A Stranger's Prayer
...Silly wisps of her raven hair flutter
In the winds of the long-short corridor of summer;
They snivel with the whims of cosseted sots,
Sinking in the futile harmony of winking beasts.
Pretty whisk...
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Categories:
wartimes, anxiety, life, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Dresden Germany Feb 13 1945
...DRESDEN, GERMANY February 13, 1945
Pathfinders lit the night to show the way
for bombardiers too hungry for the word;
as Dresden's dark was made as light as day,
all hearts were stopped before the bl...
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Categories:
wartimes, art, black african american,
Form: Sonnet
The Bombing of Dresden
...THE BOMBING OF DRESDEN
February 13, 1945
Pathfinders lit the night to show the way
for bombardiers too hungry for the word;
as Dresden's dark was made as light as day,
all hearts were st...
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Categories:
wartimes, angst, black african american,
Form: Sonnet