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Dream II – The Ghazal Series

Posted on April 7, 2013 9 Comments

This is the second version of the first ghazal I posted a few weeks ago. The encouraging reception I have received to poems I have posted has encouraged me to work on putting together a book. So, any constructive criticism is welcome at any time. Dream II Savor soft sweet taste of delight in a […]

Free Write Friday – Wordplay

Posted on April 7, 2013 10 Comments

O.K. it’s Sunday, I’m late, but this was one I did have to think about and find the time to write – been way too busy. Here is the prompt as Kellie Elmore wrote it “I was given this prompt once: to take an ordinary task/object and make it sexy. To write about my selected subject […]

My Story and Poem of Meditation

Posted on March 31, 2013 7 Comments

I sat alone in the small dark Poettential Unlimited Poetry Theatre in Harlem with my eyes closed, resting in its silence when a circular light appeared in my mind’s eye. Years later, Grandmama, the woman in his home I was staying in Los Angeles, one morning handed me a tabloid sized journal. I did a […]

Keepsake

Posted on March 22, 2013 14 Comments

It’s Free Write Friday again. Had to pass on last week’s because we were traveling. This one is a bit of wordplay but touches the heart of the prompt provided so kindly by Kellie Elmore For the sake of keeping when nothing can be held forever or held onto Even memory declines and fades in the […]

Thank You Haiku to My Readers

Posted on March 17, 2013 14 Comments

In the past few weeks the kind comments I’ve received from many readers, and an increasing number of likes have made me feel that my writing is reaching and touching readers and fellow writers. So today, I want to thank all of you who take time to read my poetry, stories, and occasional observations. I […]

Free Write Friday – Yellow

Posted on March 8, 2013 30 Comments

This week’s prompt me took me to an unexpected place.Thanks to KellieElmore.com for another intriguing prompt. Yellow The room filled with yellow light and she felt herself ascending into the light like a feather on a wind current of energy swimming in a sea of emotions beyond space and time into an infinite sphere of softness […]

Revolution – A Poem

Posted on March 3, 2013 13 Comments

This is the last poem I will share from my book published in 1974. I think it is appropriate for the state of the world today. It is sad to see that even in the 21st century with unbelievable advances in technology and science, human beings continue to handle disagreements with violence, continue to believe […]

Free Write Friday – Serendipity

Posted on March 1, 2013 26 Comments

Friday has now become my favorite day of the week because of these inspiring prompts provided by Kellie Elmore This time her prompt led to the following short story or is it flash fiction? Serendipity Her name was Serendipity and she loved to hear her father ring the syllables out like a song Ser-en-di-pi-ty, his voice […]

Free Write Friday

Posted on February 22, 2013 18 Comments

Thanks to Sean Bidd for introducing me to kellieelmore.com-free-write-friday-lyric-prompt/ This is my first time with this free writing, I look forward to more. The prompt is in quotes, my writing follows. “Oh yea, they say ‘life goes on’ long after the thrill of living is gone.” So the Buddhist says, the thrill of living is but […]

I Am That We May Be

Posted on February 10, 2013 7 Comments

Illustration of book cover drawn by me The poems that I have posted the past couple of weeks were first published in 1974 in my book of poetry, I Am That We May Be. I used the Swahili name, Damali, which meant a beautiful vision, explained in my introduction: “Poems are visions to be shared […]