School Prose Poetry Poems

I       woke       up

on the mattress placed in our living room. I found a...

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Mangoes, golden and full, their scent~
a whispered promise of mischief.
My fingers sticky, my heart pounding.
My mother’s eyes—wide, unblinking.

“Where did you get these?”
Her voice, a blade...

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Time a Construct of Control 

We were always taught from very young, 
be sure to be ready & so on, 
never late never wrong, 
to...

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Attending school was never an option when the empty drum echoes the song of yearning grains, trekking the lanes with bathroom slippers that awaits a...

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his defiant attitude was obstreperous
misbehavior unheard of and unseen in the sixties
other third-graders stared at him in disbelief
wondering what was wrong with him
not realizing he...

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I am being suffocated by causes.
Will we march Quixote-like
enraged by the spinning of the windmills?
We protest the wars carrying placards
while expecting others to carry arms,
praise...

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Today is the day I decided I'm not going to let my love for you hurt me anymore.
No more staying up past midnight wishing you...

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I was glad to escape the school run by demon spawn 
thrilled to extricate myself from this hell-hole
disengage from a hateful situation
distangle myself from the...

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You had passed on 4 years before.
It seemed to have been so long ago.
I finished high school, moved far away,
And was hoping to find a...

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Our mother was perky in the morning.
It’s the only time of day we ever heard her sing.
She would come into our room and sing “good...

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how was school for you back in the day, Grandma?
Well, I could barely read my own writing
The wagon wheels hit every single bump along the...

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Welcome to the fifty’s diner
Where there are chrome stools
Black, red and white leather seats
A checkered floor

Everything matches
A soda machine is standing ready
The chef is heating...

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"In those days there was no king in Israel:
every man did that which was right in his own eyes."
Bible, Judges 21:25

The word 'Anomie' is new...

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no one noticed an extraordinary white angel
she was the only brightness of the day
but we were not looking out our windows
peach pastel sky had never...

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Guess who I saw today, 
A little girl!
When I saw her, I smiled because I remembered you,
I remembered you, my younger me.

I was told that...

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