Charles K. Frempong-LongdonHe Was The Most Beautiful BoyHe was a white carnation left after a dance. His was a beauty that held all light and rejected the properties of darkness. A calamity…Feb 14, 2018Feb 14, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonBaby BoyI’ve been cooped up in my bedroom all summer, Pulling silk from my lame ear, Lamenting on cement backdrops and a martyr’s death.Jan 23, 2018Jan 23, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonThe Clouds Look Like Cotton Candy When You're High:Candy skies stare down at us in wonder...Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonLove in The 31st Century"They wasn't used to sin & snakes in flower patches... How could they know there was posion in the petals that lay on the ground? How could…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonI-94The freshly paved asphalt soothes the bald tires on this dinky old can of sardines. The lurching cabin becomes still and when we are at…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonMy LandlordMy landlord is an ugly man, With a stained wife-beater permanently painted on his body. He smokes too much and talks far too loud, But…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonSacramentoThere is a Forrest fire in Sacramento, I watch it on the evening news and burn sage with my kinfolk, In a terrible state of jest, something…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonAnatomy 66And earth was a formless void, darkness upon the face of the deep, And the spirit moved across the water and there was light, It was…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonSun GodThey picked blackberries from black girls skinny fingers. And told them a truth unconfirmed and speculative of wicked minds. This juice…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Charles K. Frempong-LongdonBlue January"If only my low end theory could equate to worth I see for myself in purest expectation...Perhaps I might succeed this year." Pathos is…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018