Poetry
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Instructions For Making and Using an Ax Handle
An Ax Handle, also called a haft, has five parts: the Eye, the Shoulder, the Belly, the Throat, and the Knob. ALL we wanted was to be served lunchat the whites-only lunch counterInside a F.W. Woolworthfive-and-dime store In Jacksonville, Florida,… Continue reading
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eight years
When I graduated last year on May 21, I had been attending college for eight years, first at Long Beach City College and then at California State University, Long Beach. I had learned a lot, even for a then-75-year-old. what… Continue reading
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Elation
On May 21, 2024, I graduated Summa Cum Laude at the age of 75 with a BA in English-Creative Writing. Happy Anniversary. It was a hell of a ride. After the long journey -arriving home-the feeling of ending and beginningof… Continue reading
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them they us
us don’t carethere is no empathy left in usno sympathyno care in the universe them us know who they areseriously they are themfacelessunnamedthey might as well be invisible ushave enough pain in our worldus cannot will notassume the debt of… Continue reading
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CHAOS.
I’m reviewing my memory disks(I mean U.S. history) traveling way backbefore my time when the world=CHAOS. Colonialism ImperialismSlavery GenocideExploitationWorkers of the WorldUnite(no one is going to protect you)the color of your skinthe skin of your color(the first U.S. Civil War)=CHAOS.… Continue reading
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i want to dance…
i want to dance through today tomorrow foreverstepping through music doors across moving floorsupside down right side up spinning like a wild windthat you will never catch. i want to dancemove effortlessly as if floating standing stillmoving forward upside-down right-side… Continue reading
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random poems
random #710excavating memories for lessonsfor explanationsfor guidancefor a reason why all of thisis what it is. for how and why i got herefor some guide totoday and tomorrowand some time in the futurewhen you/me can’t rememberanymoreor want to. random #2595we… Continue reading
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Live Poetry
“Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in… Continue reading
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Inside My Brain, Through My Heart
The following writing samples are the final products of free writing exercises I refer to as “Exercising Those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theatre 389 Playwriting class during the Fall 2023 semester at CSULB. We received various prompts… Continue reading
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Suicide by Living
This poem is based on an incident I witnessed while visiting San Francisco. This is not a slam against the city. This could have been any city or town in America. There is something wrong with a nation where anyone,… Continue reading
