Prisoner Express Poetry Anthology Volume 14
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Prisoner Volume Express Poetry Anthology 14 Volume 14 June 2015 Alternatives Library Featured Authors Love and Relationships Jamie D. Chaffin Miscellaneous William Andrews R.J. Clayton Carl Branson Raylon Shane Attebury Rene Farias R.J. Clayton William Carlson Catherine La Fleur Sherry Davis Robert Allan Cooke Daniel R. Jackson Gary Gregory Robert Castle Jr. Malcom Jackson Aaron V. Hill Jerome Fitzpatrick Sonny Juarez Daniel R. Jackson Mark Hamme Eric KP Richard Conway Jackson Derrick A. Hinds Tony Lee Isaiah J. Johnson Aaron V. Hill Michael Madrid “Black Rain” Bennet-Kenitzki D.B. Hughes Lavonté D. Maxwell David W. LaCoutre J.W. Johnson James A. Merrill Robert McHale Debbie Jones Benjamin Rivera Jason Miears J.A. Lopez Ray Sanchez Jr. Alessandro Milan Steven Newell Jacob Silva Travis Newell Geneva J. Phillips Tori “T’Andrews” Starks C.F. Villa Arthur Saucedo Lou Tompkins Tom Williams John Tyrone Slade Jason Treadaway Nathan Zimmerman Anthony Washington Daniel Ahmed Byron Wattree Paul K. Valdez Hope and Optimism Reynaldo Zamora Brian Joseph Wake R.J. Clayton Tom Williams Santiago Duran Hope and Optimism through David LaCouture Religion Social Commentary C. Michael Lau Chris Blanton Mr. Leslie Samuel Charles Alexander Valentine Daniel Easter Amison Jr. Jose H. Villarreal Juan Frias Carl Branson Tom Williams Alessandro Milan Heather Coffey Luis Ortiz Jerome Fitzpatrick Featured Artists Gary Gregory Loss and Mourning Michael S. Griffis Kelly Fredricksen Michael E. Drebert Isaiah J. Johnson Raymond Palmore Walter Greaves David LaCouture Anthony Tinsman Lorraine “Black Rain” Bennett- El Roderick Mckissick Kenitaki Geneva J. Phillips John King “Farmer John” - Micheal Pogue Kent D. Simon Robert J Richter Paul K. Valdez Juan Roberts Ray Sanchez, Jr. Self Reflection Davon Wells Brian J. Barrett Robert Beard Justin Begandy Cesar A. Cabrera T. Carroll Selections on Love and Relationships To friends and family Would you? And to the values If I was to see you on the outside That have shaped your philosophy Would you tell me hi If I was to shake your hand I believe in your courage Would you shake it with pride Compassion If I was to smile at you And strength of character Would you politely smile back I believe in your goodness If I asked you to be my friend I believe in you Would you be there at the end And I will love you always If I was to tell you a secret and Forever Would you promise to keep it safe If I was to shed a tear -Anthony Washington Would you promise me that you’ll be near If I asked you to call Untitled Would you call or not at all I can see If I told you, you make my day the beauty Would you be mean and take it away in If I told you I’ll be here for you a warm sunset, Would you be there for me too high above an ocean breeze. If one day I ask you to be my wife Would you say I do… I can hear the voice -Reynaldo Zamora of nature, whistling Thinking of You Card through the leafy trees. Hoping everything I say Hoping everything I do I can smell Convinces you, I’m wanting you the weather Anxious, just of having you change, Wishing it was a thousand of you as raindrops fill the air; Greedy, when it comes to you All I want is you And I can taste Don’t want to share the salty tears, Selfish, when it comes to you that come when you’re not here. Happy and Joyful Ambitious to make you -J.W. Johnson Hoping you smile receiving my card Truth is Our Undoing I made it thinking of you You are not mine i am not yours -John Tyrone Slade not SAVIOR not messiah I Believe in You (sometimes not even friend) I believe in you You cannot belong in the things that are important to you to me And the way you have chosen i cannot belong To live your life to you I believe that you can accomplish anything we meet on sidewalks You set out to do in subways, at dinner tables, That you have many talents over coffee in bistros, in bars And the wisdom to use them well and Bedrooms plummeting down on sagging mattresses I believe that you have what it takes to overcome obstacles wringing love and sex from And to grow from every experience each other drop by drop Life brings your way sometimes confusing the two or complicating on or I believe that you will always be faithful the other with talk With children in grade two or three. you try to make me Our loving crushes, yours still making the stand, i try to claim you are and our children playing in the sand. mine Shaping the mold of their castle of dreams. Joyous the their laughing screams. But it doesn’t take Ours still linger, it can’t/won’t last well on this day, only until the cum dries You’re the one that got away. until the door closes and the footsteps fade down the hall - D.B. Hughes the promises we made soak into the pillow drying Lifetime Achievement like sweat, in time If you’re an author and write the best book to be washed out and forgotten So that everyone will want to take a look, Or if you make a wondrous work of art i am not yours That no critic would dare to pick apart. your are not mine we each return to ourselves These things are not the best you can attain. lying and alone If you think you are, your life ends in pain. sharing only moments You’ll be forgotten; popularity dies. And calling it forever I hope you find where accomplishment lies. -Geneva J. Phillips Find a companion who’s faithful for life, Be it a true friend, a mate, or a wife. The Fisherman’s Cliché Raise up a child, like an arrow shot true, I remember in grade two or three. Or by some stroke of luck, you might have two. It was always you and me. Grade school crushes, If painting and poems are all you can show, we were hand in hand. You’ll not end up happier than Van Gogh. Valentine lovers playing in the sand. Your magnum opus is a life you can touch, Castles’ of dreams molded with care. And maybe one who gives back half as much. Innocence covered with a lock of hair. Our laughter lingers, -Mark Hamme well on this day, we were forever in love and play. Anything For You Love is like magic As time passed and older we grew, It's odd and confusing and I began wearing a young man’s shoe. Then the next thing you now “Best friends forever.” It seems so amusing To each other we’d shout, Like candy and cakes than you left me and my heart without. Its as sweet as can be Tender love in pieces was torn, Then the next thing you know and I loving to hate love with scorn. It's as rough as the sea Knowing the meaning, Like fire it's hot of the fisherman’s cliché, Like ice it is cold you were “the one that got away.” It's never the same It's both young and old Love became hard for me to accept. It will make you do things Making the motions only to be inept. You don't want to do Look at what’s missing, for something to yield. Cause anything, you ask Babe Searched on what my life to build. I'll do it for you. Emptiness grew to increasing depths. My days taken in unconscious steps. -Arthur Saucedo Boulders of sorrow, on my shoulder rest, Sonnet: Not Once my memories are all to me that’s best. Not once did she see The good in me Today I wonder where we would be, Though I tried my best It was all in jest I need you to know… That I love you. No doubt you’ve Not once did I know questioned these words and their meaning for us both. How it all would go So it is without reservation, of heart and soul, that I Not once did I see unconditionally love you, unlike any ever before you. Beyond all that was me Not once did I hear I give to you now all that you so richly deserve. With all that is Dear My devotion to you, to us is my deepest desire. Her pain filled voice My adoration, admiration, appreciation and passion are As she was given no choice unequivocally yours. But to do her best You are my rare and precious jewel, of immeasurable value, a And now I need to let it rest. priceless treasure, to be forever coveted and cherished, beyond and above all else. -Debbie Jones A new esteem and respect, just for you, resides deep with my impassioned heart. Diamonds and Pearls I need you to know… I truly love you. If I could give you diamonds and pearls I’d take you on a cruise around the world Through up or down, Friend or foe, feast or famine, we belong I’d fly you to the stars together. I come before you, not as knave, but as knight, on And make love to you on the moon bended knee and graciously, humbly ask, that you stay with me, If we never came back stick with me, once again, beside me as I build a shrine to our Forever would be too soon eternal love.