Nile B. Norton

I do not write for financial gain.
I write because my poetry
may produce more than a tombstone fame.
Rather than a "b" and "d",
...

"I'm full-blooded," he did declare.
Echoes began reverberating around me,
"I'm Irish", "I'm Italian", "I'm Polish", "I'm Swedish".
With hesitancy, I blurted, "I'm mongrel".
...

Alcohol makes the World go away.
The world of unkind words, heartache and desperation.
Beware of its boozy haze or hallucinations.
Never let it take the Moon away,
...

You are there.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.
The earths' atmosphere rent asunder,
and sound shock waves like rolling thunder.
...

I close my eyes but I do not sleep.
I close my eyes to concentrate on thoughts I keep.
I might be fantasizing.
I might be rhyming.
...