leaving her alone is
absurd, but it must be,
it must
go on awhile,
the bastard stalking our house,
hiding in the woods,
the criminal court too weak
to stop him,
such a paragon in the
community.
and this shrill note,
now in my hand,
written with blood-red words,
"smile, you're on
candid camera" he writes,
then "ha ha gotcha."
some bastard he is and
I'll take him down if
he gets closer, I'll
take him down like
a coyote, his howling
stopped, his stalking
dead-ended.
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
My book of poetry is being redone by me, I have a beautiful cover designed and the book will have a few more than 200 poems in it. I am going to have it printed on demand here in Canada. When it is done I will let you know when it is done and if anyo
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Hope you are safe by now Larry!!
Love Tinka