Homecoming Poems

Palimpsest

It was past midnight
in my college bed 
above the shuttered café—
the whole town in a hush 
so complete I could hear
my own breath and quiet it,
when a crystalline voice
floated in through the dark
like something half-remembered
from an unfinished dream.
Amazing Grace,
sung soft and distant,
as if the night had opened
just wide enough
for me to hear it
and I ached

homecoming hiku

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Beyond Vessels

My home is not made of spacecraft.
My heart is not made of fear.
My soul is not made of isolation.
No, my home is a resilient capsule that no one can breach.
I am there whenever I am weightless.
I am there whenever I am problem-solving.
I will be there whenever I return.

Yes, you can enter.
But first repeat after me:
My

homecoming

homecoming

I was back in my village 
had a plastic bag in my hand 
looking for a bin to throw the bag away
in the house I once lived 
An officious-looking young adult 
I knew when he was a boy
told me I couldn't leave the bag there
I walked past a group of women 
they saw me and whispered 
since no one called my

Homecoming

Agitated by the plight 
Of the famine hit earth,
As a sign of consolation, 
Tears shed by the clouds		
Come down as raindrops
From the sieve of the sky
Clattering on windows,
Thumping on roofs…
A musical concert 
For the living, below!
Plopping in puddles,
Forming brooks and creeks,
Soak every land
They come across,
With love, unbiased!
Just like the separated souls 
Reunite with the Supreme

Homecoming

Love, I'm coming home
To cook your favorite food
Massage your feet though.

Chapter 155 -- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: HoMeCoMing

Date:  April  2051
End of the first week of April 
late morning.

The Hakim Family was preparing 
For a quick exit. Desharah DJ 
Sashi Amadeus Amani and Jordan 
And Justin were in Desharah and
Sedanah's room with Damali. Sedanah 
Asked, "umm I wanna know how 
Long have we been here? Cause
It feels like fooreveeerrr!"  DJ

Mary's Homecoming

We find ourselves with you in time, 
Thoughts of you are roaming our minds
Angels playing music at the Gate
Heaven will be Home; let's call it fate.

Do not be weary or troubled, my friend, 
With words I write but not to offend 
They are written down to help us, too
It's become part of our plight with

HOMECOMING

I called mom early this morning
I am coming home mama don’t worry
Yes ,Yes, tomorrow most probably 
At this point I am seated on the balcony
Ten stories high on the city canopy 
Gin, some pills to tone down the sea sympathy
I forgot to tell her that really 
I was coming home in a coffin.

Homecoming

Your eyes were dark
Like the deep night sky
In every moment we knew

At dumb highschool dances
That smile on your face
Could clear any storm my mind grew

We collapsed on the floor
Outside in the hall
I thought for a moment and knew

That whether we’re friends
Or lovers, like then
That I will always love you

study period

study period

It’s December and my roommates and I are deeply into Christmas. We’ve got a little 3ft tall Christmas tree with about fifty-thousand little multicolor LED lights on it (LEDs because we ARE saving the planet). We’re in the ‘study period’ right before finals and It’s a lowkey Saturday night.

Lisa and I were pajama’d and

Homecoming

Grief and love and wonder
Can scarce exist in so frail a place
As my fragile heart

Daughter of the Most High King
Your wick is trimmed, your lamp is full
And I am sundered, torn apart

Long together have we journeyed
O’er a road, sometimes a highway
At times, a rocky trail

O that you would not leave me
Wander boldly on ahead
Thoughts that

Appalachian Homecoming

You were born here,
Blue Ridge foothills,
spirits of Cherokee in 
Appalachia's olden heart and veins.
Scots-Irish influence of beloved
bluegrass,
moonshine of the drinking kind.

Your parents weren't the responsible
type,
as you and your three sisters spent
your childhoods in foster care and were
once left with your mother's cruel friend
for two years,
you went through so much.
Your single grandmother Robbie
did the best she

Autumn Reverie 2

High school football game
cheerleaders tossed night sky chill
rhythmic beat of drums
alumni and students roar
October's homecoming queen

Yearn

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                                  Quiet dusk!
          

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