silence
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music carries me
up over back country road short cuts
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
blasting hard fast distorted buzz
clicked off in my parking lot spot
a day...
From Browsing Poetry to Browsing Art Books
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Last summer, an editor at Yale University Press asked me to serve as an
anonymous reviewer for a manuscript, and they would compensate me for my
service ...
Home Again, Home Again
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Got back from Pennsylvania a week ago, where I visited with the WCSU MFA
program to read from *Made to Explode*, which won last year's Housatonic
Book A...
Dating For Dummies – How To Gain Power Over Men
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Far From BasYc by G.L. Lambert
"G.L. I still don't get it. You need to break down dating like I'm DUMB
because I've read Solving Single [...]
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Jason Tandon
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Born in Hartford, CT in 1975, Jason Tandon is the author of four books of
poetry, including *The Actual World*, *Quality of Life*, and *Give Over the
Hec...
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hold me to this
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becoming softer after every compromise
brittled and self-destructive, we were charring
into sharper malicious states of being
compressing ourselves into mo...
Life happens...
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My baby boy is 12...
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Life happened so i did not post anything in forever.
Well Same moonlight for our Dreams is coming back.
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THE JEM MOVIE'S SHANA AND COLORISM
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from a decidedly brown-skinned black girl with a big bouncy purple fro to a
beige biracial "safely black" girl with straight hair
This strikes close to hom...
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Hey there, fighter
it will get brighter.
Take a breath, a little deeper
and bring your faith a little higher.
Remember, you are a leader
not a follower..
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Inhale the yawning frost
let it gather and collect
beside your sleepy heart
drowsy from neglect.
Rest your ghostly frame,
hush her muddled drawl.
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This is just so very powerful, 12 words that say so much, I've read it over and over, just brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI really like this! I love the juxtaposition of 'slave' and 'free' water - add that to the picture you used and it makes a really powerful statement.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading more of your writing. :-)
I agree this is powerful, truth bearing and soulful!
ReplyDeleteWow...short...simple....so very powerful...
ReplyDeleteNice...
smart.
ReplyDeletelove the message in it.
beautiful job!
Thanks for the support...
ReplyDeleteHappy Poetry potluck!
I can feel the thirst...fantastic piece! I admire the power and simplicity of deliverence!
ReplyDeletevery interesting.. i liked it so much.. as I love short verses this is going to be one of my favorites...
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
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Smart move combining runaway slave with the word FREE. I likey. ^^
ReplyDeletei love the pic because it gives credence to the simple yet strong words
ReplyDeleteShort but powerful!!!!
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