The West
We aim to detox from you Not from a drug or an addiction But from you, our culture Which has polluted the environment Which has poisoned our bodies Which has programmed our children To believe they always will need your products To believe they can never be here, now As we always look for the ...
One Chord
Lack of impulse control is Not knowing what you are saying when You feel you are sharing To people who don’t want to hear Every little thing in your head Lack of impulse control is Writing manifestos for Quitting your career Posting them to Facebook And closing any future doors Executive dysfunction is Not being ...
Lucinda Clark from SpacegirlOrganics.com
It’s an organic process, pun intended. Usually when I start a market I rely on logistics already in place
BB Guns, Zelda, Drive-In Theaters
We used to hide in your backyard dressed in camouflage all day. BB guns pumped up twenty times. That’s nearly .22 caliber we’d say. What might we kill today. Ready to shoot anything that moved. Birds, squirrels, a rabbit. Little boys without a clue. Just mirroring what we thought we knew, what men are. Playing ...
Summer of ’13
A day can be long, as time d-r-i-f-t-s from full moon to rising sun and back again. You can watch it all live, now, on demand. 3D, HD, full of color full of giving, full of loving. full of forgiving. But….you must choose. Choose if you want to get out of bed. to see the ...
Defeating Strangers
I think of my own neighborhood, how people do not know each other. How quickly we go out to get our garbage can. As we nod our heads briefly so that we might understand, that there is something more important going on inside, than to chat. Maybe a pot of something boiling for a recipe. ...
FloatStrong
This letter is to all who survived and did not cheat. How you punched me in the gut. How you stole our dignity. I now envision your bracelets being recycled to help another cancer cause. Maybe from yellow to gray they might say, BrainStrong. Taken out of all the dresser drawers they are hidden in. ...
Neighbor
If you listen, you will hear cries Of a world becoming desensitized To the tragedy of tomorrow Bombs blowing up Buildings falling down Shootings in schools Children stolen and abused The slaughter of innocents In another country prevents Us from taking any stand How can we make a difference When the world watches it all ...
You Are In
as you wake each day there is a mission get them to school get them fed pick up family members drive them to doctors be there by our sides to be an extra pair of ears and eyes pick the kids up let them play for an hour get them showered while making dinner and ...
Grace
There is grace in you The way you carry you The way you lost Mickey No goodbyes, so quickly The way you held Joel Through and through Till death did you part The way you worked and toiled Grading papers till midnight Putting up with bullies and school fights So many years of not having ...
It Just Is
Either it is or it isn’t There is no in between And is does not ask for anything It just is It exists It is not objectified It does not have value It does not ask to be bought It cannot be contained And isn’t is purchased It can destroy It can cause pain It ...
Ultra-Honesty
I did not get the context That was intended I did not understand What was transmitted It was cut and pasted You did not think I would take it Any other way than Here is something I should know You did not get the context When I went on that rant You did not hear ...
Bleached Clean
There is a tower that grows For those who know How to climb and reach For the power to preach Be it staff, faculty or students The tower constantly produces Followers of their major’s creed Graduates know not what to believe Students come out ready to bleed For the letters behind their names Not knowing ...
The Hum of Humanity
When you close your eyes Can you hear their cries As the ball-bearings pierce As the nails curse Flesh shredded and searched When you saw their photos Their limbs blown off Was your face full of disgust Questioning all of humanity Did you think about history Did you think about OUR story The tens of ...
Down That Dirt Road
How to frame the situation Take a word and make an allegation Let us use the word terror For its weight is more than gold Destroying countries sold Black blood flowing deep Beneath the desert keep Once an oasis How to frame a nation Pin the tail on the donkey Come to think of it ...
Free Range Kids
ten kids biked and roamed. land full of pine trees, empty lots, where freedom rang as children ran among the Summer long and hot, dirt under nails for months forgot what school was. forgot what lessons we learned was, all night board games after we ran until our legs fell off. having sleep overs and ...
Another You
what would you do if you looked at you? not in a mirror but at another you. sitting in a chair. over there. that is you. what would you think of you? what would you say to you? what conversation would you have with you interviewing you? are you happy? do you like your choices? ...
A Box of Dirt
Vacation can be as simple as a box of dirt. Seeds to plant and water for the earth. This vacation we stayed in town. To build a garden from what was bought and found. There is a time and a place for everything. The seed needs the sun and moon. The soil needs the water ...
I am a Coward
This might not rhyme. This is a share. Something I have to put out there. I was asked to come to a 5K run supporting brain cancer cures. I have known about it for months. Thought if I got my poetry book together it would be a nice thing to be a part of. That ...
Exporting Freedom
I apologize if I have not responded I am being reborn Becoming unattached All my tubes are coming out It is a slow rebirth that is felt As you begin to reach Out from your second womb Eyes blinded now can see Tubes attached to my back and mouth feeding this reality. Programmed through DNA. ...
