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The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at l...more

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A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.

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When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the pre...more

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The image titled “The Homeless, Psalm 85:10,” featured on the cover of ELEMENTAL, can evoke multiple levels of response. They may include the spiritua...more

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Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new…

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Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth.Strength born of peace loses nothing to hate.

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Within the universe of the extraordinary, those qualities we designate to human concepts of gender are often shared, exchanged, or even completely obl...more

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To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.

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Journey through the Power of the Rainbow represents a condensed compendium of literary efforts from a life dedicated to transforming the themes of inj...more

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A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.

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Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.

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The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissa...more

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At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.

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A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew.

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Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that con...more