Emotional Poetry

Cultural Exchange

In the Quarter of the NegroesWhere the doors are doors of paperDust of dingy atomsBlows a scratchy sound.Amorphous jack-o'-Lanterns caperAnd…

6 months ago

Children’s Rhymes

By what sendsthe white kidsI ain't sent:I know I can'tbe President.What don't bugthem white kidssure bugs me:We know everybodyain't free.Lies…

6 months ago

As I Grew Older

It was a long time ago.I have almost forgotten my dream.But it was there then,In front of me,Bright like a…

6 months ago

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When Day Is Done

If the day is done,if birds sing no more,if the wind has flagged tired,then draw the veil of darkness thick…

8 months ago

Unending Love

I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times...In life after life, in age after age, forever.My spellbound…

8 months ago

The Recall

The night was dark when she went away, and the slept.The night is dark now, and I call for her,…

8 months ago

The Kiss

Lips' language to lips' ears.Two drinking each other's heart, it seems.Two roving loves who have left home,pilgrims to the confluence…

8 months ago

The Gardener XXXIV: Do Not Go, My Love

Do not go, my love, without askingmy leave.I have watched all night, and nowmy eyes are heavy with sleep.I fear…

8 months ago

The Gardener XXVII: Trust Love

"Trust love even if it brings sorrow.Do not close up your heart.""Ah no, my friend, your words aredark, I cannot…

8 months ago