By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence Darkness. The absence of light. The deepness of color. The oblivion of emotion. We marvel at it veiling us, in the expanse of the night. We’re rapt by its opacity, in a black velvet dress. We fathom its endlessness, in a pitch-black well. We also sense its wickedness, in theContinueContinue reading “From A Moment of Darkness, by Michael Tyler”
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Sacramento Bee Names EJS Legal Director Mona Tawatao to Top 20 AAPI Change Makers List
Bold. Dedicated. Remarkable. These are just some of the words community members used when nominating the following capital region leaders who have made significant contributions to Sacramento and beyond. The Sacramento Bee’s Top 20 Asian American and Pacific Islander Change Makers include judges and lawyers, small business owners and nationally recognized nonprofit and private sectorContinueContinue reading “Sacramento Bee Names EJS Legal Director Mona Tawatao to Top 20 AAPI Change Makers List”
‘One September Morning’ by Michael Tyler
By Michael Tyler What kind of heart does sculpt a soul With the chisel of contempt, And gravely carve, in perpetuity, The course of violent change? What kind of mind can conjure thoughts Of grisly gore and gruesome carnage, And spawn those fiendish feats That elude fair understanding? What kind of eye does see a child As ready ammunition, To aim with callous cause AndContinueContinue reading “‘One September Morning’ by Michael Tyler”