Whitey on the Moon by Gil Scott-Heron
About the Poem This spoken word poem by Gil Scott-Heron is from 1970 and was written during the Apollo moonContinue Reading
Tag: Poetry
“Bleach white and bare…”
Bleach white and bareMotionless upon these rusted grainsWhere miles of desperationAre stuffed into one small scene: The destiny we missedTheContinue Reading
“wash me clean…”
wash me cleanwith your salt water touch I feel the day dissolvinginto pink roses and orange blossoms when the sunContinue Reading
The Steam Room
teak walls surroundingin beige and chocolate and copper brickslayered like centuries’ old sedimentstacked like discarded gravestones and there’s thick steamContinue Reading
The Waterfalls
You’ve lodged yourself somewhere deep inside of meso that when I see you, when I think of youI feel aContinue Reading
Ipaglaban
You beat us down when we dared to wander around anywhere outside of “Manila Town” (that place You named and constantly told usContinue Reading
Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
I have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it—— A sort of walking miracle, my skin Bright as aContinue Reading
Anything but water
Anything but water: give me booze give me clues give me fried eggs with runny yolks; give me purpose giveContinue Reading
Uncomfortable Comfort
What were you trying to say to me? What words were you speaking with your sharp fingernails trailing up andContinue Reading
Alexis Attempts to Write 