Child City Poems

YOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT...

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Look look it’s crazy I’m the one they want to represent
Young black girl,I can probably be the president
I’m the voice of the youth,you heard my...

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In the city streets
wandering in moonlight—
a homeless child...

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Eventually both  Esau and Jacob made a temporary truce with each other; 
which lasted as long as they both lived most likely only.

In ancient...

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In me, is my strongest  part
...My heart...
It is made of stone
From time alone
Stronger than bone
Super dented Super man
Of the world I'm not a fan
I...

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She sits on the park bench
a flock of pigeons carrying her memories away.
An unleashed dog sat with her a while
Left to chase a squirrel
The well-dressed...

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When I look across the yard and see
wooded hills and a cold running stream
It is hard to think about those kids
that think Mother Nature is...

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Great is the Lord ,and greatly to be praised  in the City of our God.
In the mountain of his  holiness  beautiful for...

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Because once a time in a round mud hut
at the edge of the bottomless of pits,
I know that a three- or four-year-old roars with his...

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Have you ever been to Slave City
Ever on my mind,
And it really is a grave pity
For all those friends of mine.

A visit back to another...

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On a dark day like this
Normally, everyone wants to finish work quickly
And its human nature to want to go home
The woman was looking up at...

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Behind Enemy Lines

Behind

I followed through doors and passage ways
Roofs and small runways ..
The boy with a glint in his eye,
He took me up , high...

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Boredom awaits you
Throughout the years
When you get up to the hill,
There is fear that invades
The little child who walk up.
You would be afraid for your-self.
That's...

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Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
In Chicago we have it all
Chicago Skyline with skyscrapers abound
Landmarks and tourist wondering around

Lake and beaches enjoyed by the crowd
Festivals fill the...

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Rush, Rush to scurry to do one's  job, meet 
deadlines,  rush one's child off to school.
Rush, Rush to pay bills dashing to a...

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