One for every one
thousand; one thousand
for every one
Collectively composing
eulogies, etching ink
in the shadows of candles
of lights of remembrance
One for every one
thousand; one thousand
for every one
- inspired by the candlelight vigil marking the US pandemic death toll at 500,000 (and 2.5 million, worldwide)
Any writer working
with words easily
becomes dazzled
by science;
Like mapping
the Sun's magnetic fields:
each daily interruption
a cause for disruption,
light years beyond
our vision and thought
Such science, fuels art
inspired by https://scitechdaily.com/unprecedented-map-of-the-suns-magnetic-field-created-by-clasp2-space-experiment/
Oh, Root, can't you,
too, do
the corkscrew?
Can't you
twirl
and waggle
and boogie your way
t
h
r
o
u
g
h
Or maybe you can't yet dance
because you can't yet feel
the rhythm of the soil,
singing its song for you
inspired by
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-time-lapse-reveals-hidden-roots.html
”... some roots can't do the corkscrew dance. The culprit, they found, is a mutation in a gene called HK1 that makes them grow straight down, instead of circling and meandering like other roots do.”
Found letters;
Gathered archives
older than dust
and time,
boxed from way
back, when; then
we start to re-read
the world,
following each step,
in order to find
our way forward,
again
— based on a passage about Sankofa, an African (Akan) symbol of learning from the past – from #write4right
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1udol7-pcOIJ3yiFtdG6RTj7gAHRXN7ecYM3gqJsymzE/present?slide=id.gbc263d0c5f_0_0
To A Snowstorm
Long after
you've worn out
your welcome -
after you've fallen
into each of
our reluctant
arms
and covered our
broken blemishes
with yesterday's
charms -
we can't help
but find you
beautiful,
a tumbling piece
of sky to wonder
these days by
Armogan
(Definition: Taking advantage of an unexpected opportunity)
Wet your finger to the wind
for whatever the breeze brings in
The end is where we begin
if signs are right; the tides come in;
Navigating strings
as opportunity sings
Inspired by an exploration of the word in The Cabinet of Calm (Soothing Words for a Troubled World) by Paul Anthony Jones
Alternative Names for the Daily Newspaper
- smudged inked fingers, with coffee and scones
- echoed shouts of rolling machines in motion
- camera lens clickclickclickclickclicking
- question/answer question/answer question/
- crumpled thin paper fire starter
- Relic, yet reliable
- Tipping on the balance beam, daily
- The space where death goes to be noticed and remembered
- Paneled fun space art show gallery
- Help Wanted: A daily document to connect the community
for #openwrite
https://www.ethicalela.com/alternate-names-a-list/
inspired by https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/56843/alternate-names-for-black-boys
Hiding Myself in Annotation (An Experimental Poem)
One: See #2
Two: Where a part of me
might linger
in a poet's notes,
the other ghosts to
Three: See #5
Four: You notice I'd crouching
not revealing much, in order
to hide to
Five: In public spheres, where
one so easily disappears,
I am barely these words
as you think you know me
here
Six: See #3 then step to #8
Seven: I am Kevin.
That much is truth.
Eight: I am writer power
poet teacher preacher songwriting
go it alone leaping forward
like skipping stone to #10
Nine: See what I did there? Gave just
enough verse to completely
disappear from here, and then hit
the poem upon reverse
Ten: Back to #7
for #openwrite
https://www.ethicalela.com/steps-to-being-insert-name/
Whose woods these are
I may no longer know
as my shoes dip heavy
through new-fallen snow
The dog's beyond me,
on the trail of a scent
as I follow her tracks,
in silence, seemingly sent
from somewhere above;
trees grabbing midwinter sky
as I hike through the gap
between the ground, and I
for #openwrite with hat nod to Robert Frost (of course)
http://www.ethicalela.com/out-back-a-form/
Let's meet
somewhere
in the music
in the space
between the
staves and sound
vibrations of
the treble clef
Let's meet
somewhere
where chords
connect, where your
notes complement
mine
in the rhythm of
the movement of
the signature of
the time
Let's meet
somewhere
at the start,
and then
let's meet
again at the end:
this joyous
singing heart
for #openwrite
https://www.ethicalela.com/lets-meet-somewhere-diction/