Grief-stricken
mothers,
broken families,
lost children
...
Ten years later we still think of them
We still feel their spirits in our bones
and remember them
...
Hold up the world
with your strength,
and your courage
and the spark of hope
...
Well, I am 20 years old and I am a junior at Brooklyn College. I am majoring in creative writing, as it has always been my dream to be a writer. Introvert, type 4 personality. Favorite color blue/black/white. Favorite shoe: sneakers(converse) I am always in jeans. Going to learn how to play guitar. I love, love love music! When I listen to it, especially songs with good lyrics, my poetry becomes inspired. Billie Holiday is good for that! I love independent films, and romances/dramas. Favorite junk food: Oreo cookies, Chips ahoy Favorite painters: Monet, Picasso, Cezanne, Kahlo, Van Gogh, Okeefe. Favorite songs: Iris(Goo Goo Dolls) , Maybe Tommorrow (Stereophonics) , Bittersweet Symphony(The Verve) , anything by Jimi Hendrix, Drops of Jupiter(Train) , Best Days(Matt White) , Dude, looks like a lady(Aerosmith) , Sunny Came Home(Shawn Colvin) , Walking on Broken Glass(Annie Lennox) , Ironic(Alanis Morrisette) , anything by Norah Jones, Fast Car (Tracy Chapman) , Man in the Mirror(Micheal Jackson) , Let it be(The Beatles) , Brown Sugar(The Rolling Stones) , Tiny Dancer (Elton John) ... This list could go on forever but it wont... Favorite books: The Heart is a lonely Hunter(Carson McCullers) , anything by James Baldwin, The collected poems of Langston Hughes, The Secret Life of Bees(Sue Monk Kidd) , White Oleander(Janet Fitch) , Tuck Everlasting, The Collected Poems of Nikki Giovanni Well That's all folks!)
A Great And Terrible Beauty
A great
and terrible
beauty
is in
your
eyes...
It will scorch
and transform
me
if I
get
too close...
So, I keep
myself
at a distance,
until
you grow
tired,
and find
someone
else
to love.
Hello, my name is Guillermo, and I write you from Granada (Spain) I'm a musician and I'm preparing a version of RHCP's Under the Bridge theme. I was thinking of using a part of your poem of the same name for the bridge of my version. Would that be possible? There is no economic benefit, as it is only for pleasure and local dissemination without payment. You can contact me at gcrovettoggmail. Thank you so much for write such a beauty poetry