History Bear Poems

So easy to call him Titch.
He's just a tiny teddy-bear.
Yet I, a grown-up man,
feel a strange affection.

Affection, yes, for something fluffy,
and all you can do...

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they don't want dramatic parents anymore
sentimental
they got bored of them
they are sick of exaltation
they don't want the vehemence of which
the parents hung on
convinced that it...

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Real men fight,
hand to hand, sword to sword~
ten paces and shoot...Putin, a little
man, missing a backbone, uses boot 
after boot: a larger army, a bigger...

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I want to find a Boo-Boo 
for my Smokey Bear
So now that you’re aware 
of this just stop your 
staring at me
Please hear my plea
Next...

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For  all intents and purposes,                   ...

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The places I’ve been
all part of me now,
roadmaps of intention
tracking landscapes endowed

The history I’ve written
covers chapter and verse,
of promises made
and commitments diverse

The road ever widens
my...

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The Teddy Bear was invented in honor,
Of Teddy Roosevelt.
Because he wouldn't shoot a tied up bear,
Or even harm it's pelt.

If you wonder how this came...

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BEAR and ME

So, if you don’t know already

My surrogate Mum was my teddy

But she was just a big Bear

Who growled when real Mum wasn’t there

She...

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Un-Bear-A-Ble

Used in the wrong way and feeling like a useless bug on the ground...having faith and wearing a smile during hardships...was I an experiment in...

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(special thanks to a friend who shared this tribute to Solomon Mahlangu)



Solomon Mahlangu: My Blood will Nourish the Tree that will Bear the Fruits of...

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Sweeping the dust and mud 
From plank floors--mending and quilting
Needles, thread, and braiding scrapes
Baking days and washing Mondays
Tubs of water, fires and aching backs
The cabin...

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I've fought to right the wrongs.  Buried my grief through writing songs.
       Alienated myself from all the world....

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