Upon a boatone can survey themerging of memoriesprojected upon the backdropof a skyline marred by fear One canspot the wallopening upas it separatesinto a gatewayfor the healingof broken hearts Knowing that it’s beentwo decadessince we kept rememberingwhere we were that daywhen lower Manhattanbecame a metropolis of ghosts Knowing that it’s beentwo decadessince we rememberedin spite … Continue reading Landmark of Light
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Inscribed
Will I be inscribedMy name bound within His listSignature intricate with the loops of my initials A few minutes agoMy feet were planted firmYet my spirit fell on its kneesAs I read the KaddishWithin a crimson log of transliterated prayers As I still stand hereI think of all the people I've lostAnd the people I … Continue reading Inscribed
“Tobias”
I released "Tobias" 5 years ago today. Very happy! http://www.amazon.com/dp/1532372906/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_glt_fabc_NFVNSAYAAM7ZP4EVWVKW
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Haunting You (Poem)
A month of recommendations and a message…
Jacob Moses on The Sealey Challenge Grateful to the following people for their gifts… Brandon Melendez Kyoko Heshiimu Scottt Raven Nicole S. Goodwin Brian Van Remmen Brendan Gillett Tayyaba Qaiser Thomas Fucaloro Rocío Uchofen Vincent Thomas Vok A.i. Firefly M.A. Dennis Michel M. Antoine James Dean Rivera Keisha Molby-Baez Patrick Roche Kassie J. Runyan John … Continue reading A month of recommendations and a message…
“(HER)” by tonii
https://www.amazon.com/her-Tonii/dp/0578544385 Sealey Challenge # 25 Tonii Langhorne AKA Tonii2Eyes is what is called an Entreprepoet. He is a go-getter who infuses poetry in every venture he creates. He is also the head of ii Publishing, the company putting together my upcoming full-length book of poetry. The book is especially beautiful since the pages are black … Continue reading “(HER)” by tonii
Dr. Marguerite M. Rivas Appreciation Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faeCYLROiKQ Sealey Challenge #24 OK, so I tried looking for work from Staten Island's first poet laureate. However, I wasn't able to find any books for sale. It's just as well that I'm posting a video instead. Marguerite is a good friend of mine. She is one of the reasons I am a poet. I … Continue reading Dr. Marguerite M. Rivas Appreciation Post
Sedated Air (Poem)
Photo by Yan Krukov on Pexels.com Haste not be made, I value thesilence in this swamp of sweetly strewnsurrender. I navigate the trail where manypersons sunk into the mud. I canclearly keep my footing through the muckothers have only attempted to trudge. It’signorant to recall the trials within thestory of me, a man now unafraid. … Continue reading Sedated Air (Poem)
Rainbow Arson (poem)
Photo by Wallace Araujo on Pexels.com You burn my rainbowbecause you are jealousthat you only see black and white. No tinted windows.No calm tone.Just a lot of shade thrown as I wish I could kiss a man without the threat of kissing a fist Amid the hateful rhetoricRegurgitated by the KKK and the WBC,we can … Continue reading Rainbow Arson (poem)
Jacob R. Moses 