Final Honor It is time to lay this soldier to rest. In somber silence the path is traveled. Comrades offer a crisp salute as they line the way. The repeated crack of rifles, spent shells flying; a bugle’s mournful song. The folded flag, presented, and another hero is gone from our sight, laid to rest […]
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26 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
The Poet is the Poem Last year, I found a lively poem. Her name is Victoria Erickson. She dances across the pages, And beckons souls to join her. I discovered another insightful poem today. His name is Rudy Francisco. He explained how the jagged edges of My heart accidentally cut others. I […]
25 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
We HereAn Indo’s story is camouflaged between the dutch grandfathers’ “Hou je mond.” and the Indonesian grandmothers’ “Tahan mulutmu.” Do not speak of the horrors your grandmothers and mother endured, whitewashing their dark skin through the wringer of Dutch priviledge, claiming a small piece of equality hoping to erase their subservient status […]
24 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
Complement The moon is filling, Rounding himself with power and light. Mother Ocean reaches up, White caps and strong waves. He throws his light everywhere; She pulls it into her depths. He laughs. Her waves roil. He lights her way as her waters move to gently lap the sand; His […]
23 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
The Giants March Mountains and hills float above the morning mist, like islands in a prehistoric sea, and I have come again to the giants march, where their arms, whiter than the clouds, flail round and round in the Djinn-laced air. I have come to the giants march when sun is rising to […]