Writing Letters as poetry and protest song

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
This picture is by talented artist Steve Loya It’s always interesting to think about polemical poetry and its pros and cons. I think of the song Pink wrote, the letter to the President.  Absolutely beautiful and powerful, and expressive of frustration.  Do you have a question burning that you need…

Spiral Staircase to the Song

Originally posted on Lemurian Abbey on Isle of Ancestors:
Dancing Culture- By Gumbootspearlz For more of this adventure head to Unity’s Cabin My hair and clothes had been smoked, smoked by the lady with the smoking leaves. She called on her Elders in the story place to the listening time in the story circle under…

Blue Bonnets

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Funerals like rain Fall from clouds Young boys say ‘goodbye’ As father’s lowered to the ground Mother stands alone Tears become her shroud Funeral goers utter not a sound. She hears blue guitar strums She’s pounding melancholy’s drums. Texas and Tully are so far apart Yet they share skies Where…