Tag Archives: Men
Shane Instead
Four rhythmic beats
Two words in West Indies timbre
And I was taken aback
Back, when I was something then
Again
Then again, back when I thought to dance
Those steps
Found me, easily
Those songs, those singers
Left me, heartily
Dancing alone, unknown
To me
High Ground: A Haiku
I no longer tread
To such treacherous places
With maniac men
Tell Your Sons: A Haiku
Rise she always shall
Disappear he always has
On their merry way
We Women in Haiku
Over honest toast
Concluded we are alright
And truthful coffee
Then forevermore
Intimated in good faith
You are alright too
Wasn’t The Woman
For us would-be, life-long lovers…Warsan Shire’s “For Women Who Are Difficult To Love”
Her poem and her own gorgeous narration steals your breath and hijacks your brainwaves. Be forewarned.
Photographs and compilation by Theodora Baranowski. Be thankful for her too.
For my would-be, life-long, forewarned and thankful lover and valentine, #ILoveYou.
Banter
“There’s this girl
Well, woman actually
But she reminds me of a girl
Child-like as she is
But that’s good
After all, there’s no need to act your age
That’s for old people
Anyway
Oh -she is an old soul, though
So there’s this girl….”
Expectant
my Society
thought little of me
accept the breadcrumb trail
beg for a Holy Grail
return home empty handed
scraps to be demanded
now I know what’s true
honor is for me too
my heart the goldest medal
demands that I not settle
Strong Back
I know a Tailor
From a mystical place
A gypsy, her eyes how they flash
We talk of those men
Those once-soulful men
How we fell to them
Full, resolute, unabashed
Messy hearts she and I
We examine history
And debate on the whether at all
Those men knew their truth
They did not we conclude
For they flew by their mood
Yet we stand here firm in soul’s call
This talk it’s served much
Our song it will be
We dance in the jeweled skirt of pain
The shades thrown open
She returns to her pins
And it seems we’ll begin
To walk whole into love yet again