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• Poetry > Free Verse
  Earth speaks, listen.

  

  By ishmael_bishop, Wilson, NC

  See me differently See me better than you have See me for what I have become broken, bits, and calm. Tell me that I look better Tell me that I am strong again Tell me that things will change. Now, for always, and forever. Imagine birds beaming, Imagine priests praying, ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  You tell me when.

  

  By ishmael_bishop, Wilson, NC

  You tell me when no one needs you, when it’s time to take leave, when it’s that time to uproot, when it’s time to fly from the nest, when it’s time to escape the best and when it’s time to begin the struggle. You say when it’s time to run from safety and when it’s time t...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Meet Hope

  

  By ishmael_bishop, Wilson, NC

  I ask them not to be mad when we run 'round the room but we pave the paths with our feet like peasants. I tell her, my mother, O mama don't cry, but to watch me elevate and tower like a pterodactyl underneath the cool breath of the newborn sun. They told me that I'd...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Friends

  

  By ishmael_bishop, Wilson, NC

  have friends that pick you up, or friends that clean you up. good friends don't put you down, who may sometimes let you down, but nevertheless good people. be certain that best friends are family and family is love....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Work

  

  By ishmael_bishop, Wilson, NC

  I work hard and I work often. You call it practice,  I call it survival.  Despite my demeanor  I enjoy what I do. Despite the enjoyment, I sleep at night  tired, turning, thinking  of  tomorrow.  Today was efficient,  these days are sufficient to get by. Its hard what I do,  the...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  You'll Survivie

  

  By ishmael_bishop, Wilson, NC

  I allow it, I do it, I want it. It changed me. Aim high and deliver. Aim low and recover. Peaks and valleys are the ups, the downs and inbetweens. But it takes courage to survive, use strength to stay alive. Go, run, and be, Set sail and be free. It goes on, ...
• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  Change Can Happen in an Instant

  

  By ishmael_bishop, Wilson, NC

  This morning, as a tornado approached Wilson, the local meteorologist called to advise the townspeople to secure their homes, keep loved ones close, and to by all means avoid windows. So we did, and as the storm came, all I could think was not of the possible property damage or the emotional turmoil...