Archive for the ‘ Poetry ’ Category

Kampala

  • March 16th, 2010
  • Posted in Poetry

As read at the fantastic East Meets West slam poetry open mic. Inspired by the journey of a Ugandan student studying Electrical Engineering at MIT. Kampala Kampala Baby powder lines the inside of her translucent latex gloves As she slips them over her bare hands Kampala Kampala Dry white particles burrow deep into her skin [ READ MORE ]

Sweden From a Bus Window

  • July 17th, 2009
  • Posted in Poetry

Cue Sweden. Small bricks lining a small footpath. Each brick, five centimeters wide, ten long, inserted adjacent to two others, its sides meeting the top of the first. Sign, marine blue, small boy holding father’s hand, positioned perpendicular to curb, itself at a 90 degree arc hanging over: street, manicured deep dark asphalt, striped with [ READ MORE ]

Tunisia: Open for Business

My home base in Tunisia is Hammamet, a popular hub for European tourists seeking sun and sand. A common sight in Hammamet is what Tunisians call “business,” or young men, often from the countryside, who immigrate to coastal cities during the tourist season to find a foreign woman (and sometimes a foreign man) with whom [ READ MORE ]

On Indian Jet Lag

  • November 25th, 2008
  • Posted in Poetry

There’s something different about Indian jet lag. It steps beyond a movement of time and creeps into a movement of being. It’s not Starbucks in Rome to Starbucks in New York, it’s a 65 year old woman squatting in front of my apartment gutting fish to Starbucks in New York. It’s not sleepiness, it’s the [ READ MORE ]

Merry Christmas: In Legalese

  • December 20th, 2004
  • Posted in Poetry

“Please accept without obligation, express or implied, these best wishes for an environmentally safe, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, and gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday as practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice (but with respect for the religious or secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or [ READ MORE ]

Will

  • August 10th, 2004
  • Posted in Poetry

“A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still” –Dale Carnegie[ READ MORE ]

Theo

  • August 8th, 2004
  • Posted in Poetry

“Far and away the best price that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” –Theodore Roosevelt[ READ MORE ]

Perspective

  • February 4th, 2004
  • Posted in Poetry

None of what happens today will matter 20,000 years from now. Strike a balance between staying engaged in life and keeping things in perspective[ READ MORE ]