Category Archives: poetry

seasons of life

sunshine snoozing snuggles among the covers my two favorite people and a lucky black cat ceiling fan beats the sultry heat as spring lengthens into summer seasons passing by: earth, life little one growing day by day soon enough will … Continue reading

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powerless

Thanks to a fierce storm I’m without electric power. Woe is me! A girl cold from air conditioning, Read of florescent bright night lights, Spoiled by spellcheck and wordweb Bathed in ones and ohs: I am becoming digitized with each … Continue reading

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perfect weather

With the clouds spreading like cotton above my head The crisp blue bright expanse of sky ever peeking through Green grass creeping up through the dead brown earth A sweet cool breeze gently caressing my face Intermittent sunlight, like the … Continue reading

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aimless ambition

Toiling in paper I struggle for air In a sea of words Books for eternity Never enough time Sleep elusive as dreams A future ever out of reach Wanting, waiting, working – what for? Aspirations, clear as morning dew Destination … Continue reading

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computer-based GRE

soundproof earphones hurt! clicking bubbles right or wrong – o! how will I score?

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The White Girl Speaks of Harmony

A Poem Written in Response to, and in the Mode of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” by Langston Hughes I’ve known harmony: I’ve known voices of brown, yellow, black, and white to lift up together  in seraphic harmony as one. … Continue reading

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an over-crowded mouth

Out of place he stands rigidly at attention Alone, shunned by the others like him A tooth incompatible with my mouth My secret shame hidden behind my lips Yellow dingy and discolored, too far Out of place for the toothbrush … Continue reading

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birth & death

Birth, the beginning Death, the end New, fresh, vibrant, green Old, crumbled, broken, grey Both with blood, pain, tears Anticipation, announcing hope for the future Evasion, eventually yielding to the inevitable fact of life Both keeping secret their itineraries Ripening … Continue reading

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abstractions, generalizations, and judgments

communities all of our hopes, fears, dreams; shared joys & shared sorrows starving hand-in-hand; shoulders to cry and lean on humans men women and children loving living crying dying ethnocentrism anything you might think, feel, say, do, hear, taste, see, … Continue reading

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in another life

Once upon a time I was a princess, Hiding in a castle from the world. A knight in shining armor for my love, And so I thought would be my fate. Until one day the spell was broken, So quickly … Continue reading

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