School Abortion Poems

February 13th, 2023 - old man winter gave a one...two punch

Overladen snow covered crackle and crunch
though, this skeptic owned a doubtful hunch
that such 24/7 round...

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i feel dirty 

dirty 
like dishes
in the sink

dirty 
like forgotten clothes
in the hamper

dirty 
like the earth
between your toes

dirty 
like my fingernails
after a day’s work

dirty 
like...

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Breaking news 
the land of the free is now broken 
Our Divided States of America
is turning third-world 
Who let the government 
place their destructive hands...

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I was born decades ago.
When boychild wad was a being.
'No community survives without a boy'
The phrase I used to hear.
I envied the boychild.

Soon the value...

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What Will the Year 2021 Bring?

This Poem Was Inspired by Reflecting on the Challenges of the Past Year, and Looking forward to the Possible Positive...

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Sex and Grades

Teachers in my time 
taught math, and science and history. 
We never cared if they were single, 
or married or divorced. 
It never...

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Letters

I write you all the time. 
I don't mail them... 
my letters, my words... anymore. 
They came back for a while, 
so I stopped. 
I...

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Recycled

I have gone through many storms. 
Some I thought would capsize the boat, 
and drown both me, 
and my beloved children.
At the first sign of...

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Seeds

The mystery... 
the very miracle of seeds
eludes me completely. 
I put a small, 
tiny,
round,
shape into the soil. 
I water the hopeful kernel, 
and it sprouts...

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THE WAGE OF SIN.


What' should I call this?
Fortune or misfortune?
The fate of my curiosity.
Akin to that of the cat.

A child a blessing from God.
But this...

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His name was Alex Bergeron,
grew up west of New Orleans,
from a line of backwoods Cajuns,
went to school to follow his dreams.

He grew to become a...

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Tiny Stars pulled and broken
Never a chance to live
Never a chance to say,
“Mommy, I love you.”
Never a legal appeal

Never a chance to make mistakes
Or make...

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Walking the streets alone.
A lonely child from a poverty of abuse.
She looks for someone to love her.
A safe place she can call home.

Beaten by a...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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I was doing political work with a specific movement
 I was in my first week of acupuncture school
I had worked hard to be in school...

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