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Modern Thinker on the late bus southbound Considers columns and pillars, Ripped jeans and skaters. Nonsense and cogency–life in a mixture. Suits in alleys, Kill-count tallies, And flowers in cracked concrete Where poverty greets . Death. And breath . That fills also folds with smoke. The broke and the homeless, Facing the coldness In heartsContinue reading “The City Part 3: Modern Thinker”

Last night, The sidewalk was Your House. Your people laughed and praised— In all colors— Under the streetlight of Your Truth. –N.R. 8/3/19 Psalm 26:8 says, “I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells.” Being in the Old Testament, this psalm is talking about the Israelite temple inContinue reading “The City Part 2: The Sidewalk”

When in the streets and city light I wander, And see the throngs of people rushing by, I then survey their desperate hearts asunder, And trust my God to know He hears their cry, Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee How great thou art, How great thou art! Then sings my soul,Continue reading “The City Part 1: When In the Streets (How Great Thou Art)”

Our lives are snowflakes this April, Melting suddenly as they hit the ground. So we froze, suspending Ourselves in skyscrapers, Paused and muted. – Silent lightning cracks the sky above, A full moon peaks through the clouds, And fresh air blows off the unrestrained lake. The world will spin on– – And we loosen ourContinue reading “Snowflakes This April”

A poem is a mind condensed; all menace, tumult, and ecstasy delivered with density. This is a poem I wrote about two years ago about the nature of poetry itself. Poetry distills an experience to its most potent expression, leaving no words wasted or haplessly placed. It can contain great emotional depth, intellectual prowess, andContinue reading “A Mind Condensed”