Funeral Community Poems

Woke up amidst the screaming cries, dared to stare through the window
Eyes couldn't believe a thousand corpses lying, hands couldn't recognize the skulls
The day before...

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God in the gloaming,
splits the violet horizon with lightning.
An assembly of angels of every nation and
tongue,
they're lifting coffins of great numbers of
war dead-
both military and...

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Here I am standing on the empty stage looking at all the shadows around me, shadows of the past, shadows of the present and shadows...

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Statistics, ciphering and accounts are copied and transcribed
                 from...

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GUN VIOLENCE BLUES - corrected

They built a gun-violence memorial 
in a god-forsaken corner of my 
struggling city
A collaborative effort of a few academics, 
a handful...

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GUN VIOLENCE BLUES

They built a gun-violence memorial 
in a god-forsaken corner of my 
struggling city
A collaborative effort of a few academics, 
a handful of neighbors,...

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Walking out of church into the autumn morning
Among many this overwhelming feeling
There are no bad people, no addicts this day
Too beautiful and clean: the tall...

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Our leadership has been anguished
Our society is malnourished
We are presented with a cup-full of disease 
Our hopes have been turned a decease

Our night has turned...

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When my Mother died, 
There was no state funeral,
No tear felt announcement,
She was not deemed documentary material,
And no one saw money making opportunities,
Because of her...

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I
small father, The Arch is missed even by Dalai Lama, Buddhists
this writer loves Israel, but Tutu cried for Palestine, fellow-activists
my truth: the Arch gave me...

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In my City 
When they say they will kill you 
It's prudent to do 
Believe them and keep the distance 
Because They really mean it...

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What can lies create, conceal, remake
That truth doesn't sanctify as pure snowflake
What could mouthed trust in Providence provide
That pride now, once desperate youth, would hide?...

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It was early in the morning 
I saw my neighbour comming out of the car
I asked how his dad is doing and how things are...

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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 opened the door that morning to a knock,

And four women, holding seven teapots.

I had to laugh, surprise and then understanding hitting me at once.

I...

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