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The Precious Jewels

...How she loved diamonds, her birthstone.
Literally diamonds were her best friends.
    She worked very hard and each piece
of jewelry she bought made her happy.
      Cluster of diamonds or solita...

Stone or Air

...Old friend, so comfortable in your chair
     (steadfast and anchored, safe in your harbor,
     hear me before deciding I am daft. 
     I fear I am no longer of this earth, 
     having bec...

The boy called a LUNATIC by Blossom Monyei

...The Boy They Called a Lunatic

By Blossom Monyei

I was just a kid, about 12 years old,
when Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s wife asked my landlord to send his son, Francis, to work at her house.
At tha...

utmost

...I have a confession to make. I’m a trust fund baby
and a member of the educated Elite.

In my defense, I'm a newcomer in both categories.
I got my trust fund at 18 and graduated Yale University t...

In a Coat of Pain

...I’ve knocked on every door of medicine men—
doors painted with hope.
Swallowed pills of every size and colour.
Been told,
“This one never fails.”
Another promise—
fulfilled only in disappointme...

Beast of Burden

...The earth, the population's burden's beast - 
we take its flesh, its skin, and blood and bones.
We fight for its spoils.  Terror is unleashed. 
We have graduated from throwing stones -
mankind, o...

The 30th Anniversary Of Graduating From High School

...I dropped out of high school in August of 1986.
In 1993, that was a mistake that I decided to fix.
I was only fifteen years old when I dropped out.
When I ask people not to make my mistake, there ...

friend

...Can you make a friend— like a craft project?
I know, I hear this parental voice, “just be yourself.”

All of my classes this semester will be in one building, but I’m a control freak, I wanted to ...

Goodbye George Wendt

...George Wendt was an actor and he starred in "Cheers".
He loved to sit on that stool and drink plenty of beer.
He starred in many shows and movies but will be best remembered as Norm Peterson.
He a...

Museum of my Mind

...I would make a museum of my mind
Fill these musty halls with all my people
Every girl who has walked my corridors 
To write her piece and paste it on the walls. 

Every plaque together, a mosaic...

The Prismatic Self

...I say the word and feign a Freudian slip
From between its legs duplicities drip
Often doubling as a quip and tasting chalky, just a bit
History will record the troubling truth
that I never existe...

Mother's Kitchen

...the greatest classroom 
I ever sat in 
was my mother's kitchen 

she said 
give what you want 
if you get it back stay 
if you don't leave

she said 
you might not ever get a degree in law
...

FORBIDDEN APPARENT

...Rejection chain reaction
New Born Male Child
A babe suffering during while
A Mother who wanted her son to die
Heaven’s intervention rise
The new born experienced Asthma, Yellow Jaundice and Maln...

Saying Goodbye to a Former Friend

...After a long time, I have finally felt the need to let you go!
It was rather hard to see you after so many years!
You claimed that you fell in love with me!
Well, your chances were used up!

Whe...

Great at

...We were told that we would be great by someone who is great at their own version of being great. There is a mass of greatness going on here. This person is sooo great. Can you believe how great they ...

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