Poem

Wake America Up Again

(205)

The phone addicted children of the 
millenium pass the morning probing
our decorating…

Moving On from the Year Gone

“If you can’t fly, then run; if you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
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 Was 2017 a “lost” year of life?
 Was there a point to all of the strife? 
 Political and cultural turmoil,
 Regress on our own…

Story for the Ambitious (011)

Where will the war be fought?
Out in the dirt and mud
with blood?
Listen closely to their threats — 
intent…

If Someday Called

The world feels hard right now. I wrote this poem after reading about the stabbing last week on a Portland train.

Inauguration Poem

A Poem for Donald Trump’s Presidential Inauguration

Since President Trump didn’t have an inauguration poem (like most modern Republican Presidents), I decided to write one….It’s called “The Next Step”.

Black Walnut

Bent old men stoop and launch
green grenades stained with ink.

Too Much Internet #2

i saw some news
about
a truck
in berlin
crashing
into a christmas
market
killing people
on purpose
the driver apparently…

Do I?

do I still exist

if I don’t answer the phone