The Tao of HB; Philosophy, Drugs, Love, Loss and Pain (Book) - 5/14/2007 1:27:02 PM
sounds like a good honest book, one thing about the verse curse is that poets have a tendency to spill the beans, i use do mother in law verse until one day i finally figure i was in enough trouble with my wifes family, so now i stay away from this type poetry
The Tao of HB; Philosophy, Drugs, Love, Loss and Pain (Book) - 2/28/2007 7:40:59 AM
I personaly have not read the book, but have however read some of your poetry Mr. Clayton and thought it was outstanding. In saying that I did order the book and will post my coments on this review when I have completed the it.
Poetic Coup Part II (Short Story) - 7/15/2007 10:51:01 AM
Taken with part one, this reads for me as a wonderful parable on the evolution of an individual's consciousness to accpet its calling to pick up the pen, go forth, and poeticize with all the heart, truth, and integrity at one's command. Much gratitude for the read,
Aberjhani
Poetic Coup Part I (Short Story) - 7/15/2007 10:48:39 AM
A coup and a literary manifesto rolled into one. Totally cool and totally brilliant. I'm off to part 2.
Aberjhani
Poetic Coup Part II (Short Story) - 4/11/2007 2:26:33 AM
A Poet words WILL last longer...because they were said.
Georg
Poetic Coup Part I (Short Story) - 3/27/2007 2:54:56 AM
General Whitman...Sir!!! a poet reporting for duty...Sir!!!
Excellent call.
Georg
Snowblindness (Poetry) - 7/10/2008 10:55:29 AM
Powerful poem, exceptionally well done!
I Stole Hip Hop (Poetry) - 7/6/2008 10:18:03 AM
HB now I liked this~bravo
Congrats on your upcoming book(s)
Enjoy,
~Gwendolyn
Snowblindness (Poetry) - 10/5/2007 6:13:49 AM
Nice work...you write a poem of story and reflection, the past and its many travels of youth, peril, and deception through the encounters of life, funny how age can find one seeing the past and wishing one could re-live and or change its course...
Nice work HB...
Art Sun...
Snowblindness (Poetry) - 9/29/2007 10:18:15 AM
Excellent writing....hey I gotta a sista called Petro!!
Love Tinka
Snowblindness (Poetry) - 9/29/2007 5:33:16 AM
Pedro, seems the alter ego of someone, a reflection about times past yet still going on in a meditating subconscious (at least until the mones comes)
Great but mystical.
Georg
Snowblindness (Poetry) - 9/28/2007 10:13:09 AM
Wonderful writing sweet man,please have a wonderful day ok...Hugsssssssss
Love,
Chanti Lace
Snowblindness (Poetry) - 9/28/2007 9:38:58 AM
WOW--one can't just skim over this, they have to delve deep and face poetry at its best: well done!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
I Stole Hip Hop (Poetry) - 8/22/2007 8:25:25 PM
That's Kool HB
U forgot to mention one of then koolest
Pioneers....."Heavy D"
Peace
William
Patience (Poetry) - 8/22/2007 3:54:32 PM
"All things considered, my verses linger in infancy."
I dig it HB......Excellent salute my friend!
Peace,
Bill :-)
I Stole Hip Hop (Poetry) - 8/22/2007 10:49:38 AM
Nice steal, HB. Love the beat. Love and peace,
Regis
I Stole Hip Hop (Poetry) - 8/22/2007 7:33:39 AM
Great write! I truly enjoyed everything you had to say....
I Stole Hip Hop (Poetry) - 8/20/2007 12:43:37 PM
You stole Hip Hop Well..even the echo....lol!!
Love Tinka
I Stole Hip Hop (Poetry) - 8/20/2007 8:35:26 AM
I can relate. I like this one.
Inexpensive Mortar (Poetry) - 8/11/2007 7:48:50 AM
Great writing as always,Hugsssssss
Inexpensive Mortar (Poetry) - 8/11/2007 6:33:24 AM
Pablo Neruda, up there, where the condor can't reach are having a chuckle about you weeping from memory, but he would sure appreciate the sadness inside the words, the smile of that little girl and the masons with dirty hands from work.
The feelings and the metaphor go hand in hand.
Georg
Inexpensive Mortar (Poetry) - 8/10/2007 11:26:19 PM
Very interesting write so full of emotions and memories.....
Be safe,
Karen
Inexpensive Mortar (Poetry) - 8/10/2007 11:07:04 PM
Quite a tale of one sometimes surrendering to the wrong war. Enjoyed
Inexpensive Mortar (Poetry) - 8/10/2007 8:26:06 PM
This is a piece that lingers long after reading, quietly calling one to account. I like it very much.
Patience (Poetry) - 7/17/2007 5:23:25 AM
Well done indeed,Hugsssssssss
Patience (Poetry) - 7/16/2007 11:17:59 PM
Yes !!!
ELizabeth
Patience (Poetry) - 7/16/2007 2:03:57 AM
Drinking wine with my friend Alejandro de la Vega, he wisely said about your words that "if you are an unicorn you don't need a plunger"
And about forgiveness, I wish to had, come and take a glass of wine with us, get out of the Island of Dark and pay Señor Pablo his dues.
Z
Georg
Patience (Poetry) - 7/15/2007 2:17:04 PM
A well-thought out synapses, HB! Mentoring Old Poets keeps us in the good graces of fishing in literary waters...Patience is a metaphorical line tied with poetry flies, baited to catch a readership, we drop our lines over, close our eyes and wait for that first bite hit with a gentle tug, reel it in, ready with net, and put this Patience in a bushel basket. Catch your limit, HB! Always a pleasure to read you...
Warmly,
Sage
24 Hours (Poetry) - 5/28/2007 5:24:54 AM
Brilliant, echoes some of my feelings of trudging through a lonely life working to keep a roof over my head and food in the fridge. So good for someone to put into words the feelings I sometimes have.
I Like Weed (Poetry) - 5/15/2007 1:13:31 PM
Weed is a great gift of nature - Smoke on! P.S. Free the weed. Malcolm
Sometimes (Poetry) - 5/14/2007 1:22:18 PM
super thought provoking piece H, enjoyed it and know the feeling, the people I feel sorry for are the ones who think dumb stuff then go out and do it
Sometimes (Poetry) - 5/13/2007 9:45:36 PM
sometimes a vacation from conflicting thoughts does a soul a lot of good ...
well penned, enjoyed the read ...
Sometimes (Poetry) - 5/12/2007 11:27:56 AM
Sometimes poets left me in Awe with what they have to say....and today are one of those days!!
Well done!!
Love Tinka
Sometimes (Poetry) - 5/12/2007 2:29:49 AM
Yep! I like what you saying...sometimes...but I like best, after hearing so many lies and broken promises, your admonition to take a vacation from so many contradictory crap.
This one is a keeper.
Georg
Sometimes (Poetry) - 5/11/2007 6:53:22 PM
Enjoyed very much,keep writing...Hugsssssss
Sometimes (Poetry) - 5/11/2007 4:41:50 PM
Diametrically opposed, yet compelling thoughts all of us have at one time or another: excellent capture, HB!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Sometimes (Poetry) - 5/11/2007 4:30:59 PM
Sometimes I think you and I are related my friend.....I dig it.....
Bill :-)
Claymore Mines and Carnal Knowledge (Poetry) - 5/10/2007 7:58:45 PM
Thank you HB
For sharing thisvery interesting write
Enjoyed reading
Peace
William
Claymore Mines and Carnal Knowledge (Poetry) - 5/10/2007 9:03:57 AM
AAHHHHHHH....The smokey, sexy voice of Fiona Apple.......You and I have many similar interests my friend. Excellent poetry and I admire your honesty and raw realism HB.
Peace,
Bill
Claymore Mines and Carnal Knowledge (Poetry) - 5/5/2007 9:43:48 AM
You have created a most powerful mood with your verses. Thank you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Claymore Mines and Carnal Knowledge (Poetry) - 5/4/2007 11:24:56 AM
Interesting write that really did boggle my mind a little!!
Nostalgia within the bittersweetness to be young again!!
Love Tinka
Claymore Mines and Carnal Knowledge (Poetry) - 5/4/2007 10:14:01 AM
This has my head spinning in all directions as the heat from this write explodes in thought!
One can read this and think you've been playing that video game "Metal Gear" and yet, I can read it and see this actually happening to someone who still waits for that one true love
...and as time goes on and the spirit remembers, youth blasts you onto the dance floor...so to speak, like a chaff grenade!
GREAT TITLE!
Smiles!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
Gang of Blue (Poetry) - 5/3/2007 8:56:24 AM
You have the right to defuse
or should I say release that anger
that needs to be ventilate
release that steam thats building up within
before one blows a valve.
I too after retiring from the Police Dept.
Had a run in with a wanna be supercop
who was not aware I too was a cop
Once I ID Myself, his story changed,
but stayed stewing within his own arrogance
Me, I just walked away as if he did'nt exsit.
Peace my friend
William
Gang of Blue (Poetry) - 5/2/2007 7:02:45 PM
you anger and frustration is deeply engraved in this poem and justifiably so ...
Gang of Blue (Poetry) - 5/2/2007 11:26:59 AM
OMG this is screaming out the anger and the humiliation felt deep within!!
Hope healing will come soon!!
Love Tinka
Gang of Blue (Poetry) - 5/2/2007 11:22:47 AM
Bravo!!! Well written. I realize that all men in blue aren't to be judged by the few ignorant, selfish, inconsiderate, egotistical men in blue of that night. That was a very unfortunate, sad and uncalled for retaliation on someone speaking the truth and exercising his freedom of speech. Some times the truth hurts, yes!
Gang of Blue (Poetry) - 5/2/2007 3:30:08 AM
The anger and humiliation is heard loudly in your poem--and sounds like it comes with good reason. I hope your brother, Tony, came through the ordeal without too many physical or emotional scars.
Gang of Blue (Poetry) - 5/1/2007 5:33:51 PM
HB,
Most of our men and women in blue are respectable; there are, as in all areas of public service, bad apples that need to be weeded out. I'm sorry for what your brother had to endure; painful powerful telling, well penned sadness.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Gang of Blue (Poetry) - 5/1/2007 5:28:04 PM
Thank you brother, glad there is finally some justice to a night that never knew justice existed. You did an excellent job, this is one of my favorites. Voices were meant for being heard.
Love you,
Tony
Pull the Plug (Poetry) - 5/1/2007 3:17:48 PM
A powerful message about reality. Thank you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Pull the Plug (Poetry) - 5/1/2007 10:18:28 AM
Well expressed...no wonder I ignore the TV these days!!
Thanks for you visit on my Den!!
Love Tinka
Pull the Plug (Poetry) - 4/30/2007 6:21:27 AM
A well-stated rant it is--with worthwhile merit, too! I don't watch the news on t.v., I don't read it in the newspapers, I don't listen to it on radio. The sensationalism would be an unwanted exploitation and affront to my mental faculties. I only watch the weather channel, and pray that the world will survive the turmoil of chaos that is blasted through the media.
Just a quick thought: Wouldn't it be wonderful if every newscast ended with some magnificent deed of decency and goodwill done to or for someone by someone else?
Pull the Plug (Poetry) - 4/25/2007 7:36:12 PM
when they speak out it will not be due to conscience nor will it entail courage, it will be out of necessity ...
i like your verve and the direction you took this poem ......
Pull the Plug (Poetry) - 4/25/2007 5:30:07 AM
Your AD link wasn't highlited on my AD e-mail so I needed to go the hard way to read this one. Some glitch!!!
Put one more on the bill, 400 billions granted to the Drug and Pharmaceutical Consortiums to make yet more expensive the medicines that the poor American people can't afford.
Yes, I wish they can shut up and stay so, for a long long time.
Georg
Pull the Plug (Poetry) - 4/24/2007 11:25:39 PM
SPOT ON EXCELLENCE, HB!!!!!!! The media: they love to create fear and chaos. Perfect example of that today, with the severe weather in the area: and then, they have the NERVE to stick microphones and cameras in the faces of those who suffered damage, "How did you feel when you saw your house coming apart?" How the F**K you SUPPOSED to feel?????????? Jays. Right on, right on, WRITE ON!!!!!!!!!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Longing for Her (Poetry) - 4/17/2007 5:36:38 AM
Beautiful pen
Longing for Her (Poetry) - 4/17/2007 3:41:51 AM
Beautifully penned, the longing is tangible.
Longing for Her (Poetry) - 4/17/2007 2:33:24 AM
Night, alone in a foxhole facing the enemy the mind wanders and you found yourself saying on your head all the sweet words that weren't uttered when you were together, suddenly, you became a poet with an ear singed by a stray and hot one to make you remember to take better cover if you want to say all those words when you go back.
Thank you, I remember.
Georg
Earth Day in Hindsight (Poetry) - 4/14/2007 11:08:53 AM
This is a truthful indictment of the legacy we are leaving behind. Powerfully stated. Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis
Earth Day in Hindsight (Poetry) - 4/11/2007 2:34:32 AM
A recent studie as concluded that from back 740.000 years, the earth warming peak had ocurred within 100.000 years, not because CO2 but from the lack of dust in the atmostphere. It takes 100.000 years to accumulate so much dust as to impede the solar rays to reach the earth
producing the Ice Age, then, it takes 100.000 years for the cooled dust to fall and the process to start againg.
A cool sea absorbs CO2.
The Volcanos are the ones that regulate our clima with how much dust they spew on the atmosphere.
Have a nice eruption to cool everybody off.
Georg
Earth Day in Hindsight (Poetry) - 4/10/2007 7:13:07 PM
excellent images reinforce the quintessence of earth day and necessity for mankind to pursue working toward its goal ...
Earth Day in Hindsight (Poetry) - 4/10/2007 6:56:37 PM
Wouldn't it be "foresight" as earth day is the 28th of this month...thats the day I smoke green and dedicate it to ole Mom Nature...Ed
Earth Day in Hindsight (Poetry) - 4/10/2007 6:09:13 PM
Nice earthday poem. And, elements so true.
400 to 1 says it all.
Thanks,
~D.
Earth Day in Hindsight (Poetry) - 4/10/2007 5:09:20 PM
Amen to that HB
The password is greed
The color of the day is Green
Peace be with you
William
I Like Weed (Poetry) - 4/7/2007 3:01:34 AM
If only I had doors on my floor and windows in my ceiling, hot water fire-engine red and cold water in blue psychidelic hues, a dog with two tails to greet me twice as happy and....where was I?
Who cares?
Okey-dokey bror...ah...yes
Georg
I Like Weed (Poetry) - 4/6/2007 9:14:23 PM
Wow!!!!!!!! It allows you to escape who you are...that's the message I read in your lines, a love/hate relationship. That's me and smoking cigarettes. Excellent, HB!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
I Like Weed (Poetry) - 4/6/2007 12:38:24 PM
Sounds like you understand your doppelganger very well. Certainly descriptive of a love/hate relationship too, and the ramifications of creating a working symbiosis between both. Good write!
Light and Wisdom ...
Near Death Playback (Poetry) - 3/29/2007 1:19:29 PM
Well Penned HB
enjoyable write
Stay wake, while driving
Peace
William
Near Death Playback (Poetry) - 3/26/2007 5:49:24 AM
I enjoyed your poetry this morning, today is my birthday and to read some fresh great poetry was wonderful!!!
Near Death Playback (Poetry) - 3/26/2007 3:13:54 AM
HB,
Now! if you would have said sandals and a white frock it would have been different. In that state best to drive to a motel and sleep it of.
Near Death Playback (Poetry) - 3/26/2007 2:17:51 AM
Hallucinating poem, but, no Yves St. Laurent shoes? no Armani suit? are Him not getting with the world fashion in your psychidelic state of mind?
Great one...keep'm coming!!!
Georg
Bricks and Bars (Poetry) - 3/25/2007 6:16:44 PM
Thought provoking and profound
thanks for sharing
Peace
William
Bricks and Bars (Poetry) - 3/24/2007 9:12:58 AM
Thought-eliciting for certain. Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis
Bricks and Bars (Poetry) - 3/24/2007 7:20:00 AM
Hanoi Hilton could be one of those places in your mind.
Hardened heart let it coming.
Well done
Georg
Preying on the Predator (Poetry) - 3/23/2007 10:06:06 PM
put a bright light on them; don't let them slither through the dark. expose them for what they are. -- Jeff
Preying on the Predator (Poetry) - 3/23/2007 10:00:45 AM
Good poem! I especially liked the last stanza!
Preying on the Predator (Poetry) - 3/22/2007 7:39:02 PM
Great write! What a good idea, "Preying on the Predator". Would be nice to turn the tides around once in a while.
Be safe,
Karen
Preying on the Predator (Poetry) - 3/22/2007 9:38:42 AM
Very well done -- a riveting story here, HB.
Love,
CJ
Preying on the Predator (Poetry) - 3/22/2007 9:36:25 AM
Darkly meaningful verses; thank you for sharing them. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Preying on the Predator (Poetry) - 3/22/2007 8:10:20 AM
We are reading here, between the lines, Crime and Punishment.
Well said.
Predators...beware!!!
Well written.
Georg
Interrogation (Poetry) - 3/21/2007 10:17:34 AM
They wanted to know, I have nothing to say.
Light in my face, thorns in my nails, still, I have nothing to say.
Interrogation.
No questions if there is not an answer.
Do it again.
Great
Georg
Tribute to Mallory Knox (Poetry) - 3/21/2007 10:12:24 AM
After a few war carnages, the brain ceases to take in no more, even a ghashtly make believe film.
But I get the point.
Some readers, if they did see the film, will get a not so peaceful night sleep.
Nice going...
Georg
Tribute to Mallory Knox (Poetry) - 3/21/2007 9:32:58 AM
that was a powerful movie and so is this poem
24 Hours (Poetry) - 3/20/2007 10:01:45 AM
What else can i say but that your writing is just fabulous as you spill out what you feel and want to say. It was a pleasure to read fine work as yours and thanks for sharing this with us all here on the den.
Little Brother (Poetry) - 3/20/2007 8:03:53 AM
War is a sad thing for everyone. For the ones who have to fight to live and for the ones who have to live without the ones who fought.
24 Hours (Poetry) - 3/20/2007 6:57:59 AM
Wake, see the ceiling and wonder how it hangs from four corners withous falling down in your face.
Philosophy, pure and unadultered philosophy forced by coffee abstinence.
Humor, fatalisme and an empty glass today.
Tomorrow? che serà...serà?
Great
Georg
UA Flight 977 to San Francisco (Poetry) - 3/17/2007 2:00:10 AM
"What comes next?".....I have a bomb, take me to Havana.
Welcome to 2007's century of improvement for your convenience.
Last calling to...
Georg
UA Flight 977 to San Francisco (Poetry) - 3/16/2007 3:27:05 PM
I feel that when I'm delayed, It's God wanting me to slow down and spend some quality time with him or just take time for myself. Life is such a hassle at times that we forget to slow down. What comes next for you? I guess I'll have to wait and see.
Heed Your Calling (Poetry) - 3/16/2007 3:23:53 PM
Rise Warrior! Let no one choose your path. This is so easy to say but sometimes hard to live by. I wish I had this strength. I love your writing. Keep em coming!
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 3/16/2007 11:54:14 AM
Exceptionally well written! Your gift of expression is wonderful! I especially like the way you write of that cherry tree in the third stanza, and of course, of family feelings in the rest of the poem.
My Soul Won't Rest (Poetry) - 3/16/2007 11:43:17 AM
Splendid! I like your works!
UA Flight 977 to San Francisco (Poetry) - 3/16/2007 10:57:44 AM
Oh, I understand just what you're saying!! How many times have you waited up to 2 hours for a scheduled doctor's appointment? It seems the system just doesn't care how long you wait anymore. When things like this happen to me, I pull out my little cassette recorder (or my notebook) and I create songs, poetry, listen to one of my audio study tapes, or make future plans. Anything, to fill up the precious hours of my life with something I want to do! You're right -- What comes next? Good write, HB!
Ectopic (Poetry) - 3/7/2007 2:19:28 AM
The huge head of ignorance always will be in front of us with its distorted facial uglyness.
Those screaming their judgement never heard of "thou that are without sin...throw the first stone"
Rabies are not only constricted to animals.
Ectopic (Poetry) - 3/6/2007 9:41:25 AM
Only you know what is going on in your heart. Others don't. They don't realize that it's your heart that remains punished. Sometime's we have to make hard decisions. I know I've had to live with a few.
I enjoy your heart written poems. Keep it up. I can relate to how you feel.
Heed Your Calling (Poetry) - 3/6/2007 5:33:20 AM
Rise Warrior!
Rewrite the pages.....
that have been written for you
Let no one choose your
path
Truly words to live by.
Heed Your Calling (Poetry) - 3/6/2007 5:06:54 AM
The writer can be gagged, but his written words will not.
A man can be broken, but his convictions will not.
Many a writer has died for what he wrote, but his words are still with us.
Great piece of literature.
Georg
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 3/5/2007 12:02:33 PM
I think this is well-expressed, HB. We ought to live as one throughout the world. If there were no exploitation, there would be no one starving. Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis
Thin Walls (Poetry) - 3/5/2007 11:58:29 AM
This speaks of a universal and ageless human theme. Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis
Thin Walls (Poetry) - 3/5/2007 4:43:52 AM
The boy grew up, but the mirror, the scream and the tears are still there.
An ageless poem to an ageless problem.
Well said.
Georg
Odds Are On the House (Poetry) - 3/5/2007 1:25:58 AM
Nothing compares to the elation of a eight, a Jack and a Queen of diamonds, when you are holding the nine and ten of diamonds yourself and after saying check (going fishing) two of the players go all-in in a game of Texas hol'm.
Nice game HB
Georg
A Heart's Cross (Poetry) - 3/5/2007 1:06:54 AM
Perhaps a broken heart ailment has taken more people than we know.
Those that had suffered physical torture know that they prefer that to the physichical throbs that cripple the body and send the brain into the darkest recesses of human desperation.
Those that haven't had their heart really broken, can't understand your words.
Well done.
Georg
Thin Walls (Poetry) - 3/4/2007 10:39:06 PM
Perfect painting of a moment in time. I see the tear from the sounds hate.
A Heart's Cross (Poetry) - 3/4/2007 3:20:12 PM
It was a pleasure to read the poetry you have shared with our readers, look forward to viewing more....
A Heart's Cross (Poetry) - 3/4/2007 11:11:39 AM
I really love and enjoy words written from the heart-mind-body and soul. it captivates and catches the readers attention and I admire you for that. Keep writing and never stop because writing is such a great form of all releases
A Heart's Cross (Poetry) - 3/4/2007 6:20:02 AM
Interesting write
Odds Are On the House (Poetry) - 3/4/2007 5:06:13 AM
Wow...that was quite a ride! I never got into gambling. Just don't have the guts for it! Nicely dne!
Thinking of My Seed (Poetry) - 3/2/2007 6:11:43 AM
No matter what, always we get pondering about something.
Some have the privilege to write about, and be understood.
Great write.
Georg
The Lust of Love (Poetry) - 3/2/2007 6:08:26 AM
Hee Haw!!! and ride her too.
Georg
Empty Well (Poetry) - 3/2/2007 5:21:23 AM
Interesting take on this empty well...
Live and learn...right?
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
Exiled Trek into Nothingness-The Pilgrim Begins to Question (Poetry) - 3/2/2007 3:11:30 AM
He wasn't feeling pain because the nails, but for the hand driving them in.
The first pilgrim to heavens left a light behind so no one could get lost in the darkness.
Fine poem, fine question.
Georg
Empty Well (Poetry) - 3/2/2007 3:06:23 AM
Empty wells are to be there, empty, waiting to be filled.
Your are recalling a image of a sad well wishing to be filled after disappointing a thirsty someone.
Raw.
Georg
The Lust of Love (Poetry) - 3/1/2007 7:28:43 PM
JELLO COOL...KU!
Go for it!
LOL!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
The Lust of Love (Poetry) - 3/1/2007 12:32:25 PM
Wow this is just splendid. When we write exactly the way we want and how we exactly feel then we all can relate or feel it. it is always an indeed pleasure to read your poetry especially ones with so much meaning and easy to understand. Keep writing and nevaer stop. Love Aleja Bennett.
The Lust of Love (Poetry) - 3/1/2007 4:28:04 AM
Whoa! lol! That threw me..lol! Interesting. Very. . .interesting!
I Would Have Missed You (Poetry) - 3/1/2007 4:19:24 AM
hurting....musn't give too much imp to anyone.Love .neerja
The Lust of Love (Poetry) - 3/1/2007 4:16:22 AM
ugh!!!Why whip ??? n
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/27/2007 4:16:10 PM
While I can admire your skill with words and your ability to elicit empathy for the poor downtrodden illegals breaking our laws, I can tell you don’t live in a border state.
4000+ illegals every single day breach Arizona borders big as you please, bringing their crime, their kids, and whining for entitlements. I live less than two miles from I10 and gunshots are heard every day.
A surging illegal population in the arid Southwest is also straining the supply of water to the point that finished subdivisions out in the middle of nowhere have no water. The growth is adding to a country that represents 4 percent of the world's population but consumes 25 percent of the planet's oil. Politicians are jumpy because they know they’ve done absolutely nothing but saber rattle to stop the influx of illegals and stonewall any attempt to do so. Many of these politicians own businesses that employ illegals, you know, that cheap labor that puts more money in their pockets, while denying even the smallest increase in minimum wage to those workers as they embellish their own wallets with an annual pay raise.
Legal immigrants and ILLEGALS and their sympathizers who flaunt this country’s laws and burden our health care and community services, account for 40 percent of population growth. Excessive births over deaths, in a nation whose population is living longer. It is significantly higher in the United States compared with Europe or Japan. Hispanics from Latin America, by far the largest share of recent legal immigrants, are driving the natural increase here. On average, Hispanic women have more children than non-Hispanic white women. No wonder there is such a backlash against illegals who seriously hamper those who are trying to immigrate “legally.” And shame on those who think it isn’t a problem and support illegal entry and giving the finger to our laws.
It does takes some degree of intelligence to recognize the problem, and that that sympathizers are a large share of the problem.
Those of us who live in border states, and see this everyday, know of what we speak. WE see it every single hour of our every day.
What I think is ironic if not hypocritical is those commenting who wail for "poor Mexicans." Apparently they haven't read the Bible verse, "render unto Caesar." Selective memory, perhaps? And also, casting the first stones of "bigotry" against those who are for LEGAL entry to this country. Shame on you. At least us "bigots" follow the law of the country we live in.
But I do admire your way with words. You should be a preacher. But a little more research would do you well.
Elizabeth
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/27/2007 2:37:25 PM
Yep:As 760 Illegals Mexicanos Gangs -Gang Bangers Rob and Kill You Blind In Los Angeleses Sleazy (California),i.e. I Live Here In Real World...
Too Many You Live in Your Own World...
Credit For Poetic Write...
trask
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/26/2007 2:36:59 PM
This is so true. There are a lot of Americans that are lazy and want something for nothing. Atleast these mexicans are working hard for a living.
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/26/2007 8:25:19 AM
Well done HB!! You never stop amazing me!! Looking forward to more of your work.
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/25/2007 3:13:58 PM
HB,
They are ours, these Mexicans, and every other race of our brotherhoood. :) Powerfully penned truths, well done!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/25/2007 3:07:25 PM
Very powerful lesson here; very well done! We need to learn to overlook the differences and accept people as they are; I am having a hard time with this myself, and it is a daily battle.
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/25/2007 1:17:44 PM
Amen, HB, and all the other bigots in this very bigoted, nasty old world of ours.
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/25/2007 10:04:22 AM
Powerful truths and expressions.
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/25/2007 7:03:46 AM
Well done...Hugss
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/25/2007 6:17:09 AM
A very well written expression of thought, you give credit due to many who strive and strived to live only to provide their families a meal and a home, there are not many who feel the migration of the ones who labor and labored across the fields and within the homes across this great country even deserve to be here....
nice work.....Art sun...
My Mexicans? (Poetry) - 2/25/2007 3:25:57 AM
Pancho Villa would had rejoiced.
The Corona brothers exploited their own so Mr. Preston could do the same with clean conscience.
Then we remember the apocryphal story by Mason Locke Weems of the cherry tree choppend down by Washington, and wonder if Mr. Preston would say "I can't tell a lie, the mexicans did chop down the cherry tree"
Exellent cry in defense of the 5$ an hour peon.
Georg
Donde Esta Maria? (A letter to Martin Espada) (Poetry) - 2/24/2007 3:02:32 PM
Very nicely written and clever too!! You are an amazing writer with so much soul. There are no short cuts to any place worth going, keep writing always!!!
Donde Esta Maria? (A letter to Martin Espada) (Poetry) - 2/24/2007 2:34:11 AM
I saw María in one of my dreams and told her of you pilfering something belonging to her (I didn't said what, it is up to you to explain it to her) and she told me will come to one of you dreams soon (sorry for be such a babbling mouth, but María is beautiful!!!)
Señor Espada isn't very pleased too.
Georg
My Soul Won't Rest (Poetry) - 2/24/2007 12:31:41 AM
an outstanding piece
thanks for sharing HB
Peace
William
Conditioned Acceptance (Poetry) - 2/21/2007 9:16:47 AM
This truly is happening in many facets around the world, some obvious, some oblivious...
great write!
Nice to meet you!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
Conditioned Acceptance (Poetry) - 2/21/2007 8:22:00 AM
It is always an indeed pleasure to read such splendid real work such as this one. This is well written and adqaute in everyway. Thanks for sharing this with us all here on the Den.
Take Me Back (Poetry) - 2/21/2007 8:20:58 AM
Well written. It reminds me of my childhood. I couldn't have said it any better.
I Would Have Missed You (Poetry) - 2/20/2007 6:33:40 PM
You loved with all of your heart. The poem brings tears to my eyes as I read it. Thank God you didn't have to miss someone that way.
I'm Yours (Poetry) - 2/19/2007 5:28:16 PM
Addiction is hell......Sobriety is grace divine.......I feel your pain my friend......
Peace,
Bill
I Would Have Missed You (Poetry) - 2/14/2007 10:48:54 PM
Love can sometime be a powerful emotion, best shared.
