There’s a new wave of huddled masses Streaming through our ports Strangers, who bear the full weight of our fears “Drive them away” Is the war-cry of so-called natives From the sons and daughters of old travelers “Terrorist” Is scrawled… Read More ›
books
Eazy-E by Isiah Williams
Eazy-E A strong voice of his time But it wasn’t just his motivating rhymes It was the fight against cops and their crimes He helped with the case of Rodney King But of course the judge just gave it a… Read More ›
A Place to Die – an apology by Jeffery Martin
Never imagined visiting my mother in a place called home but having little resemblance Always vowed with fiery breath that maternal kindness would not be repaid through nurses and unattached humanity © Jeffery Martin Excerpt from the book Storage Chamber… Read More ›
Half-Empty or Half-Full?by Elizabeth Diane Daniel
Bottom of a mason cup Filled it full of caffeine Liquid courage Some need alcohol to fuel their mistakes She screws up all by herself Sober minded Slightly deranged Warped sense of humor If we’re assuming everyone else is sane… Read More ›
Pretend by C. J. Clark
After long, hot days Of careful breathing Heaven waited In the white light Of believing The eyes of joy Would soon shut tight Around soft wing beats Of silence in flight, Still, the earth Would hold me here Without a… Read More ›
The Witch Doctor by Sue Lobo
He lives in thatched hut, deep within the African bush,where beasts die of thirst & vultures swoop in a whoosh,his hut is dark & hot & smells of roots, herbs & bloody pelts, and in his three legged cauldron, his… Read More ›
Who Dat? by Jeffery Martin
Transformed not trivialized stylish not stigmatized are a few who stand inches away from an abyss as black as a thousand midnight’s where the past holds majestic secrets and the future unquenchable potentialities © Jeffery Martin Excerpt from the book… Read More ›
Conceived by Brenda-Lee Ranta
It was never a choice with each lie each indiscretion each breach of trust boundaries crossed selfish needs planted, seeded fears lines blurred by tears confirmed by years with pain that sears Life lessons pile up, the end result is… Read More ›
She’s Mine – All Mine by Sue Lobo
The girl stood upon the hard black rock, Her heart beat hard & so did the clock, She was splashed by cruel & icy spume, Screaming in her face, “It´s never too soon.” Life told the girl, “Don´t be such… Read More ›
Tuesday’s Gone – Collaboration
Meet me at the crossing Of borrowed time, I’ll tell you about freedom, About illusion, The bane of life… A life where Stereotypes run rampant Your skin makes you a target Religion purges the evident… If a heart were bullets,… Read More ›
Raja's Insight 