by Lawrence Cooper | Dec 12, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
This poem is written in response to the force that seems to be dividing and destroying us, the conspiracy theories that have entered into the highest offices of the land. Let’s recognize the source. It is indeed the dark side of mankind, that self-destructive power...
by Lawrence Cooper | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Youth, mine so long past, so long forgotten. Yet I can still feel the power of my first paycheck. I made enough to buy my first car, a 1962 Pontiac Hardtop, a life of Wow, independence, freedom, the ability to call my own shots and ride my black and white pinto into...
by Lawrence Cooper | Dec 5, 2020 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations, Uncategorized
Gut messages They pile up, ideas, dreams, hopes, one on top of the other. They cram in from both sides until I am squished inside this tiny box that my overworked mind has created, a set of confining rules that limit my vision to just the tiny spectrum of exhausted...
by Lawrence Cooper | Nov 30, 2020 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations
Voices I hear voices, love voices, telling me who to love, how to love. When I listen with my heart, I hear anguish, a steady stream. My heart urges me to reach out to touch, to hug, to hold, to love. My gut tells me I will be swallowed up by a bottomless pit of need....