Today my wonderful students in both sections of Introduction to GLBT Studies (or Queer Studies) at the University of Houston explored various aspects of identity! We started off by listening to and discussing a variety of performance poems: “Until We… Read More ›
Christian silence: we hear it when people are happy and when people have gained recognition as humans, living life to its fullest, we hear it when people want to make change and truly provide for people in this cruel world, we… Read More ›
Words do not exist to express the fear and sadness, Sadness we feel as people openly celebrate hate, Hate upon which this backward nation was built, Built and rebuilt and rebuilt and rebuilt again now, Rebuilt as hate, greed, stupidity… Read More ›
A haiku poem about the contradiction between human concerns, observations, and the broader world.
I am not Texas. I am not the Texas in the dozens and dozens of United States v. Texas & Texas v. United States cases. I am not Texas. I am not the Texas that prides itself on being ranked at the very bottom when… Read More ›
Keep writing when the world is bad and when it is good, Keep writing and sharing that which is wrong, Keep writing to #Sayhername and to #Sayhisname, Keep writing when there’s nowhere else to turn, Keep writing and sharing that… Read More ›
Angry hands shaping pottery Pottery forcefully replicated Replicated with maker’s fears Fears that misunderstand Misunderstand and forget Forget the purpose of pottery – Pottery never dedicated Dedicated woefully and forced to bend Bend and break Break and bend and … Read More ›
My latest poem about the magical power of words on a page came during a “bell hooks” moment, that is when I wanted to sleep but my brain had other plans.
