Mentor Poems

He cooks
He cleans
He buttons up his daughter's coat
He is one in a million
He shows his children
The right way of life
A dad is your mentor
He is your first love...Read More

Celebration of Wind and Fire 

Celebrate the unseen face of God’s eternal Spirit
 Embracing all before creating light;
Action word of the eternal dance
 Hovering over the chaotic genesis of creation;
Leading exiles out of exile through empty seas with fiery pillars
...Read More

My self-awareness is clear.
Blunt. 
It's ugly and painful. To call it enlightening, is putting it lightly.
Honestly though, it's relieving, intriguing, and totally necessary. 
Character building, and damn near life-saving.
They say "seeing is believing"... But what about these feelings? 
The temporary,...Read More

They found 
ground green peppers
Ground ground onions
Ground garlic
.ground cucumbers
Cultured buttered milk
Cayeene pepper
Ground shrimp
Ground catfish
Some flour and eggs
Mixed well
And rolled in bread crumbs
Fried crisp
And served with a tart
Candied ginger 
yogurt tartar sauce
Man that's some 
Delicious great tasting goodness...Read More

They found 
ground green peppers
Ground ground onions
Ground garlic
.ground cucumbers
Cultured buttered milk
Cayeene pepper
Ground shrimp
Ground catfish
Some flour and eggs
Mixed well
And rolled in bread crumbs
Fried crisp
And served with a tart
Candied ginger 
yogurt tartar sauce
Man that's some 
Delicious great tasting goodness...Read More

I was not ready to lose you.
But you were taken from me, anyway.

Suddenly.

On a sunny day that started so normally.
Without any sign of the emotional pain to come.

Abruptly.

Life’s like that, I guess.
It shouldn’t be that way.  It just is.

Unfair.

Losing...Read More

His favorite protégée
Mentors her day by day
You are his curious delight 
You're always affable
And so unflappable
Yes you're his favorite acolyte

Though your aura's sacred chic
Radiating cool mystique
Your life story does bespeak
Constant fight

His patronage for your art
Remains for you're his dear heart
Shine...Read More

        Is standing at the footlights, with
        a crowd, unknown and that you
        cannot see!
    ...Read More

Your waves have entered the shore
Lapping upon this sand
Smoothing our foot prints away
None shall see this walk we have taken

Disappearing from sight our old walk of life
Our shells buried deep, 
Wrapped together in seaweed 
huddled together not wanting to go

Back...Read More

THE MONKEY'S NUTS

Some darn monkey has just thrown a spanner in the works
It’s loving its stance, "cause it think the rest of us are jerks

We should have told it, what comes around, comes around
Everything you do in this life, will...Read More

I’ve handled wealth I’ve handled money and all I got was vanity
All my precious time wasn’t used to build Christianity
Only based on fame taking my own popularity
Chasing around the wind just to get my prosperity

Now! Am ready to take the...Read More

As a baby I once played in my mother shoes
I walked in them with my little feet like a skier

I would trip in them and get a bruise
To nurse me, she was always near

My eyes found new interest and my...Read More

Those who have the muse of madness in the soul,
passing through the doors of intuition very artful.
Where music and poetry play the touches of mad,
from the genius and sacrificing melancholy of insanity of load.
In the state of divine possession, the...Read More

Your beauty      your kindness      your laughter
So honest         so friendly           so serene
My anchor...Read More

His friendship and love is not forgotten,
I think about him daily.

He is a good memory of the past,
I liked our hugs very much.

Does he miss me as much as I miss him,
The day I gave him my art, the hug...Read More

W?rdz sp?ld k?'r?kt 'v?rs?s f?'n?t?k'sp?l??

alternately titled fun with phonics
'?lt?rn?tli 'ta?t?ld f?n w?ð 'f?n?ks
analogous when like first learning how to spell American English words

?'næl?g?s w?n la?k f?rst 'l?rn?? ha? tu sp?l ?'m?r?k?n '??gl?? w?rdz

I thought to feign not knowing how to...Read More

My life 
Fear I never let
To grow in my life
Cos I have been touched
With out a finger
An invisible touch
By the mentors 
That spark me 

My life
Am a miracle
Am a magic
Am not sudden
But suddenly am out there
Living like a lion
Living like...Read More

Sometimes friends that are far away
can be your best friend
He lives in Malta
Which is 7,609 km in distance from where I am
I came to PoetrySoup in Jan of 2016
Obviously, at first, I didn’t know him
But soon it became clear to...Read More

"ASSESMENT ON JUNE 6, 2019."


I called the starfish 
on her birthday 
but I was ignored. 
I texted her 
good morning and 
I got a reply: 
"STOP TEXTING MY
WIFE!" 
I texted her 
good morning and 
I was ignored. 
I texted her...Read More

I am a woman.
I have a vgna 
It is placed between my legs. 
I have boobs. 
I have been raped many times against my will. 
I fought very hard to survive, that's why I am alive. 
After a few months...Read More

Everything happens lest we forget. Let's not do something that we might regret.
Just take it easy, stay outta the game. You are the one to live with your name.
Stay outta the drama its all up to you. All that you...Read More

Prescribed blood tests
present no qualms,
unlikely nothing askew i.e.
ticking time bombs
nor prone to catastrophization,

albeit anticipatory anxiety
plus demeanor of poetically titled
medical practitioner allays, calms
alleviates agitation exhibited
by dad's and/or mom's

panic minimizes si? no sweaty palms,
nonetheless precautionary measure taken
thumbing apostle Matthew psalms
ayee feel grateful...Read More

A free Bird 
Let me go, let me fly
Clouds are calling me and so does the sky
I want to soar to new heights
I want to explore the wind
I want to touch the sky
Let me go, let me fly
Clouds are calling...Read More

A Mentor's Inspiration
By: Shyane A. Roa

I stayed in your womb for nine months
You suffered difficulties every second
Your pregnancy stage was misery
But you were able to delivered me cautiously

Now you raise me as a healthy baby
Until I turned into a responsible...Read More

They came toward me as a snotty group of two
Sniveling and snarling
Complaining 
I could tell they had already been picking
My innards out of my chest before I arrived
I listened to them 
But did not hear
Because their straight-lined angry mouths
And their...Read More