by Warren Gaston | Feb 13, 2022
My poems are not a call for freedom. I am free. King or Queen, not a monarch but a mattress. I am free. Coke or Pepsi. I am free. Foreign or domestic. I am free. Honda or Hyundai. I am free. Man or woman, Boy or girl. I am free. Gay or straight. Black or white....
by Warren Gaston | Feb 5, 2022
What happened? What occurred? What took place? What name is needed? A word. A word to hold in your mind’s eye, A word to tell another. To transmit. To transport. One word extracted from many. The right word. Tell me. Then I will know what you know. A...
by Warren Gaston | Feb 3, 2022
Humans are of two minds. Amphibious. We live in two worlds at once. One mind imagines a rocket. One mind imagines a god. One mind builds the rocket, titanium. aluminum, copper. fuel. One mind names the rocket. Saturn. Apollo. Atlas. Thor. Which mind could we be human...
by Warren Gaston | Feb 1, 2022
This is a truth about you, You listen. I have nothing to say. But you listen. Wind from my mouth batters the shore of your being. Still you listen and listen. You hear and I am heard. I am present in your hearing. You listen. I...
by Warren Gaston | Jan 28, 2022
On his desk was a photo of the one he loved. Actually, it was a mirror.
