by Poetic X Caddo Parish Poet Laureate | Sep 5, 2021 | Literary
Happy tears cried the clouds. Very spacious, puffy, and proud. A little rhizome drank of it’s cup. Only one way to go! Up. The wind blew in and up came the sprout. Vascular bundles hollowed the rhizome out. Stout and upright like a vertebrate. Deeply rooted like...
by Poetic X Caddo Parish Poet Laureate | Sep 5, 2021 | Literary
All aboard! The Alka-Line is set to explore the Seaside. The Numatic Railways has Air & Electricity to make your transport a festive ride. Turtle Bay will be our loading station. Blood carries the oxygen to remote locations. Keys to everlasting life will be given...
by Poetic X Caddo Parish Poet Laureate | Sep 5, 2021 | Literary
Everything. This is a house I’ve built. And without Love, these walls don’t amount to much. I’ve learned to lay down carpet. Even gave the Den a new touch. I’ve drank from the wells of fortune, found I still hadn’t served the Kitchen....
by Poetic X Caddo Parish Poet Laureate | Sep 5, 2021 | Literary
Heard about Shreveport long before I knew what Shreveport was. Heard it was the city where I stayed, I believe it just because. I remember watching black and white TV with the foil antenna. Tuning into the news, we boogied to the Blues. Shouting out Shreveport,LA....
by Poetic X Caddo Parish Poet Laureate | Sep 5, 2021 | Literary
Observations made from the luminous light within my observatory. Trees in particular. Light years away but planted near the fields by which I stay. Oh’ shining star. I’ve followed you wherever you are. Yours became more than a tree risen to glory. More...
by Poetic X Caddo Parish Poet Laureate | Sep 5, 2021 | Literary
No matter how you try to avoid the color spectrum. Black folk been hand picked like cotton. Civil Rights attempted to hide the field hands. The obscure scales of justice kept on plotting. Maybe they’ll have a dream and see themselves in color. Color a new book...
