I Scream

Living dreams it seems 

doesn’t mean much to 

mainstream teams. 

It’s a retweeted theme, 

a going around meme; 

that the masses deem 

trying to live redeemed 

as extreme, un-esteemed.

Yahrtzeit

In the midst of my
year of mourning for my dad
mom comes back again
from the dead, reminding me
that she passed away today

WRITTEN ON MY MOTHER'S YAHRTZEIT, 2017

We say kaddish for parents

sometimes for grandparents

and then a line is drawn

great grandparents' yahrtzeits are released, forgotten

as those old souls disappear

like film astronauts

who get cut from their ship

and spin off in space

till they are no longer seen

Lies A Poet Told Me

(written one year ago)

When I write I don’t think about being published

It’s my calling

Sometimes it flows in one take

If a certain journal accepts me I know the poem is bad

I don’t have a definition for poetry

You could get published too.

I’m not jealous of other poets

A lot of poets who get published aren’t good.

My poems choose me.

I show rather than tell.

 Penn Station 12/22/13

Saying what is said

Hearing what is heard

For grace between the lines

We pause and pray

Maybe, Maybe needs

to go away

Maybe, Maybe-

take that break

Maybe, maybe you

more than certainty

are the one that's

caused my heartbreak

A Poem Before Re-Sleeping

Dec 22, 2014

Sometime we think we're dating

and it turns out we're dating ourselves

Sometimes we think we're relaxing

and it's more like we're just numbing pain

Sometimes we think we're going to sleep

and we're reawakening so much we felt

Sometimes we think we're starting new

and it's the same thing again, again.

Kids have so much on their minds

sometimes studies get left behind
If teachers try they will find
things go better when they are kind.