by NJRay | Mar 19, 2022 | Poetry
Best intentions taught me thatWithin higher symphonic realmsSpaces are for FACE,and lines–Lines define worth:Every Good Boy Deserves FudgeIn lower staves,All Cows Eat Grass, and boys–Good Boys Do Fine AlwaysBut girls?SilenceFor them, only blank...
by NJRay | Feb 19, 2022 | Poetry
Behold the pitcher and its cupEach made for receiving and forgivingIn that orderEach could receive anywhereBoth can give everywhereYet here they areAs stars mandatedSymmetry in tandemNot separate but equalBut equal and separateAwaiting their purposeSharedBreathless...
by NJRay | Feb 10, 2022 | Poetry
I first heard of Shane Koyzcan through his To This Day Project which addressed bullying and the effects of bullying. He is the shy Canadian voice I wrote about in my first post (link), a spoken word artist whose mastery of language and connection, of description and...
by NJRay | Jan 31, 2022 | Poetry
there are voicessome shyly dreaming Canadian voicessoothing in their sorry andlonging in their been there are voiceswho speak of past nightmarepresent daze andfuture dawn there are voicesevading of pork chops andadmiring of send flowers listswho describe the...
