27 Club
...Christened in the night
by rain
at the crossroads
Kissing each memory
that burns
—breathing his words again
(Hazlehurst Mississippi: October, 1975)...
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Categories:
hazlehurst, fate,
Form: Free verse
If Heaven Has a Garden
...Footprints through his garden.
My uncle and I once played tag
amongst his greenery;
With muddied shoes
and fear getting
the best of me
Surprisingly,
I had shaken my head yes
when he asked...
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Categories:
hazlehurst, garden, grandfather, heaven,
Form: Prose Poetry