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The paths down which we walk within our dreams (#villanelle #poetry)
The paths down which we walk within our dreams have led us to this place we dare not sleep: this place where waking is not what it seems. Our words have traveled down the narrow streams of halting conversation from … Click here to continue reading >>>
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prison ghazal (#poem)
A place from which you can’t escape is prison. A place to which you must return is prison. The space between the place where you were born and everywhere you fear to go is prison. Your shame has strapped a … Click here to continue reading >>>
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she breaks my heart every night (#poem)
She breaks my heart every night – I lay her on her bed, wrap a blanket around her still tiny feet, rest my head on her froggy pillow-pet, and whisper, “Goodnight…” She turns her head to mine, places her arm … Click here to continue reading >>>
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how felons taught me to overcome any challenge (#poem #prayer)
When challenged, embrace faith; When faithful, embrace work; When working, embrace challenges – God will figure out the rest.
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prayer of my imprisoned brother (#poem)
Lord, bring me the hatred of the world, that I may find love; bring me the shame of the world, that I may find gratitude; bring me the judgment of the world, that I may find forgiveness. Father, bring me … Click here to continue reading >>>
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Inventory of Texas prison cells (#poem)
1 ninety-one-year-old man; 2 sixteen-year-old boys; 300 others condemned to die; 152,749 more scattered in between. 153,052 hearts, beating in cages; 306,104 hands, idling around bars; 1,530,520 toes, losing ground; 5,050,716 vertebrae, bent without burden. <1,530,520,000,000,000,000,000 brain cells contemplating the same, relentless question: zero … Click here to continue reading >>>
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the sense in which I love you (#poem)
To the slamming of the bathroom door, I love you. By the prick of your upturned heel in the hall, I love you. In the light of the lamp you refuse to turn off, I love you. Under the stench … Click here to continue reading >>>
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