Category Archives: Caring

But I’m Not Bitter

  BUT I’M NOT BITTER H. W. Bryce In response to Renee Drummond-Brown’s “Allow Me to Introduce Me to You” You reject me, you put me down, You sneer at my part of town, You segregate me, you choke my … Continue reading

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Aching for a hug

  ACHING FOR A HUG   H. W. Bryce   My arms are aching for a hug, My heart is yearning   for my drug— That’s you, my love, and you my friend, And you and you and you, my all, … Continue reading

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From this Heart

    FROM THIS HEART H. W. bryce   For true democracy for all   From this aching heart please lift this burden That I carry heavy along the way; I cry for my fathers, I weep for my children, … Continue reading

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Nobody’s Learnin’ Nuthin’

  NOBODY’S  LEARNIN’ NUTHIN’   H. W. Bryce   Ho hum, another killin’, another war, Seen it all before. We mourn, we pray, We say and we say, but prejudices will stay And nobody’s learnin’ nuthin’.   Might’s well bury … Continue reading

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Everything Old Was Not Bad

  EVERYTHING OLD WAS NOT BAD H. W. Bryce Notes There’s a tendency to abandon the old Not just old people into institutions But important traditions, institutions, Buildings, genres in music, story-telling Formats. Poetry, for examples, has swung From formal … Continue reading

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Watching Shadows

  WATCHING SHADOW H. W. Bryce Watching shadows on the move, Moving, slowly moving. Waiting, waiting For that perfect moment… Then the shadow of the fence post Slides silently into the crack between The tiles, and in perfect synchronicity Points … Continue reading

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Silent Are the Streets

  SILENT ARE THE STREETS Published in Inner Child Anthology Submitted Apr 16, 2020 Blogged May 11, 2020   H. W. Bryce   Silent are the streets While pestilence rides Upon his sturdy steed, People huddled in their homes, Imprisoned … Continue reading

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