Sitting alone on this green patch of grass I breathe the fresh countryside air Feeling the soft cool breeze Listening to the leaves rustling, The flowers blooming, the joys of nature Inspiring smells of the far unseen future.   Yes it’s like the perfect moment of peace, But since you are not here right now, [...]

As I sail the seven seas on a ship carved from Burmese trees My tongue’s got no crease, it’s smoother than a rich butterscotch candy kiss, And loose like a Japanese chemise, smoothly & rapidly rhyming like Balinese. Aujourd’hui, I sneeze in the breeze and freeze in the knees Watching these fleas tease me with [...]

he saw her watering the crops with the sweat oozing from her frame and the tears cascading down her lovely cheeks …dropping her cutlass he picked up a hoe and ran to help her and for each new heap he made she loved him all the more. then the questions: when will this toil end? [...]