He had a gift for melody, boyish voiceBut sometimes it was hell to be himHis mental health could leave him no choiceBut to go dark and stay within Schizophrenic and manic depressedWithout art he could not get throughHe wrote and drew like someone possessedWhich was quite often true Don’t play cards with SatanHe’ll deal you … Read More
Matthew Wong 1984-2019 Tourettes, depressionHe spoke of the presence The devil dusk to dawn His left us a confessionHis art distilled an essenceOf why we can’t go on A theme oft returning One figure barely thereA landscape vivid vast Melancholy yearningPalette as prayerLoneliness will last Throughout November I am writing a poem every day as part of … Read More
Kink can refer to outrageous sex Acts, photos and texts But as we age We reach a stage When it’s just a pain in our necks Speaking of kinks their sound was new “Tired of Waiting For You” They took the stage When I came of age When youth would never be through Speaking of … Read More
If life is so short why are nights so long? Must be that relativity theory I think at times I’m doing life wrong I have an illusion that i’m being strong I don’t let anyone near me If life is so short why are nights so long? There is no tribe to which I belong … Read More
Home alone again, watching TVA young girl sees who she wants to beShe hears a phrase and sees the effectSo she tries it out: “I Object!” She sees herself in a courtroom dramaOf course the judge looks just like her mamaWho looks at her daughter with little respectBut then the whole world changes: “I object!” … Read More
Let us now praise the donut that is glazed Its existence surely a quantum leap Pastry evolution crawled at a creep The shape, the hole, we were not yet amazed Icing ideas unthought never fazed Divine inspiration – baker asleep A sweet syrup dream to taste is to weep Let us now worship with coffee … Read More
Click here to Listen Scream scream scream screamScream scream scream scream I all began three years agoWisconsin, Michigan, OhioI was seeing red I lay in bedI Scream It’s so wrong thisPain I am inI thought that CongressWould reign him in But they made a choiceI’m losing my voiceI scream It’s so outrageousKids in cagesSomethin’ new … Read More
“This Brown Paper Bag of Peaches” (“From Blossoms” by Li-Young Lee) Oh words words how they topple from the tonguesuch fun (like many things this tongue has done)Simple sound saves us is what poetry teacherFrom blossoms come this brown paper bag of peaches. From a rose is a rose to that boat you row rowTo … Read More