POETRY BLOG VIDEO

INNER ROYALTY Life must stop when you enter a room breath ceases, muscles atrophy eyes turn to blackened powder and drift from sockets...

There will be found a standing ground a statement made without a word a cry for ears to hear its plea the final balance of words. We are...

Mulberries were not the tastiest of treats to fill a six-year-olds belly afternoons recalled spent underneath its branches fills my mind...

I can’t breathe white cloths on blank faces inhale deeply and wait . . . Exhale and hope don’t stand so close to me repeats in my mind....

A singular creation never to be reproduced crying within an array of useless female organs designed to create musical laughter tiny hands...

Matted, twisted, dread loc’d afros of thick wavy knots a texture of curls inherited. Visions of childhood braids adorned with pink...

Keep in time with me follow my lead listen to the inner beat between my knees find the chord pluck the string keep the rhythm hard and...

Her hands caress softly she follows instruction without fault my plea is an urgency for release and comfort an arrival she alone can...

Blues in time call and response fingers from nape to spine movements with force. Quiver… Sing in percussion let the beat serve you tight...

Wrap your arms around me somewhere near my waist come closer to me. But, take me from behind. Faceless and nameless never motionless take...

I play you in my mind stroking each thought prolonging your existence with gentle memories following each stanza toward you I hear your...