Animal or Insect
Shrinkage Native to South Dakota four hundred years ago, they could greet you with a blood freezing rattle— this… read more
Old and New Homes
For now, just shouting out gratitude here! Kweli Journal has given “First Flashes” a beautifully dynamic new home in its… read more
Harsh
As Infections Become Ghostly Rehearsals A coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but once —Earnest Hemingway 2002,… read more
Goodbye 2021
A few old and recently taken photos. Stripped after The Red Pill (At The Kew Gardens Subway Station)… read more
To Be Continued
Shout out to Counterpunch for continuing their mission and for including my poem “The North is No Yellow Rose of… read more
Minimal
I am writing/posting a minimalist-like poem each day until the end of November; & I don’t know exactly why. Shout… read more
Grey Matter To A Prick
Summer Shout Outs
The following poems got out there this summer. Many thanks to the editors and crews of Rise Up Review and… read more
A Room of My Own
Rainbow June Ends, Then What? In Memory of Angel Is the cement surrounded tough oak touching my third… read more
Gorilla Glue After The World News
Gorilla Glue After The World News Sleep deprived, I sit bent on… read more
The Met Museum: Back to The Future
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened to me had I not resigned from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Security… read more
(Re) Reconstruction: The Third Founding
Communication Failure How many have seen footage of a white policeman kneeling on the neck of a near-dead… read more
Live The Apocalypse
To be and not to be: That is the answer. Anarchy is ordered. What a horrible year for so many… read more
Dear Martin: I’m Also Glad You Didn’t Sneeze
Yes, distrust labels; yet, I’ll call myself a Nuyorican. Began to get complicated when my first role models as a… read more
Simple Magic: The Spell
The Moon Turns Full Tonight. What Will You Do About… read more
Our River
Our River Blue’s Granpa, a dark Paiute, was sent to government boarding schools, that took him far from this… read more
In Memory of Kathy Chang(e)
I have read “The Peace Sculpture Wore” in memory of Kathy Chang(e) at a NYC open mic or reading series… read more
Full Harvest Moon
After loving my younger days spent in the sun, it seems I have become a moon worshipper now that I’ve… read more
Poets Crossing, USA
Poets Crossing, USA The… read more
Shout Out!
Thank you Writers Resist and Montreal Serai for continuing to move your progressive literary spaces forward during very difficult… read more
The NYC Puerto Rican Day Parade Cancelled? Don’t Be Silly.
What is this urgency to define oneself? I get some of it: Defining yourself before someone defines you seems critical…. read more
Policing America
I have a love/hate relationship with police—bitter lately. After my experiences with cops (a troubling Alabama sheriff sticks out) and … read more
The Plagued Masked Man Vs Young Buck
The Plagued Masked Man Vs Young Buck My Social Security has never been guaranteed. I grew up blind to being… read more
No Bernie, No Party, Austerity 2020
No Bernie, No Party, Austerity 2020 #45 plays, Covid-19 in the air, Passover looming, Bernie stops running—sacrificed for The… read more
Dream or Nightmare
You know: Bernie decided, was convinced, or was forced to stop running during a pandemic and #45’s sociopathic world-destroying U.S…. read more
Lockdown Experiment
Considering that I’m being asked, like everyone in New York City, to self-isolate because of Covid-19 and anticipate… read more
What It Takes
To Raise a Child With all due respect to the descendants of Igbo, Yoruba, and other African… read more
Hail Satan?
Uneven Piece for My Online Therapist Our start wasn’t bad, what with uneven asynchronous writing. Yet, line breaks … read more
Funny Bone Grave Stones
There was a spike in U.S. deaths shortly after the 2016 presidential elections (not true: just play along for now)…. read more
Are You Crazy Yet?
I have been questioning my grasp on reality for some time, especially the last four years; and this week, a… read more
Who Delivers Who in Time?
“The Crying Baby.” Oil, Charcoal, Paper, Pastel on Canvas by Tarasonoio Giovanna Mancini. Who Delivers Who in Time?… read more
Look Out For The Drift
Look Out for the Drift If you see yourself in a living room mirror speaking… read more
Kathy Change Remembered
The Peace Sculpture Wore … read more
Looking Normal in Kew Gardens
Looking Normal in Kew Gardens It’s normal not to think about the homeless mentally ill, until one picks up… read more
Who’s Watching You?
Or not… If I Should Die Suddenly You should know that I was far from done; that… read more