My grandparents, all four,they bless me as I come into this world,I bless them as they go. Go to college, … More
Month: February 2020
I Hope Tonight
When the moon whispersBelladona, dance,lighting her with its slightest touch,even if the wind is barely there,still a smallest of breezes … More
The Empress of Shave Ice
She stands alone, a little hunched, a bump slowly reshaping her back,this empress of her mom and pop shave ice … More
In Our Stars
She said things, at an early point in the relationship, as though sometimes she were saying them to someone else. I … More
Talk with Me
I love, at first, that you commented on everything indiscriminately,pointed at this or that, attached sounds to whatever ideasran around … More
Like Magic
It was a real page-turner. The way he described walking down the avenue on Saturday afternoons made the whole scene light … More
A Reading of Sorts (HS 135)
When you taste it now, you can’t believe why,but there was a time you actually enjoyed it,how on earth, when … More
Reflection
I am not a very courageous man. In fact, as I grow older, I feel as if I’m becoming more … More
Collectors
I think I remember when I didn’t have to possess things.It took seven years to figure out what to dowith … More
Drink your glasses empty (HS 134)
I hear my laughing, a laughter I can’tduplicate anymore, rolling down fifty years,the clink of glasses, raucous toastingto whatever lay … More
Collegial (HS 133)
The stage is empty, uncrowded, the clipped smiles werebriefer than the blink of a glassy-eyed battle fatiguethat runs deeper than … More
Fever (HS 132)
Sometimes when I’m sick, I think I liveso far away from the world that I’m on the other side of … More
You Not Us (HS 131)
Once I was convicted, sentenced to be a prisoner of love,I did my time willingly, reformed my ways gladly,mended with … More
You belong to me
Tomorrow you will fly half way around the world, and with layovers, it will take youjust over 48 hours take … More
The Call to Prayer
Although I’ve heard the mesmerizing call to prayer many times a day while I’ve been here in Egypt, it struck … More
The Return of Valentine
This far ahead I wager on, for I have seenenough to think I do see into the future this. For … More
This World
Here’s what I wrote for yesterday, Thursday 02.13.20. This World The travel agent says, “Have you ever been to Egypt … More
Visionary (HS 130)
Here’s what I wrote for Wednesday 02.12.20 Visionary (HS 130) This is a real dream world of heat swirls. Sometimes … More
Necropolis
Aloha, friends. I have been without internet connectivity for a few days while on my journey through Egypt. I have, … More
The Way We Play
We are not famous. You would probably not know who we are. My name is Kaled Mohammed. I have a … More