Crash published at Poetry Express

I created an account over at Poetry Express, a great online social networking site for poets. I’m giving it a trial run, though it’s free if I decide to completely migrate.

Wanna read Crash? Just click on the title. It’s a great way to get a feel for the site, too.

Whitespace

let’s explore this                        whitespace
together, where same-flesh color meets
black
sail through the coarseness of it
down
your
spine
to
the
dark
canyon
where boys come out on bottom

i could trace this with my tongue:

could you be loved?
as i am wont to do: i                    rollover
trying to capture this newfound thing
but it is you who has captured me
this is love                          you say
as your black arm slides across my belly
a t e t h e r or a c h a i n
to an anchor s t e a d y i n g
my course in dull seas

Shout Out

I just want to give a shout out to a poet I’ve been following and reading for a while now. She’s an LGBT poet, but, like me, she covers a wide range of issues and often incorporates “place” into her poetry, which is something you all know I love as well. Her word choice, imagery and symbolism is powerful stuff and she is beyond a doubt one of the greatest poets I’ve stumbled upon in the blogosphere. I hope you’ll give her a chance by visiting her site; I promise it’s time well spent…

Visit her here and, if you like her stuff, please share with others.

Poets Who Blog

I noticed but never mentioned that two of my poems were published separately on Poets Who Blog. I’d like to give them a proper shout out.

Transcendance was published on April 16 as a part of National Poetry Month. Baltimore was published on March 17 as a part of their creative Jigsaw competition.

Six Days in Japan

This piece was inspired by the website, Six Sentences. Have you ever tried it? Check it out here: http://sixsentences.blogspot.com. It’s addictive, and it’s fun. Give it a try! Now, here’s my first attempt.

UPDATE: It was published.  You can click on this link to read it, as well as other six sentences of great artwork.