Seeking Early Reader Reviews for ALONE: All In One

NEEDED: Early Reader Reviews for ALONE | All In One: A Solitary Journey I’m almost done with this poetry collection. It could probably be trimmed down a bit. Would like the reader’s overall opinion on the work as presented. I am also interested in comments on poems/prose that don’t seem to flow or fit orContinueContinue reading “Seeking Early Reader Reviews for ALONE: All In One”

Poem: In Real Life

Sunset Crater Volcano is one the most beautiful places
my eyes have seen. The cratered mountain is covered
by pitch black lava-covered-earth. The flourishing
re-populated forest, which had to break through
incinerated earth encrusted with thousand-year-old
lava rock, stands as witness to the true force of life.

Poem: Without Reservation

My winter cleaning unearthed an old notebook. I opened it to this poem from over a decade ago. I don’t think I’ve ever shared it and I certainly understand it better today than I did then. Perhaps because it has played itself out over the years. I’ve been thinking – perhaps I had an epiphanyContinueContinue reading “Poem: Without Reservation”

Terry Ann: Eulogy

Terry Ann: Eulogy As the moon shines, The angels come. On a warm, hazy night With stars twinkling bright; The waves crashed against shore With their ever beckoning lure. Terry Ann, my baby; My beautiful black lady. A mother, wife, daugther, sister, Cousin, aunt and friend. Because of you, my heart beats; I live andContinueContinue reading “Terry Ann: Eulogy”