Contemporary Poems
“must be” It’s strange why “must be” was not there. Didn’t they believe in “must be?” Didn’t they ever believe in “can be?” These words are so understandable in the minds of many, from the very start, when spliced within a later “separate but equal.” But where to do that? If it …
Sand Sand feels exactly like sand should. It is granular and prickly. And it sticks to your feet. If it was just a little stronger, it would stick, perhaps, a little longer. But, it isn’t. So, it doesn’t. It does remind of progress. Each step sinks in. Each step rolls and resists the next. Each …
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By Richard apple – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25375056 Picture of the Tallahatchie River, where the body of Emmett Till was recovered. At the End of a Rope, a Dream (timeframe is 1877) Once declared free, —we— gathered by the river meant to travel many a soul. Believing in the possibility of secure passage …
Inscription And the inscription of God is on the face of a rose. To be perfect in the way only simple things can be. Like a swan that passes by to disturb the eye, yet enhance the view. It is a good and beautiful thing. Not to be tarnished by the handling of it.
Scandalous Kitchen The kettle was flabbergasted by the disparagements from the pot. The fork was outraged by the short-cuts of the knife. The knife was made livid by the empty promises of the fork. While the spork was a complete outcast due to its mixed heritage. And was anyone really surprised when the dish ran …
What is There for The Dog (Goya painting, circa 1819-1823) O, ’tis a round swelling mound, coming out from nowhere. Go up you must, absent an explanation for any existence of it. Even if you cannot know what it is, at least you want to know what is next. What can you do on it? …
Blog Post #2 On this inauguration day, it is appropriated to say goodbye to the leadership of the past four years. The poem below is included in the book and is fitting for this day of new starts for our country. It was written about four years ago. Man in the Store Front …
This is the first of my blog posts. In choosing to travel with me, we will go down multiple enriching paths. First, I would like a path of poetry. While I don’t have an MFA degree (I’m a degreed engineer — BS & MS from Cornell University — with an MBA in Finance from George …