“When it’s time for a citizenry to first squander what it’s calling freedom, a
hushed conversation will become a speculative paraphrasing of public opinion which will wonder
at its own distorted perspective even as it dares not ever say I
didn’t quite imagine this specific embodiment but still haven’t
stepped away from the table for long, haven’t forgotten or abandoned
an utter commitment to neutrality, intonation problems is all
it comes down to, think about how to hold the words my
country tis of thee in your mouth without choking”
from “ANNE FRANK’S AMERICA“
“Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me
Oh America, land that loves to call itself free,
while its people are dying and shackled in debt
healthcare held hostage – our lives pay the threat”
From AMERICA OUR LIVES ARE ON THE LINE
“The hallowed echo must
linger, sharp in the question of how do we keep the world”
from JOVENS NEGRAS MOVENDO AS ESTRUTURAS
READ MORE:
- Affanato (Oregon Poetry Association)
- America, Our Lives Are on The Line
- A Dish Served Hale (Volume 12, Issue 3; meatfortea.com/buy.htm)
- America, On the Day the Queen of Soul Left (Volume 12, Issue 3; meatfortea.com/buy.htm)
- Anne Frank’s America (Cold Mountain Review – Fall Special Issue on Justice)
- Daffodils (from Panoply)
- Dancing with Beautiful Women (Women of Appalachia Project)
- I Saw Your Facebook Post (Volume 12, Issue 3; meatfortea.com/buy.htm)
- Jovens Negras Movendo as Estruturas (Cold Mountain Review – Fall Special Issue on Justice)
- Luminous Human (from Eclectica)http://www.eclectica.org/v21n2/curry.html
- Patricia Bath, You See (Spectral Lines: Poems about Scientists anthology from Alternating Current Press)