Occupied Jerusalem (1948-Present)
After watching The Story of Palestinian Christians: The Stones Cry Out Luke 19:40-41 (NIV) “I tell you,” he replied,… read more
2024 Resolution: “Till We Have Faces”
Who will be able to forget all the suffering that began on October 7th and grew to unbearable before… read more
Militant Humanist Manifesto (Early Draft)
STOP THE BOMBS! CEASEFIRE NOW! (actionnetwork.org) Meet The Companies Profiting from Israel’s War on Gaza Who Are You?… read more
Lighting a Candle
Lighting a Candle Where were you on September 11 2023? Where were you on October 7 2023? A more… read more
Graceland to Gaza on Dia de los Muertos
Liz, Are you ghosting me? Scared you again? I’ve been online for a while after a huge meal and… read more
“The Arc of The Moral Universe is Long…”
Boricua Standing at Divided Attention Standing at attention conjures up images of soldiers listening, eyes front, back straight… read more
Kathy Chang(e) Oct 10, 1950 – Oct 22, 1996
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The Whale
The Whale There is no telling who we ultimately love. Do you… read more
Quietly Quitting
Gifted My box of Motown long playing vinyl albums was gifted black gold. Forget… read more
Last Night’s Distraction
Dr. Jane Goldberg’s Reality TV Group Therapy first appeared on a Manhattan cable network in 2009. The show lasted… read more
A Book Grows in Queens
And my gratitude to the editors of the body centered intersecting Rogue Agent Journal for including “I Pledge Allegiance” in… read more
Animal or Insect
Shrinkage Native to South Dakota four hundred years ago, they could greet you with a blood freezing rattle— these… read more
Old and New Homes
For now, just shouting out gratitude here! Kweli Journal gave “First Flashes” a beautifully dynamic new home in its March issue:… 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