haiti earthquake grabbed me and the world
like an angry parent
shaking us to the core
testing to see if we had learned to play nicely
bringing us, the world, together

i could not even think of buying an extravagant anything
as the immediacy and...

The Help Haiti Blog Challenge was kickstarted by Kelly Diels of the Cleavage website, inspired by a twitter from Danielle La Porte of the White Hot Truth, where she offered to "donate a full FireStarter Session fee ($300) to Haiti...

i could never be a poet
i don't live on Walden Pond
and i like shopping
i am inspired by McDonald's straws
and plastic bags floating in the wind
see American Beauty I am not even original

Who would not want a little more poetry in their life? And I am not talking about drama, I am talking about poetry. And not necessarily Keats either.

Living a poetic life is about seeing your life and your work as an Artist. Creating.

Why is it that...

I recently met a young man, who was a poet, and even after much persuasion he would not allow me to read or hear his work.

I understand.

It took me months and years before I finally gathered enough courage to print off a bunch of my poems, and...

It is like I am holding a living, breathing, panting puppy in my arms while it struggles to break free and scamper enthusiastically across the room and then someone telling me this puppy is dead...

Having just published my first book of poetry and am bursting with still more poetry...

Dear Mr. Mugabe

in case you weren't sure
it is time to go
i would say thank you but it is kind of hard
It is easier just to say goodbye
28 years of....well let's just say, it is enough

please don't make us mad
...

i am gonna lose 20 pounds
buy an AUDI TT
inherit a farm
start a non-profit
go green
eat raw
have some babies
do my MFA
publish
make a million dollars

and live happily ever after

or i guess i could...

I thought the Olympic Games were about
Running and Swimming and Triple Jump and
Ah! Gymnastics
Not about people dying in Africa
And religious bigotry
And corporate sponsorship
And Hollywood opinions

What happened to this world?
What is happening to...

they blame the law for letting these men in
saying we didn't do our research
before ushering them into their public roles

a man to be a leader of men
violating the trust of New York and his own wife

a...

After I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism my doctor prescribed a Thyroid medication that, amongst many wonderful benefits, promised to balance out my emotional state. I was looking forward to it, having reading that "extreme cases of untreated thyroid disease have resulted in suicide." I could relate. I consider myself a...

Sorry

Could George just say Sorry and we can all go home?
We can put away our too-potent costly toys
Declare a shy and very embarrassed sorry and go home.

Must we wait for two generations of stolen lives before we say...

They did not know it would be so busy and bright.
They thought that they had enough.
They thought the power of the people.
Would be enough to power the land.

This power had brought them peace.
This power had brought them reconciliation.

Kenya rising, 01/24/08

In Africa

We call it desertifcation
The process whereby the desert devours the vegetation
Yielding wasteland.
Irreversible.

And warfare encroaches onto tenuous peace.
Rwanda
Somalia

The winds of Africa
Contagious in their...

Michael, Kurt, River, Owen and Heath
What were they doing?
Alone in a moment when no one was watching.
How could they get themselves into these messes?
Suicide? OD? Tragic twist of circumstances?

Pushed.
To the edge.

These are the...

Preface: I am not sure if I need to explain or justify my style of poetry. Once a critic asked me if I was offended by him labeling my poetry as 'accessible. ' I laughed and loved it. I write to be heard. If I stumble upon some clever literary...