Political challenges in a selected section of ‘Insights and Poems’ (1975) by Huey Newton and Ericka Huggins

Political challenges in a selected section of ‘Insights and Poems’ (1975) by Huey Newton and Ericka Huggins

A review of insights and poems by Huey Newton as well as extensive political commentary on the overarching significance of the man.

Trees of the house

Trees of the house

Women and trees interconnect, the nuance of support. They weep and write, create and cry. Trees create magic similarly.

The Finch’s Song

The Finch’s Song

Someone who has made an eternal decision, to find that perhaps the outcome isn’t exactly what they expected.

Taps – The Final Salute

Taps – The Final Salute

My brother’s military funeral in the pouring rain.

It Is Time To Come Home

It Is Time To Come Home

Our existential home is found when and where the searching ends.

Nervously Again

Nervously Again

A view of early morning existential dread.

distance and divide

distance and divide

The poem is a pied piper for the rats in my mind.

Many vs Few

Many vs Few

For Helen Hengxiang Liao

Hug me in my dream

Hug me in my dream

In my memory, 
Your lips mother never touched my dimpled face

Time

Time

A meditation

The Voice of Truth

The Voice of Truth

About Shireen Abu Aqla the Palestinian reporter.

Strife is a songbird

Strife is a songbird

A dystopian state of mind, in which the US, amidst a current divide in political and cultural values, throws itself into another civil war.

Ceremonies of Innocence

Ceremonies of Innocence

A wistful nostalgic sonnet.

A Poet Is Born

A Poet Is Born

A very short poem hinting at the mystery of creating.

Certain Things

Certain Things

Wilted spaces of my memories, which remained fettered, and then just one day, those memories began to screech through my temples.

The Fourth One

The Fourth One

The first one said, “You should agree, bro. We need one more man in the crew, to finish the project tomorrow.”

The Others

The Others

How we face challenges in life but come through to the other side, yet there are others just like us who weren’t so lucky.