By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence She was there…Before you breathed air,Before you felt touch,Before you heard sound,Before you saw light.There…Before you were dreamt,Before you were hoped,Before you were thought,Before you were named. You were there…In her first second,In her first minute,In her first hour.In her first day.There…In her body,In her blessing,In her being,In her belief.ContinueContinue reading “‘There’ a Mother’s Day Poem by Michael Tyler”
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We Hold These Truths
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence I consider myself to be an individual who respects history and who has, throughout the entirety of my life, maintained a fascination and curiosity for it. I also task myself with an obligation and accountability to continue learning it. I have also long felt it to be my personal andContinueContinue reading “We Hold These Truths”
‘The Weight of Being…’ by Michael Tyler
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence Every day, I feel its mass with compressing concentration;Every gram of degradation in every ounce of defamation,For every pound of condemnation of a dark discrimination. Each morning that I rise, I must begin my preparation,To brace my aching back for the daily tribulation,To haul the debilitating load of my socialContinueContinue reading “‘The Weight of Being…’ by Michael Tyler”