For Tomorrow Poem
Search For Tomorrow Poem
She knew as the station interrupted her
afternoon show, “Search for Tomorrow.”
She…
We Have No War
Could we vanish into space and what would we find - without a forest, a single tree, families, or streets. Perhaps…
Creation is the Key for Locked Doors
the lines and curves that make letters that make words that make phrases and sentences
reach deep inside become…
Mirror in the Pond
When we metFor the first timeHe said: He liked my brown eyesAnd dimpled cheeksWent to the elders paid the bride…