I stare at your picture every day. No words are left for me to say. Nothing will change this way. Read more of this poem at http://www.coffeeconnectionpoets.com/ Rhyme by, Melissa R. Mendelson
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Image by rogiro via Flickr Rather than rant on about the current credit situation in the world i have tried to sum up how i feel in this poem. Please leave a comment if you agree. Global Crisis With talk of a global crisis And recession everywhere It’s time for us to ask Do governments really care Because through many years of hardship And poverty all around The politicians told us There was no money to be found Yet when the worlds banks Started to lose control Our leaders managed to find billions To dig them out of a hole And where did this ...
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Brian had been working on a book of poetry when he attended a Lucinda Williams concert where, between songs, her father Miller Williams read his poetry. Brian thought that Andy and Renee might be the perfect choice to do something similar. The folk/rock duo had carved a niche for themselves in Los Angeles as one of the few acts playing over 200 local and out-of-town dates per year either as a duo, with their band Hard Rain, at their annual Bob Dylan Birthday Party (now in its 17th year), or recreating The Band’s legendary Last Waltz concert. Andy and Renee paired their folk/rock music ...
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David Biespiel was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1964 and grew up in Houston, Texas. He has degrees from Boston University and the University of Maryland. A former NCAA scholarship diver who competed in the United States National Diving Championships, he continues to coach national, international and Olympic-caliber divers. The recipient of the Academy of American Poets Prize, the Individual Artist Award in Poetry from the Maryland Arts Council and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, Biespiel has taught at several colleges, including Stanford University. He now lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is Director and Writer-in-Residence of The Attic Writers’ Workshop and also teaches at ...
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Me and my girlfriend have been together for 11 years now. We live in Los Angeles California. Her birthday is coming up on feb 19th, and i just think back to when we first meet. I was 17 years old and going no where in my life. Ditching school, hanging out on the corner, getting into all kinds of mischief, run in with the local authorities. Then she came along, and my life changed. I remember one thing she said that changed my life for the better. I remember her telling me she loved me, but could not stay with me if I didn't ...
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