Category: Poetry (Page 2 of 4)

The call that changed my life

The phone rang at 8 pm

My mother rushing out of bed

Bursting in my room

The RN on the phone crying

He’s not … Read More

Poem 1 – Just a Kid from Brooklyn

3 years at City Tech

Sure, it’s a small public school

Definitely not Harvard or Yale

But it’s college

I don’t … Read More

GOAT

January 28th, 1985, you arrived

You told us to “Love Yourz”,

cherish it, “no life is better than yours.”

Your wordplay are like strands of nylon,

embedded into one.… Read More

Racism

This world is full of inequality             

     It is just not fair and it has to stop       

        We need to have much more prosperity    

        Everyone is together at the top                                               … Read More

Driving

City lights start to glow, as I drive on the road.

The night is young and music vibrating the car,

As laying back and driving. 

FDR highway going up … Read More

Poem 1

White Skinned, Blonde Haired, Straight Haired

The curls on her head differentiated her from the rest of her white skinned, blonde haired, straight haired family. 

Light eyes, white … Read More

Christmas in New York

A beautiful night with songs of sleeping in the hay

 red, green, and, gold lights twinkled in the night

 My heart lifted with every chorus Oh … Read More

Life
Life as we know it,
Always ups and downs,
Confusing, can be stressed,
It will tear your mind apart.
Little that we may know life is a one time … Read More

Dishes

Doing dishes give me a sense of freedom

It is a dance we have every three days

With the help of music of course

As I dance with dishes,… Read More