MY MOMMA WHOM I LOVE SO MUCH WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A HELL OF ALOT SO MANY UPS AND DOWNS BUT SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND ESPECIALLY WHEN I NEEDED HER THE MOST MY MOMMA MY BEST FRIEND THE ONLY ONE I COULD THRUST TIMES HAVE CHANGED WE MOVED APART ALWAYS IN EACHOTHERS HEARTS SHE [...]

The daughter of a king What does this world know. No paper no proof No place of identity to show. Her worlds humble themselves At her feet each day. For her royal features Her charm and talents displayed. She’s a king’s daughter She’s loyal and family true. No culture wouldn’t be proud If they only [...]

no matter that i desperately try to clamor and claw every night my mind foists the following inescapable nasty nerve wracking hellacious specter brought on from an over active imagination which scary scenario does draw pointing with gnarled finger each mine kempf idiosyncratic flaw involving an awful ogre in the guise of thy mother-in-law with [...]

The flowers from the moon High up in the mountains Lived a prince. A gentler, nicer person Has never lived since. To the moon once He wished to go, Because he loved Its gentle glow. His dream came true One beautiful night So he found out the source Of the cool moonlight. Which came from [...]

i sometimes have this dream where i’m at my own funeral and all the pews are empty as i sit i notice a fly perched on a pew two rows from my casket twitching nervously as if he was waiting for an apocalyptic rolled up magazine empathizing with him i noticed a lone person in [...]

In the high canyons where The mad inventors live Hand in hand with the last of The Cherokee Indians, The last of the wolves, And the first of the heathens, I go to give offerings Of leprosy to the hungry axe: A hand a foot, A lip a tooth: We can use these to buys [...]

Strong this fatherly love Surfaces for the newly born Capturing daughter’s gaze Male strength evaporates Nothing else matters As protecting this dear life Given by motherly birth Into fatherly laps Little girl fatherly weakness Sweet and so innocent Cuddles into his arms For him to hold her warm Blowing a tenderly shy kiss On baby [...]

My daughter has a new boyfriend I hope he turns out better than the last I am going to have to meet him soon, one of the moments I have loathed in the past… that moment of awkwardness when outwardly we say ‘Hello’ but inwardly I am thinking ‘here we go’ This guy is having [...]

leaves and leaving call october home her daughter releases wood smoke from her skin rich in scorpio blood survived the first flood each new year marks a circle around her thick bark middle this the month summer and winter fall into each other and leave orange yellow ashes the vibrancy of death carry it all [...]

I always wanted to give birth Do that incredible natural thing That women do-I nearly broke down When I heard we couldn’t And then my man said to me Well there’s always adoption (we didn’t have test tubes and the rest then) and well even in the early sixties there was something Scandalous about adopting [...]