Jalazon is a refugee camp where stones and ashes are as common as bread where Arab children scatter like stray cats from the fire of God in every rifle shot In Jalazon hot dust falls upon three feet of rubbish once three stories tall torn from the alley like a missing tooth like a gravestone [...]
Category Archives: Poetry
Bubbles
May 26, 2010 – 4:37 pm
———————————————— ———————-bubb———————- ——————-les pop in——————- —————–the children’s—————– —————–faces as hands—————– —————–reach for floa—————– ——————-ting shiny——————- ———-les———circ———————- ——–bobbing——————————— ——–in warm——————————— ———-sun——————ny————— —————————schoolyard———– ————————–skies filled———- —————————with kinde———– ————-arte————–rg————— ———–n laught—————————– ———–er while—————————– ———–goodbyes—————————– ————-wait——————————- ————————-for——————– ———————–the bel—————— ———————-l to ring—————– ———————-on the ve—————– ———————–ry last—————— ————————-day——————– ————————————————
INTO THE SHADOW
April 14, 2010 – 2:58 pm
YOU WALK INTO THE SHADOW FACE COMES OUT OF THE STEEL COME OUT COME OUT WHEN THE SHADOW CATCHES YOU THEN IT’S TIME TO RIOT IN THE STREET RIOT IN THE SQUARE SHOUTS THE CROWD RIOT LOUD RIOT LOUD FLASHBACK COMES THE CIRCUS CROWD SHOUT LOUD FLASHBACK COMES OF JESUS SHOUTS THE RIOT CROUD I [...]
A Friend Faith Keeps Dear
March 22, 2010 – 1:06 pm
“Faith,” said a Friend, “is always near.” A Friend trusting Faith finds depth. “Faith speaks sincerely,” a Friend smiles, “in genuine hope.” To a Friend trusting Faith, love is supreme. Faith said, “A friend is always near.” A Friend-trusting Faith finds depth. Faith speaks sincerely: “A Friend smiles in genuine hope.” To a Friend-trusting Faith, [...]
Hear Hail
March 8, 2010 – 7:32 am
Hear hail See hail Feel hail Fall Pounding ice Upon down me so Rhythmic So consistently And quiet Now I listen To a tone of Tapping time Time Time Rhyming Timing Slapping sleet and Frantic feet so Dizzy dancing Circles In the midst Of this Persistent present Chaos (1991)