Poetry

Baraka (Swahilii for Blessing)

I start with a dark and unsettling truth,my beloved and innocent youth,my wellspring, my fountain, my one who rises, who climbs forth from caverns of unknowingto stretch

PULSE Memorial Poem for the Orlando Shooting Victims June 2016

You have learned the map of connected constellationsYou have flown among swirls of cosmic dust and sparking atomsYou have crossed through cosmic gates and unlocked

This Is Why I… (Commissioned by the Agency on Aging)

This Is Why I Drum Kisu, York Native, father, grandfather, self-taught master of African and Caribbean rhythms, embraces aging through the power of music, playing

A New Psalm (A Response to Psalm 118)

Love so steadfast, it lasts foreverA love that neverleaves you wondering if you’re worth itIt’s hard to imagineso I’ll ask you to just sitwith the