As Written I wrote to my brother to pass on the news but also to give him a chance to air views about weather, the family, friends still down South or the dietary portion he puts to his mouth after the doctor has shaken his head and told him to…
As I Lay In Bed Tonight As I lay in bed tonight I shall think of happy thoughts of you and me. The times when we walked hand in hand, On the road we wished wouldn’t come to an end. When we leafed through the pages of our favorite book,…
Apelike What seekest thou, my long-armed friend? who hath no need to stoop or bend to rest thy knuckles on the ground who peers, bright-eyed, at all around where jungle trails tell what has passed to those, like you who are most harassed, through fear of foes –
A Fibber’s Prayer Dear God, it’s true I’ve done some things I said I didn’t do. I’ve kept some secrets to myself, but now I’m telling you. I’m sharing sins because I know that children should be truthful . So, I’m blurting out my fibs Instead of keeping them all…
Another Mile To the late Sammy Qualls I’ve been known to turn and twist my soul. I’ve even left myself standing in the aisle. But I always managed to drag my head out of my hole, Picking myself up, dusting off, and going another mile. There was this friend of…
Africa, My Heritage Africa, My Heritage. A drum beats, beckons, boom-boom-bah-boom. It beats so quietly one can hardly catch it. It beats insistently, convincing and convicting. Boom-boom-boom-boom, a drum beats. A night so dark, indigo black. A blackness thick and concealing. A curtain, veiling for a time a sacred labor.…
All Along This actually happened to me. That’s why I wrote this poem. I have realized something very true That sometimes people turn on you. You think they are your best friend Until that friendship quickly ends. To lose a friend and gain a foe, You ask yourself what you’ve…
A Special Verse for a Special Friend Sincerity in everything, no veils to lift or clear. No moments of depression when friends like you are near. No lacking in responding to a hand outstretched and warm, that is what life is all about, that is what should be the norm.…
A Drunkard’s Ode (Gulp, gulp) Blockhead, halfwit, ignoramus, Hmm… What’s this? A C-minus? Not bad, not bad for a Three-time college freshman-ous. (Gulp, gulp) Did you just say incorrigible? indelible? Nah… I think not. It’s (hik!) disagreeable! Disagreeable, my life, it’s un-feeble, Feeble-minded, nitwit, twerp, irrational, Gosh (I’m dizzy) Is…
Advice Be Jasus! said my friend, one day (Paddy was his name) you’ll wake up dead one morning and just yourself to blame better give up drinking, lad – especially on the stout go on the Holy water now there’s plenty here about. Would you look at me, for instance…
About Black Black . . . My dad’s skin color And he almost got killed by an unknown sect Because of his skin. Black . . . My mom’s skin color And she got fired Because of her skin. Black . . . My kid brother’s skin color And nobody…