Birthday Racism Poems

Abandoned as a child believed to be no more than five, the matron of the orphans home, was...other than my mom...
The first to have to...

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The task master walked into the room of hopeful job applicants.
All the blacks over there, he said, pointing.  No one moved.
All the whites over...

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Fear

It is a very small demon. 
It is a tiny monster, 
that never stops chewing on;
anything it can get. 

It is the one that hides,...

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The High Night of the Dark Wind

Dancing fairies on the lake of ice, 
leaving no marks as they pass. 
The tiny birds, chase them...
not to...

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What Party Are You?

Huh?
Does it matter?
Who I voted for? 
I am alive, 
so it was legal. 
I have not been dead, 
for thirty years. 
Surely...

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The Living Word

In a country, far from this place. 
The word is not written down. 
They are not allowed. 
They will hunt you, 
and kill...

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STOP

Barking. 
The dogs are barking again. 
It happens every night about the same time. 
I think that is the exact hour, the man comes home…
from...

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Why make an enemy of a daughter or a son?
A sacrifice on the altar of your sacred opinion.
Birthday wishes celebration, no more segregation.
A fractured population,...

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I have heard many moms repeat
"You never stop being a parent."

Sadly, I don't see or hear that quite so much from the dads,
although I know...

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The longer I live the greater Martin Luther King looks 
compared with those who have tried to carry on his work. 
The man had integrity,...

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