Category Archives: Poetry

Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats is a collection of poems, most based on actual cases, of police misconduct. The collection was a National Poetry Series Competition Finalist. In this collection, I experiment with various forms, e.g., sonnets, pantoums, triolets, … Continue reading →

My epic poem, “Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass: Remembrance of Things Past and Present,” was described by Norman Leer as “a powerful expression of black anger and despair. Waters clearly knows his history…. I’m impressed that Waters … Continue reading →

We are moored to the dock Supine Stargazing Lost in the Milky Way I feel so far away from home Where we can’t see the stars We oooh and aaah at shooting stars This is better than the Macy’s Fourth … Continue reading →

There is something inscrutable about you, Maybe because you’re a Lady of a Thousand Faces. Just when I think I know you, you throw me for a loop. I shouldn’t presume to know the secrets of the sisterhood, Should simply … Continue reading →

I saw the best minds of my generation drop out of school and get their education on the streets, in the schools of hard knocks: in group homes, reform schools, jails, reformatories and prisons.  They dropped out of schools that … Continue reading →