Choices Poems
I Guess That's What the Greeks Meant by Fate
by Richard Randolph
When Titania, the queen of the fairies,
falls in love with an ass in A Midsummer Night's Dream,
she's really reached Bottom,
and we cannot help but pity her.
But it's amusing, too, to see someone
so noble so blinded by love,
and we recognize the truth in it.
After all, that might well be any one of us,
because love is not really a choice.
It's not based on respect, intelligence, shared sensibilities,
......
Self-Driver
by Drew Schoenfeld
Rolling fat
winter tires
pressed on asphalt
pancaking
trash on a plate
that was my dinner
I never ate
The cabin is locked
but that door
......
Song of Betrayal
by Emmanuel Okoh
There was Peter, there was Judas,
both went ways the lord had said
they would.
Guilty and heart broken they ran,
feeling unworthy and sorry they fled.
Peter betrayed him in denial,
Judas betrayed him by selling him out;
the all knowing and powerful,
denied and sold out by disciples.
Though they were both guilty,
......
Color of Skin or Content of Character…
by Jeffrey Pipes Guice
Does the color of a person’s skin
Determine his road throughout life...
The tools for success are available
Whether choosing a badge, a degree or a knife...
The opportunities to thrive are abundant
Should a young man choose to pass or fail...
But hanging out with the wrong crowd
Might soon find your ass in jail...
......
I Guess That's What the Greeks Meant by Fate
by Richard Randolph
When Titania, the queen of the fairies,
falls in love with an ass in A Midsummer Night's Dream,
she's really reached Bottom,
and we cannot help but pity her.
But it's amusing, too, to see someone
so noble so blinded by love,
and we recognize the truth in it.
After all, that might well be any one of us,
because love is not really a choice.
It's not based on respect, intelligence, shared sensibilities,
......
Self-Driver
by Drew Schoenfeld
Rolling fat
winter tires
pressed on asphalt
pancaking
trash on a plate
that was my dinner
I never ate
The cabin is locked
but that door
......
Song of Betrayal
by Emmanuel Okoh
There was Peter, there was Judas,
both went ways the lord had said
they would.
Guilty and heart broken they ran,
feeling unworthy and sorry they fled.
Peter betrayed him in denial,
Judas betrayed him by selling him out;
the all knowing and powerful,
denied and sold out by disciples.
Though they were both guilty,
......
Color of Skin or Content of Character…
by Jeffrey Pipes Guice
Does the color of a person’s skin
Determine his road throughout life...
The tools for success are available
Whether choosing a badge, a degree or a knife...
The opportunities to thrive are abundant
Should a young man choose to pass or fail...
But hanging out with the wrong crowd
Might soon find your ass in jail...
......
