Poetry
Chosen Sisters
You’re my sister You chose me It wasn’t because of biology You just love me. I had 3 different numbers for you When I ...Missing In America
Dark-skinned men huddle together Shoulder to shoulder, Small smoke signals intermittently Tapping holes in thin air, Their blue-black shadows lifting ...Concentric Circles
time encapsulated warmth embraced love harnessed chaos reigns death begins life ends swirling mists dancing starts lights twinkle in the din of silence everything ...How Can You Pretend?
how can you pretend to care so much when all are lies that flow eloquently from your tongue tell me this now is this ...“Cancer” – Free-Verse Poem
footprints march the sand as you did though the memory now fades as the ocean tide washes them away and when the sun settles ...You Are… (A Love Poem)
You are in my heart – Pumping with the blood that keeps me alive. You are the breath, mixed with my life that ...809 57th Street (For Bobby Seale)
I thought I heard him say, “People move. Humans move.” But isn’t the prism between gods and monsters the mere soft Subletting between fiction ...Gathering JuJu
Two eyes struck him cold Like snowballs pelting him flush His body frozen in fear, the streets rising up in him again, shoulders ...Your Biggest Fan
Love, laugh, live They promise us much with these words Heartbreak, sadness, death This is the reality of life Our world is full of ...In Hindsight: A Thank You (for Yusef Komunyaaka)
Thank you for your drooping branches, Graying at the stems and leaves splaying Between me & a race soldier’s bullet. I never knew what ...









