the poet who speaks of death
as if the poet has but a few days
left continues to write througho...

one time I wrote 3 lines
three lines was enough
but I kept on writing...

I messed it up

I hate the fact that
I didn't marry you
I hate the fact that
you're married now
I hate the fa...

Itching for additional everything

Girl wana get married

I ain’t ready for no ring

I only...

Dropped off

alleged dropout

Landed a job, instead

Hustling for Feds dealing Meds...

Hurt people, HURT ..PEOPLE

I know you dont care,

You proved it clearly..

No matter what my e...

Never me never u this box never dance with the devil till u rip up those who question u and me an...

The quilted silence

refused to be pulled back

covering the room

with the cold st...

the cold silence

has frozen

our resolve—

depression hangs

like a bleeding...

In the winter solstice

Of struggle,

Nets of justice and equality

Lay rotting

Bus Fare warriors

Can't be late

Time zombies devour time

Mass transit

hauling people ...

Waiting around.

Waiting for the ground

That slipped from right underneath

My feet

Why would our children

Be waiting for Superman

When we’re already here?

Another ...

Got seven plus wind chimes hangin on limbs

of massive Oak couple Cedars Magnolia trees the mas...

today I banged my brakes from when we start to finish
lucky with good & plenty
rising up in the...

Once a predator spots its prey their sins tell their mouths what to say.

Cue the circus music

Cue the spotlight

Overhead, witness a high wire act

Perfect balance...

As rhymes pass my lips it’s
Assault with deadly intent
If I represent myself there’s no chance ...

an illegal hand

touched the skin

i’m in…

leaving a keloid stain

on the surfac...

In the psalms of our lives let us be ever mindful;

we are children of the sun—Rising e...

Walking through a forest of memories

Along a trail of ancestral footprints

I steppe...

In the end as in the beginning

No one criticizes us

More than we do to ourselves;

Early morning.

Still dark.

Fire crackling.

Fireplace glow,

lights out.

Dark.

Chillin

While we sip warm cognac.

Throwback R&B on playback.

Snow blanket the city.

A...

“A heart of music,

words write a song

the melody I hear

keeps going on

it doesn’t doe...

Are you a Dreamer?

Do you Dream

What do you dream of?

Dream of Hope

Dream of FREEDOM

My 3 favorite sounding words they have

this funky rhythmic cool funky sound there meaning awes...

You ready you with me come on

now we gonna party on this one

No one said it would be easy doin

Chic

In a hood far, far away.

Lived a fly girl named Cachet.

She stay dolled-up.

Enthused b...

Give.A.Care

Will reward rule your

level of concern

can you

spare

some care

o...

Brush against me

Graze my feelings

with your fingertips

Nervous tension crackles

acro...

I wish I had heart to break
one that felt pain from losing you
in the house you left when you t...

People always look at me and say I am the tough guy, Oh my God Joe, I admire that you don’t cry, ...

Dreams are like direct TV a thousand channels only about

ten that you watch Dreams are like that...

It was a cool…gloomy…

Rainy morning:

“Teacher, where did God come from?”

“Be...

“Sticks and stones

may break my bones

...

For all the one way communications,
For all the “can you do this for me”
For all th...

Silently I sit
Closed eyed,
Soul deep in peace
Alone and free
Not too far from reality.
Here...

Clay pigeon shooting? I think of fat pigeons fashioned out of clay like some say we were, we at b...

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in the dark...

below the huskie wee wee..the doggy wee wee,

use me above the known see the ...

in the dark...

below the huskie wee wee..the doggy wee wee,

use me above the known see the ...

She

She strokes brow when mind is complex. Feeding love eternal, I open deepest thoughts to her

What has happend to the

world today

all these senseless killings

every day

America becoming a...

The queen of pain

meets

The king of sorrow.

It happened so unexpectedly,

From the beginning y...

Who do you think you are playing with me
Threatening a woman makes you feel strong, because you ...

some walk some stride
some slide some glide
I'm moving along walking
like leave me alone
push...

He said I was

fat, sloppy, ugly, nappy, and nowhere near sexy

No matter how Much I say I donâ�...

Leave residue on white collar crime scenes..

Afterthoughts shade thumbprints on a whiskey glas...

Captain’s log stardate 2399

Even in the future I still must rhyme

We just passed the final ...

Stars light up the sky.

There's a twinkle in your eye.

Is it love or lust?

Are you feeling thi...

I know you’re feeling me

a lot more than you display.

The words “I love you”...

Trapped within a corpus shell spread against a sought living hell

seek for the furtherance of ...

Detach
Standing in a room
full of people
I still feel alone..

Staring at familiar faces
Th...

Abandoned Faith" written by Alex McFarland and Jason Jimenez is a timely book about why Millenial...

Scraggly
old man
I be.
Many years
behind
me now.
Scraggly
old man
I be.
Toil,
hard work...

Tease

I see the looks the stares

Your hands almost shake with the desire to touch me

You said you were going to get us ice cream

But you didn't tell me you were going to take the ...

you're talking chit coz
what you're saying is
coming from an a hole
and there's nothing
left ...

the life of the party I used to be
up in the club way past three
had to be to work at 6:00am
y...

mama got a lot room in her house
I ain't taking up that space unless
I get kicked out into the ...

raindrops won't stop
fallen on my rooftop
rain keeps me in
ground is wearing thin
life is a w...

losing someone you love hurts
no matter what anyone sais to
comfort you it still hurts and w...

if I go to sleep
don't wake me up
I need my rest
tired of all the mess
trying to clean up
al...

anytime anywhere you
want me to I'll be there
if you say you want me to
come to you

no matt...

Quick to hit 100 on a freeway

Quick to get some cash yea the speedway I ain’t no basketball pl...

they say its a new day
in the new week of the new month
in the new year...
but the same ol...

Religion is

power,

control,

nothing

more.

Talking to

God.

Great power!

In...

Here in SC temp usually dont

dip like gonna dip tonight

Talkin bout 21 degrees

for us thats a ...

Always gotta wheel and deal

if you got a illegal hustle

going on

someone gonna squeal

but lif...

Strive

I refuse to buckle under the weight of it all.

No matter what is piled on.

I’l...

Modify

If its in our story we find our glory

Is it too idealistic to ask

Not to knock ...

I’m feeling philanthropic

Handing out rhymes free like soysauce and chopsticks

Not concerne...

Saw it in a store one day

thought it might make me play

future music all for you

Seen me throu...

New year but no resolution

Tragic oceans filled with plastic pollution

Smog, CO2, oil, frac...

Death Metal

throughout the barrier between hot with cold you will do as you were told
awake t...

I love you to a point to where it hurts to breath at times

Knowing how crazy this sounds keeps...

Sometimes I wonder why the sun don't shine everyday

Sometimes you can just feel the rain wash ...

the bird on the landing

outside my window

singing and chirping

away the day could life...

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Sessions of radiation

Generates much mediation

On what’s really at stake

In our ...