I dusted off my magic carpet, and took it for a ride. Then I realized that flying carpets are more fun with two people not one. I dusted off my genie lamp and gave it a gentle rub. Out popped my genie and he granted me three wishes. Here’s what they were: 1.) To [...]
Archive for January, 2010
A Fairy-Tale of 3 Wishes…
Posted in Free Write, Spoken Word, tagged Closure, Desire, Fantasy, Genie, Growth, Innocence, Life, Make-Believe on January 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Freedom
Posted in Poetry, tagged Dysfunction, Electra Complex, Empowerment, Family, Incest, Oedipal Complex, Self-Help, Sexual Abuse, Sibling on January 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Behind my lids were scenes too grotesque to keep inside. I need to write them out, lest in my mind they hide. There was no blood, or murder, or fear of death. The nightmare stemmed from a deeper depth.
Tip a Hat to Haiti
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Citadel, Fredrick Douglass, Haiti, James Weldon Johnson, Madam C.J. Walker, Port-au-Prince, San-Souci Palace on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Although barely recognizable in the wake of the earthquake and aftershocks that rattled the country on January 12, 2010, Haiti holds remnants of one of the most historically and culturally rich countries of the Western Hemisphere. Past statistics bringing Haiti in as the economically poorest nation in Western Hemisphere, accounts of Haiti’s once lush natural [...]
Peptic
Posted in Spoken Word, tagged Loss, Love, Reflection on January 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Something so remarkably unfamiliar I just can’t attain it. Such a shame the ingrates so flagrantly profane it.
Paper & Pen
Posted in Poetry, Spoken Word, tagged Catharsis, Friendship, Writer on January 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My best friend is this paper and pen. The lines and spaces take me to places That I may have never been
