Theme: A-F-R-I-C-A Dear Africa, you’ve made me proud. You awoke to dust off the shroud- That fed the blood that wed our sand. Today we stand by your command. To speak from earth, to rage the cloud Our tears Watered the soils we ploughed, Forced on our knees to pray, we bowed. We sipped rain, […]

Theme: Wake Up, Son! This son of mine must learn to shine To take a leap, to cross a line For only then can gain be sought And laziness will out be blot To put to sleep this sorry whine If one of mine can grape my vine And make to taste the sweetest wine […]

Theme: Ashes To Ashes I know this house can grow your fear And cause your heart to wear and tear  But what this means it seems unfair A room at night to feed despair Ashes for ashes; no dust to clear. When what is far can draw you near But keep away a friend so […]

Theme: Can my words be more than a few? To make lines longer than paint blue?  To truly write and be amused?  Without fear of being accused?  Can i love more than a Rondeau? I write but don’t know for who My laces seem far from this shoe To describe might i say bemused? Can […]

Theme: Happy Home Dine with love, say grace and not pain as nostalgic air comes with rain. Gravy moments slip through as ray while chicken bones are left on tray. It’s me, Mum, Ruby, Bob and Jane. Sundays like this, makes me so lain, as we wait, everyone is insane, blue flame lit the pot, […]

Theme: The Melancholic Nurse Her ward is a graveyard to us But here we die twice from her curse Soaking sheets in dirt to clean bed For good to heal bad both must wed Let regret fight to feed remorse Shame sits happy like clothes on corpse Seduction rewinds the stooge she lures After too […]

Theme: TODAY Let this face kiss a grain of sand As i fall to one knee from these rains’ beating Dance like a child moulding mud castles with his hands Find a princess to live with me therein.   Today belongs to the meek Happiness we have if you seek- Leon Night as day,lids on […]

Theme: Love, no strings attached Praise for your celestial poise, Rocky interlace of familial tribes Outstretching embrace of peace To all who would please we came in pursuit of living waters We remained, finding wandering wonders We have found a faraway home A place to rest our days The land is green, streams are clean […]

Theme: Working Man The chart on his palm are a guide For many accomplished and lazy pending  His broken feet are a glass slide Reflection of his face with sweats from fending.- Leon I know a man who gets bored easily I won’t call him a working man necessarily Except when it came to women […]

Theme: Dear Daughter I wish I could keep you from growing Thus, keep you from being hurt or heart broken But daddy is a mere mortal still striving to understand So grow up child and live, taste all of life’s deals, just be wise as you choose. – Tee2emm. Dear Daughter, Of all the lovers […]