A Poetic Excerpt: Aphrodite’s Baby
Here is a little sneak peak from my newly released experimental play Aphrodite’s Baby: The Origin of Galatea, an Africana reworking of Ovid’s Pygmalion. “GALATEA: Love has brought me here,
Enticed (Poem)
Engulfed in you… Your presence, My never-ending thoughts of you, My never-ending fantasies…. I can’t get enough. Your scent fuels a fire within my passion filled ideas and episodes That
Rose Candy (Poem)
*A sweetened fantasy in place of the real thing. I hope you enjoy. – J. Williams
Awaiting Another Slumber (Poem)
Perhaps our love song has paused for this lifetime, Leaving now a muted out and distorted conceptualization of our sound. Broken up. Only to
Midsommar (Poem)
The days become a time unknown… A foreign rose colored season. The hours well lost, Without regard for introspection, Just idyllic conjectures that tomorrow will be better, As today has
Hindsight (Poem)
Who would’ve thought that we’d be where we are now? Having survived what life threw at us, Having been the only encouragement for ourselves. Oh, but how fast time flies,
Hypnopompic (Poem)
I thought I saw you in the corner of my room one night. It was cold and raining outside and I was fast asleep. Dreaming of dreams meant for heaven
Far From the Memory of Home (Poem)
Written for Howard University’s Black Classical Art Exhibition. I escaped being swept out to sea, Barely, While fantastical tales of how you faired are sprinkled into the air As if
Midnight Frolic (Poem)
Windy nights are embraced by my delights, Of hopeful fantasies frolicking out of my mind and into reality As I work to nuzzle between layers of jacket and body heat,
Metropolitan Medley (Poem)
Moving through the city’s seas of flowing bodies rushing frantically through the streets Into traffic dodging oncoming cars, Unable to wait and nothing to look forward to… Compacted sidewalks create
Sugary Sweet Ennui 