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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 […]

Which version of this poem, Meditation, is the best?

Posted on March 24, 2013 12 Comments

Usually when I revise a poem, I see it as much better than an earlier version, however, as I looked at this poem, I could not decide which is better. So, dear readers, I would appreciate receiving in your comments which one you think is best, #1, originally written in 2002 or #2 revised in […]

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 […]

Ghazal #1 – The Imperfect Rhyme Scheme

Posted on March 10, 2013 9 Comments

The Ghazal (pronounced ghuzzel) is a poetic style from the Middle East which I learned about in 2001. I wrote only a few and then revised several of them years later. This is the first one I wrote and I don’t know if it’s a revision or not. I called it imperfect, because this one […]

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 […]

Angela Davis and I – Poetry, Cinema, and Social Justice

Posted on February 24, 2013 11 Comments

1970, Professor Angela Davis and myself, a college freshman; Angela in the 80s our second meeting; Angela in 2012 at the Toronto Film Festival.——————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Angela My conscience commissions me/to take pen and paper/and give meaning to the meaningless word./Your silence castrates me./Day dawns but I am weary/the pages empty, the hours wasted./What is your glory […]

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 […]