* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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Let other leaders Retire To play golf & write Memoirs
I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.
Reminding us, as they witnessed our curiosity about them, that no matter the losses, there’s something fabulous going on at every stage of Life, something to let go of, maybe, but for d...
When you see water in a stream you say: oh, this is stream water; When you see water in the river you say: oh, this is water
The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…
I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they
I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me: