I Know (the remix - 2006) |
There are no shadows
in this place.
There is Darkness.
And all my living and dying
have led me here
to this uninhabitable place,
filled with challiss
of the misery
from all my failings,
...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:20:00 PST |
Love Afar (2006) |
I cannot say the words
when I am near you.
I bury them deep
and pray you cannot see
the yearning in my eyes,
for since youve touched my life
neither a days allure
nor a nights repose has faded
that yo...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:18:00 PST |
Spirits of the Passage (2006) |
Maafa!!!**
Her children cry
from beneath the triangle trade divide,
their bones buried for centuries in a sepulcher in the sea.
O Mother Afrika --
Her seeds untimely strewn
to the unforgiving soils of...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 26 May 2006 12:13:00 PST |
Poem: Eyes of a Princess (Tribute to Princess Diana - 1997) |
A priestess of her conscience,
she sojourned the tides of Poseidon's respire.
Her lapis orbs oft times belied
the torment in her heart.
A yearling, she was betrothed to
the opulent gilds of roy...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 26 May 2006 12:10:00 PST |
Poem: Cemetery (1991) |
Barren.
Lost elegies.
Sepulchres.
An unkempt burial that belies
its incontinence.
An old place
been around since I learned to perceive
the shadows of this world.
A Child's eyes die,
darkening w...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 26 May 2006 12:07:00 PST |
Poem: Rise (1996) |
Aborted from our Mother Land
by avarice & hate,
we were scattered by the Eastern wind
as spoils of misery.
For centuries we tilled this contrary New World,
its might forged upon our backs, ...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 26 May 2006 11:48:00 PST |
Poem: Imitation of Life (1997) |
Through steel & sheet rock labyrinths
we mine the carnal jungle
for token delicacies
to sate our distended hearts.
The silt is scarce accursed by
our feeble undertakings,
mocks our artific...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 26 May 2006 11:46:00 PST |
Poem: Death of a Child |
Ive watched the succession
of miseries
slowly train across your face,
driving fear into your subconscious
and eroding your dimples.
I see you lost in halcyon days
when you thought I wasnt looki...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 26 May 2006 11:42:00 PST |
Poem: I Know (extended version - 2006) |
There are no shadows
in this place.
There is Darkness.
And all my living and dying
have led me here
to this uninhabitable place,
filled with challiss
of the misery
from all my failings,
...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 26 May 2006 11:39:00 PST |
Poem: My Beautiful Black Man (2002) |
I touch your face
and touch time itself,
rippling back
to the Beginning,
when the Nile first sprang
from your eyes.
Your heartbeat
is the tale
of many Kings,
whose blood winds through
your pain...
Posted by CYNTHIA GAIL MANOR on Fri, 26 May 2006 11:35:00 PST |
