Verse Poems

It had been a hellish week.

On Monday
my lonely and tired AfricanAmerican husband
told me, as gently as possible,
that what I had hoped was a temporary separation
is to be extended into perpetuity.

This separation had been scheduled to terminate
when my Fetal Alcohol daughter...Read More

The silence fell like winter snow,
Wrapping the landscape in an eerie quietness,

For a moment,
Bringing calm,
to our collective madness,

A gift
From heaven,

A glimpse offered,
As to what it is to be sane,

A Stillness,
That we may know our way back,
In the storm.

John Roberts...Read More

Pense assim

AH! Sua beleza de vida
transforma vidas!

Quando você vive o seu melhor,
o mundo inteiro
também fica mais lindo.

Acredite: 
Hoje e sempre;
Dezembro ou março,
presenteie com a beleza,
que Não tem data 
nem pátria.

Hoje e sempre, 
presenteie......Read More

Pensei hoje de manhã:

AH, os talentos para realizar 
são como uma onda gigante
– um tempo bom para voar!  

Acontecem e passam! 

Portanto, faça agora!
Faça 
hoje o carinho 
para o ente querido, 
para a pessoa próxima!...Read More

Empreenda

Empreender beleza
gera beleza.

Você que leva beleza
aquela que você leva
no rosto e na pele
beleza que se nota na voz,
no sorriso, na atitude.

Empreende beleza
O tipo de beleza que se multiplica.
A beleza que liberta –
Liberta uma alegria de viver o melhor....Read More

She slipped into a coma,
fell away,
her ghost groping;
not blind, but blinded,
as if the life in her head
were too bright.

We bundled her things,
squeezing shoulders,
taking deep breaths
dizzy with relief.
A nurse hastily covering
gray naked toes.

The old woman found herself
on her mother’s lap.
Dead pets,
impossibly...Read More

He cried.
He could not climb the stairs
For he had no legs,
No feet,
No hands or arms,
Only the eyes
That could see the top rung
And weep.
Would he be famous
Having reached the top,
If at all,
He did not know
Nor did he care.
Then, by way of...Read More

Her name was hope...

He came in with a devilish look in his eyes , it was the lust 
that separates men from Christ, I am talking doing time 
for what crime?

Your skin color got you trapped in the same place,...Read More

Swinging between today and tomorrow
we hang on the rope of yesterday
dangling over the chasm of loneliness
desiring to embrace the positive
force that pulls you up, up until the
place where daydreams are realities
and fantasies can be dates on a cake
offers a vacant...Read More

Mock Poem
 
A man I knew who lived in Vilamoura which is a vulgar
Replica of a real Portuguese Village, decide to walk
The whole length of the land, he came upon an old
a village so aged that houses collapsed by too...Read More

Brumal mist ...
Crawls o'er the spindrift
White hats and bobbing buoys
Nod to me in affirmation ...

Oh, Calypso ...
So calculable and sure
Stir me as the sand, soft
Gather me to the briny abysm ...

Deep, dark and close ...
Reticent and cosmos cold
Made sustenance for...Read More

I crave a piece of land,
Oh! Parasakthi!
I crave a piece of land...

Amidst the piece of land,
build me a palace grand
with sundecks and picturesque pillars;
everything in pristine colors.
And near the well,
the long pinnate leaves 
and the tender coconut dwell.

Around ten to...Read More

Here the I'm 
into me alive 
for the next breath 
from the lungs

here my blood circulation
 step by step circling 
into my body 
for the every next second 

here my eyes absorb 
the visible sight 
to cross the present 
and...Read More

I was born there 
in a naive village
now this is my city
I walk on the city path

now I walk by the royal path
like the mouth of hungry child

suddenly there piece of onion
show me the path of cost living

I'm in the...Read More

We use to walk together…in the mountains…by the sea
before the sun would rise each day…my golden retriever…and me

We chose to name him Whitman…people assumed we loved poetry
and though we do love a good rhyme…he was named after a bakery.

He was...Read More

Women rise not only when needed but when noticing
Things need to be changed, 
Wanting more fairness, more community, 
Inspired by hope, and joy, 
Wanting to better the future for their children's children

Women take the lead when pushed by feelings,
Knowing they...Read More

During the depression if you got an orange in your sock
You could feel blessed and lucky, and it felt like Christmas. 
Orange tea and orange cake delight me in all kind of ways but 
Marmalade I eat every morning on...Read More

In a perfect world
There are no wars
We are all brothers and sisters
Moms and Dads revering and loving 
Believing in the goodness of offspring and neighbors
We support each other
Understanding that we are all the same
Each a piece of the human race...Read More

my can opener fiasco
typewriter eaten up by word processors
computer cookies but can you eat them?

...Read More

I wanted this mom but she does not want me.
She might change her mind, so I wait.
In limbo.
For her decision.
She is holding all the cards.
She has been wavering for weeks.
I do want her, do not want her.
I sit patiently, unconcerned.
Knowing...Read More

Fleetingly the day begins
Clouds roam in and out
Cold air seizes my imagination
Shaken the oak tree melts into the driveway
The cardinal pecks away at a piece of seed
Cat watches with avid interest
Life is tenuous

Storm comes up suddenly
Rain pelts us with ice...Read More

When the sinking feeling rises
	He hopes it floats on rainbow bubbles
                 Until the dredges clear once more

What ifs have not buts they simply are
	A...Read More

Beads of clear liquor trickle

Like fickle tears a lick rids.

A drop slid down amidst

Thick fears.

Choice of liquor? Beer.

Steer inward towards clear

Ambitious

Glee.

Then, when opportunity peers from behind a mouth,

Opportunity flees.

Dripping, rivers of fluid dy-manics steer.

Simply be.

It does not choose the destination...Read More

First light of the day,
Softness from the garden
Opening the blue window
Smell of pine and flowers;

Noon of a sunny day,
Noises from the beach
Lying on the white chair
Shadow and melodies

Sunset coloring the sea,
Moving boats in the horizon
Songs of flying seagulls
Red sky adding...Read More

Call for prayer,
Soft light from the mosque
Walking alone in calmness;

Reddish sky from East,
Bird songs from trees
Dawn removing darkness;

Sun rays on the horizon 
Lively children in buses
Good morning brightness. 
...Read More

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