Poems from Annette M Velasquez
And always there will be
the ambitious and aspiring
and " progress,"
technological advancements,
gadgets and doo- dads
to entertain and...
Search carefully
and you may find
fossils, of shells
of clams and snails
where once shallow
seas covered all.
Though now only
sand cushions...
When years stretch away empty,
your dreams start to die.
Kicked often enough,
you forget how to try.
Things that used to be urgent
don't...
This is the common sap
of humanity's tree.
It flows within us all.
A shared communion
enabler and advancer
lifting us above our animal...
Sometimes I can still hear
the sounds
of yesteryears-
my family's voices,
their conversations reverberate.
And I recall
my father's and...