Poems from Annette M Velasquez
Well, I've been accused
of being
way too dramatic,
but the world I accuse
of being
much too dogmatic...
I will leave it at that,
I don't...
It began during my weekly
writer's workshop
on a Saturday afternoon
and as usual, a new prompt;
this one was to pick at
random
two words...
Each day-
there's birdsong
( which is nice)
and with time
I've grown used to
the grunting of hogs
as they slurp their slop,
stinking and...
Plants
and metaphor
like the mimosa-
so super sensitive
it recoils from
touch
or is as one
pathologically
withdrawn...
and the saxifrage-
a...
In Ayurvedic
and Traditional Chinese Medicine
food,
illnesses
even the body's internal organs-
all are divided,
classified
as either hot or...