Poems from Annette M Velasquez
Religion,
tradition
teach selflessness
while pschology,
common sense
celebrate the self.
And a lifetime is spent
teetering in the middle...
I see her
in the mirror
a chubby-
cheeked
ruddy
imp
she looks back at me
through dark, almond- shaped eyes
a gaze of intensity
- a woodland...
I was born
in late September
and my passions vary
from a burning fire
to a dying ember.
Entered the world
in 1963
to a lifetime
of...
There is much that I wish that I didn't
remember-
But memory, being as it is I cannot forget.
And so, counselors, whether benevolent and...
I am not a Bread Loaf fellow
and I haven't been to Sewanee
adoration and fame
are not my cup of tea.
The Academy of American Poets
doesn't...