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Black Man Walking

Being female, not black how can I possibly know what it’s like to walk in dark male skin, where in a white-dominated society being young and l...
1,124110Mar 2012Jul 2012Apr 28

Symbiotic

A friend sent photos with accompanying story about mother tiger in CA loosing her triplet cubs. Although the story was fabricated, the photos were re...
82370Mar 2012Mar 2012Apr 19

New Year's Message

'Tis not verse but rather heartfelt emotion sent from me to you....
892200Dec 2011Jan 2012May 1

Running away from Home

inspired by kickit22's write...
819130Sep 2011Sep 2011Apr 28

Parting Session

submitted for Ladybee42's Poetry Group contest:
732140Aug 2011Aug 2011Apr 18

New Points of Failure

Take a bite from the apple, my dear. The taste of knowledge will open up for you a whole new world, you’ll see. The juices will flow from lips down...
71490Aug 2011Aug 2011Apr 29

Trick-or-Treat

Seven-billion mark by Halloween; by 2050, estimated at three billion more. Contemplate: what is our planet to do? Will there be enough resources fo...
723100Aug 2011Aug 2011Apr 30

Systemic

My very first sonnet......
1,128190Jul 2011Aug 2011Apr 28

Two Days after Years

My brain is numb from boredom and no longer has the power to shut out thoughts of you coming uninvited into my day. So far, thought I’d come aw...
770130Jul 2011Jul 2011Apr 24

Apogee in July

Days surround the Buck Moon Snowy crickets and katydids pass through nymphal instars to journey into another year. Snows-of-winter visions bo...
619120Jul 2011Jul 2011Apr 30

Yogurt - Lite

with a nod to "Multiple meanings" by boyshchrm6...
1,402230Jul 2011Aug 2012Apr 28

Border Reflections

advantage taken of human need as desperation laws do break while US agri-business moves with greed into the after-NAFTA wake family fields of deci...
775120Jun 2011Jul 2011Apr 16

Total Eclipse

Red-moon alignment’s ruby rays trickle, tracing winter’s illusion....
1,136200Jun 2011Jun 2011Apr 28

Tendons & Ligaments

Soft-tissue damage...much like damage to the broken heart....
1,099240Jun 2011Aug 2011Apr 30

Hand Out

Ups and downs of loving we all do surely know but friendships shared have, too, a gentle ebb and flow When you are down, above with spirits h...
1,122290May 2011Aug 201110 hrs ago

Peel Away

Carefully peel back the protective covering layer by delicate layer woven over and under memories with the silk threads of time. Exercise care...
783150May 2011May 2011Apr 5

Anew

With its promise of hope and renewal may this season be a blessing to all!...
876150Apr 2011Apr 20117 hrs ago

The Ninety and Nine

Be a good Shepard: Save the world Ninety and nine safe and free. Secure world peace. End world hunger. Disease no more to be. Can these be d...
707200Apr 2011Apr 2011Apr 25

New Balance

Started in 1969, "Project Bread's Walk for Hunger is the oldest continual pledge walk in the United States and the largest annual one-day fundraiser t...
912100Apr 2011Apr 201118 hrs ago

incorrigible

Incorrigible, ‘tis said am I! Perhaps, but I am wondering which adjective definition to apply to determine what is my condition. beyond correct...
924130Mar 2011Aug 2011Apr 27

It’s Not for Me

to decide how things must be or tell you what is best for you, nor clothes of a bystander wear, watching silently while you are threatened or kille...
1,031230Mar 2011Mar 2011Apr 20

Bah·rain

For poets, Frenchsilk, moonlight31, and all others who add their salt to the mix....
1,323220Feb 2011Mar 2012Apr 30

In Future’s Defense (revisited)

Written in response to andrew149's rhyming-50-word-story-poem challenge...
56290Feb 2011Feb 2011May 1

Striking Matches - Baking Love

Just cooking up a little something. Happy Valentine's Day!!!...
738150Feb 2011Feb 2011Apr 24

L-E-A-V-E

Following thirty years of power building, rife with billions taken from the people, land and life Soles now upturned facing toward heaven’s lig...
731120Feb 2011Feb 2011Apr 9

Connected

Connected to pain. Connected to loss. Connected to sadness. Connected to words that bind. Disconnected from you....
1,407360Feb 2011Aug 20118 hrs ago

No Sound

As I lay here alone, in the silence of darkness’ digital age, sans the ticking of the clock to mark the passage of time, I am engulfed by though...
832160Jan 2011Feb 2011Apr 6

Limerick-a-Palozza

Am lovin' it!...
57570Jan 2011Jan 2011May 1

CS Limerick

Can't wait to catch up on reading all of the limerick posts!...
592110Jan 2011Jan 2011Apr 23

hydromagnetic dynamo

Tampa airport closes runways to adjust marking until 1/13/2011....
699100Jan 2011Jan 2011May 1

soliders die in vain

Over there our soldiers are putting their lives on the line and dying to keep our country protected, safe and free while deranged gunman shoots...
76270Jan 2011Jan 2011Apr 18

between A and Z

friendship remains for D and C with the balance of power shifted new life into the mixture has come with happiness to be gifted though it was j...
790160Dec 2010Jan 20112 hrs ago

True-Number News

700 foreign troops killed 2010 minimum Afghan casualties far higher far higher? where is the news how many Taliban? how many innocents? a...
828150Dec 2010Feb 201112 hrs ago

Miners Rising

Though written on the day of the rising, still not sure it is ready for the light....
655140Dec 2010Dec 2010May 1

French Connection

Driving through the countryside on map-charted journey language familiar, though communication always a challenge drivers busy with own agenda...
651130Dec 2010Jan 2011Apr 30

The Bittersweet Pill

layoffs at work survived, for now...
874200Dec 2010Dec 2010Apr 27

Filo Filo’s Miracle at Sea

After five weeks sought, still missing from a two-day island jaunt gone awry with only coconuts and adventure hidden under the folded tarpaulin pa...
66590Nov 2010Dec 201010 hrs ago

Thanks Giving/Giving Thanks

Wishing each of you a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving!!!...
713140Nov 2010Nov 2010Apr 25

No Good War

In honor of Veteran's Day and all service personnel who sacrifice to nurture peace around the world....
764140Nov 2010Nov 2010Apr 27

Hurled Words

Your words like stormy pebbles hurled at me cross my other cheek pierce my side ‘til no longer a doubting Thomas am I. Darts fly. Bleed...
862160Nov 2010Nov 20104 hrs ago

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