This poem, from Christmas 2014, is one of my favorites. A Spiritual piece that required some research to complete. A Christmas Sighting December 25, 2014-January 7, 2015 On Christmas morning, a half hour before Noon, I looked up to the Sky, as I often do, And saw the Moon Chasing the Sun. The Moon was … More baltimoreblackwoman’s 1st Anniversary Celebration Continues…With a Poem
That moment when there’s nothing left to say No music left to play The end of the day. Lookin’ back over my life All the dreams I dreamed that never saw light, The could’ve beens that never came to be. The loves that died in my heart. The songs that from my lips won’t part. … More Evensong: That Moment When
I hope this poem inspires people to see all that’s happening through a lens of hope. I believe a new day is slowly dawning, and we’ve got to be ready to rise. I pray we will! —Paula Shockley About the Author: Paula and I first met about 20 years ago at my home church, Metropolitan … More Roots – by Guest Poet Paula Shockley
It’s the first day of Spring and it’s snowing outside. Off in the distance, a train rumbles by, sounding a whistle of sighs. Little birds, dropping from snow-covered trees, fly low to the ground, startled by what they have found. And the far-off train still rumbles and sighs, the sound carried by the … More First Day of Spring 2015
This is an updated re-post from March 4, 2015. Today marks 14 years since my first little brother, David, passed away suddenly. For my Facebook friends, who read a remembrance I posted yesterday, I must confess that there has always been some confusion over David’s death date: March 4th is the official date of death, as it … More 3 Poems: In Remembrance of My Brother David (10/6/59-3/4/03)
I’ve been kicking around an idea for a new book of poems. The working title is: LOVE/PEACE HATE/WAR I started playing around with word games (a favorite pastime of mine) and came up with this: my first Word-Game Poem. It’s not the best poem I ever wrote. And, given that, I’m not sure why I’ve … More Today I Am Trying A New Thing
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of our first African-American President, Barack Obama. [It is also the 2nd anniversary of the inauguration of Chaos wrought by the current president, but I will waste no more words on that.] In honor of that remarkable day, I am reposting the poem I wrote 10 years ago. … More The Inauguration of Change 2009
December 25, 2014-January 7, 2015 On Christmas morning, a half hour before Noon, I looked up to the Sky, as I often do, And saw the Moon Chasing the Sun. The Moon was riding across the Sky on a low cloud fast-moving toward the Sun, which peeked from a higher, but still, cloud. Not believing … More A Christmas Sighting
December 24, 2014 I fought so hard not to get sucked in to the World-Wide Web that spins and spins. A web of Truth, of Lies and Sin. A web of Love and Hate and Lust; Pain and Suffering imagined and just. Welcome to The 21st Century Tower of Babel. Fools and Idiots, Bards and … More The World-Wide Web
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