Food Shelter Poems

October is one of those months that begin to transition and change to prepare for winter.

As our days begin to shorten, this tenth month brings...

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Watching you 
Green around the gills
trying to eat sushi
revulsed at every bite

Again I must bring 
To your attention
That mirroring a choice this time of food
does...

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In the bleak night, ‘pon lonely street of Capitol Bye Pass,
Mine stomach’s growl, louder than thunder’s clash,
Mine lips, pink and cracked like parched earth’s skin,
I...

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I have no food.
My stomach rumbles from hunger.
My body reacts in weakness,
Sending the message of pain to my brain.
My heart beats in rhythms,
Making me aware...

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There’s an aged Eastern cedar tree
not far from the steps of my back door.
Enormous and quite old it harbors
a full range of flora and fauna
that...

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Sitting in the recliner her family
brought so she wouldn't have to
sleep on a cot, she wonders.
How long will she be here?
How long will the storm...

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One
Island
In the sun
Unusual
It has no sandy beach or umbrella
Yet it harbors sweet life for I can see
Lush verdant growth
A hillock
Innate
Bield...

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American citizens in “bread-lines” to get little boxes of food. How desperate do you have to be to join that line? The sad, generous, little...

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Greetings to each of you my dearly beloved brothers and sisters. Please read these seventeen blessings rendered for you in God's grace:

I. May God’s love...

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Growing Up

We never had Disney junk, 
We never had phones, attached to our hands.
We never thought much of bullies, 
as there was often if not...

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A Tribute to the Documentary “Shelter”

Don’t  know ‘bout no talking 
Or no soul search’n
But I must thrive , right?

Don’t know ‘bout no tears
Don’t know...

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