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  • A Year of Violent Living

    The following poetic memoir is part of an upcoming chapbook titled “Walking Backward over Broken Glass.” In 1968, I was nineteen, living in Da Bronx. It was the year of cities burning. New York. Baltimore. Boston. Chicago. Detroit. Kansas City.… Continue reading

    A Year of Violent Living
  • Our Silence Is the Enemy

    Anyone with a brain could see that the Great Deportation plans of the Madman would eventually unfairly target some people. But that doesn’t seem to matter to the MAGA followers. This scheme is simple: keep this nation as European as… Continue reading

    Our Silence Is the Enemy
  • The American: An Epic HisStory

    I was born in the United States of America I was taught the USA was the greatest nation in the world no question they saidI pledged allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic… Continue reading

    The American: An Epic HisStory
  • Snap cRaCkLe POP

    “War, I despise‘Cause it means destruction of innocent livesWar means tears to thousands of mother’s eyesWhen their sons go off to fightAnd lose their lives” Artist: Edwin Starr (Songwriters: Barrett Strong / Norman Whitfield War lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music… Continue reading

    Snap cRaCkLe POP
  • Creating Dangerously

    Being honest with my own memories. This week, I finished the last of four Zoom workshops sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts on memoir writing. It was a heartfelt and supportive experience, with people from around New York,… Continue reading

    Creating Dangerously
  • The Ramblings of a Narcissist (Part Three)

    Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia – September 30, 2025 On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, the President of the United States addressed a gathering of senior military officials from around the world, summoned from their important posts… Continue reading

    The Ramblings of a Narcissist (Part Three)
  • The Art of the Bronx

    My world at fifteen was a mix of innocence and naiveté, threatened at times by what seemed like the start of a world gone mad. It was 1964, and I was living in the John Adams Houses in the South… Continue reading

    The Art of the Bronx
  • The Ramblings of a Narcissist (Part Two)

    Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia – September 30, 2025 On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, the President of the United States addressed a gathering of senior military officials from around the world, summoned from their important posts… Continue reading

    The Ramblings of a Narcissist (Part Two)
  • The Ramblings of a Narcissist (Part One)

    Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia – September 30, 2025 On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, the President of the United States addressed a gathering of senior military officials from around the world, summoned from their important posts… Continue reading

    The Ramblings of a Narcissist (Part One)
  • I Am All of Them

    diaspora(n.) 1825 in reference to Moravian protestants; 1869 in reference to the dispersion of the Jews; from Greek diaspora “dispersion,” from diaspeirein “to scatter about, disperse,” from dia “about, across” (see dia-) + speirein “to scatter” (see sparse). – etymoline.com… Continue reading

    I Am All of Them