* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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in our lifetime. Which makes the idea of elections Notice how this word has “man” right in the middle of it? That’s one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he i...
The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…
I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape
When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
Let other leaders Retire To play golf & write Memoirs
When you see water in a stream you say: oh, this is stream water; When you see water in the river you say: oh, this is water
You confide in me that you are lonely,
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor
With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others