Two Dozen African Girls
Photo: AFP Two Dozen African Girls Two dozen African girls Found floating in the sea We live in what kind of world That this is on page three? If this happened on the Hudson Or on Long Island Sound No story line above them Cameras all around We hear so much that distance Doesn’t matter […]
On This Day – November 15
On This Day – September 15 Cutters killed in Kansas, Capote writes in a style never seen before If he wrote today he’d use emojis To say “Hey everyone! Lock your doors!” It is a day that ended discrimination And Gypsies wept to hear the news From Heinrich Himmler (he got an ovation) “They are […]
The Life of a Leaf
The Life of a Leaf I don’t know why I stopped to stare freezing dusk in November wide white birch nearly bare a lone leaf above untethered The air lilted it to the ground It landed where I would step I lost my will for homeward bound And stayed to pay final respects […]