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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Should I Speak of Distant Oppression?
Should I Speak of Distant Oppression? Generations of my people were never butchered for their land or turned… read more
Political Muse
To Be for Alexandria Ocasio Cortez In the recent past of shattered hope, The… read more
Show Your Love!
Alexandria is not in my congressional district. I did not even know her name until two weeks ago. However,… read more
“To Be” for Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
You may think this post is a political advertisement: I see it is a love poem and public service announcement…. read more
Ropa Vieja in Cuba and Puerto Rico
*This article was picked up by Counterpunch for their June 4, 2018 issue. Ropa Vieja in Cuba and Puerto Rico… read more
The Common Core: It’s a Cookbook!
It’s often repeated old news that U.S. public education is being undermined by corporate interests and elitist ideologues. Yet, this sinister… read more
American Honey
Montreal Serai’s “Literature: Spirit” issue is out! “American Honey” and three more of my poems were included. Grateful to be in… read more
Being Cowed: A Disorienting Unity
“Hey, diddle, diddle” by Mother Goose Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon;… read more