Friday, November 10, 2006
Something led me write of "a grassy knoll"& then I found a Marsh Fritillary
PICTURE POETRY: It used to be, for you and me, that poetry rarely would be about a tree rarer still, prose recalling words rich with history perhaps not for you, but for me, vocabulary has a place, a past, and future possibility so when I walk quietly, wanting to see deer or a butterfly named Marsh...
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Monday, November 6, 2006
Sometimes, not words but feeling, sentiment...becomes poetry
Dave Swftfox wrote well, poetically too, about his Mom. I loved the use of his word "scold". My Mom used to say, "I do not like scolding beti-beta [daughters and sons] in her Hindenglish (Hindi and English sentences). So it connected with me emotionally and I saw MORE into his tribute. Poetry does...
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Sunday, June 18, 2006
POETIC THOUGHTS: short poems, other than haiku
i become one with a convoluted wave at sea rolling back, roaring and tearing apart its crest wonder to behold at sea, the pacific ocean in me HERSEPTIN and GARDASIL -- wonder drugs for girls and women? My mom succumbed to breast cancer after it recurred in her second year after surgery. In South...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
DEOMOCRACY or make Dem mo' CRAZY? Word Wars & World Wars
"LONG-LIVED POEM: WAR & ORDER" Word wars and world wars Holy wars and other wars of brother against brother Men’s wars Women’s wars Religious wars All wars Leave scars Drug wars And wars as drugs Gang war and war against thugs The War Against Poverty War for other people’s property Sports wars and...
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Monday, May 31, 2004
CANCER INSURGENCY
The disease is a dis-ease Of mind and spirit of my friend In her body, an alien occupation Foreign mercenaries and bodies bent on invasion As if taking over a holy land A promised land where she lives and has her being Extraneous elements steal sovereignty Impose regimes of riot, religion and rape...
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