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For William and Michela and Olian
The second poem, by Kalia Mussetter, was written for his memorial service (after “For Damien and Twyla”) I hate what this world has done to…
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Posted On Poems with no home
The advocates’ answer to homelessness => 2020 Homeless poem
Each year for several years I have captured what I could of the experiences of people who have no home to call their own. <><><><><>…
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That’s the world we live in
[Is “optimistic poet” an oxymoron? This poem can be read column by column or all the way through. Each way to read may yield perspective.]…
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Cold / Homeless Count 2018
Cold rain Driving down the homeless man Doing his best to live as he can The world shattering all of his plans Cold shoulder And…
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Ferocious fierce kindness [a definitions poem]
Homeless not hopeless Ferocious fierce kindness Fierce kindness drives me Relentless inspiration Breathe of re-creation Of the stuff of life Relentless in the pursuit Of…
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Homeless Count 2016
A record number of volunteers came out To see what they could do about Sisters and brothers sleeping in trees Living lives with heads held…
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Posted On Poems with no home
Homeless Count 2015
I felt the warmth of my bed this morning The bathroom was nearby I got up and took a shower I made some coffee I…
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I make myself cry
The day my parents named me – Part two =>End of the Year – People we saw On their behalf, I thank and honor kind…
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Goodness in his heart
I’m alive I’m walking down the sidewalk singing in the rain I’m not sheltered under a bridge As the water rises. I’m soaking wet But…
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The day my parents named me
This poem is the third in a group, one which followed the poem-in-the-mind-of-the-creator, and now this. The line from At Home with the Homeless was…