Michael Kevin Spencer : Writing

One in Seven Billion

One in Seven Billion

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


It's been done before People have shot themselves, for less Deleted their memories on the day They took their own lives From living to..
 Litany for Capitalists

Litany for Capitalists

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I am being consumed by life Life is consuming me in capitalism In twentieth century corruption In the politics of corporate delinquenc..
White-Blue as Water

White-Blue as Water

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Water, it's not my mouth That asks for water, it's my genes It's eternity in me that sips it It itches dryness Like a woman, like her ..
Subjects Which Upset me Terribly

Subjects Which Upset me Terribly

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Seated at the corner of life I saw the fruit vendor near church I saw my ex lover with another man The little blue-eyed bell of my heart ..
In Praise of Salt

In Praise of Salt

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


How many thousands of years Have raced by, these piles of salt That were once cities, even those Are capable of becoming jewels P..
In Praise of Sand

In Praise of Sand

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


The sand has lost my footsteps In forms, countless happy steps Tired of the lands I lived in half-warm afternoons Survived the middle ..
Ripe in the Empire of the Night

Ripe in the Empire of the Night

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


In the harvest of your tongue I ate papayas and gazed at guava-flowers In our tropical youth of pulse and cloud It was a super-sensualism of ..
Benign

Benign

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Unique before God and in time Within these lines I trace The many flags of who we were The many loves that I had Rendered eterna..
The Sacred Law

The Sacred Law

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


They say the life has flowed From my body, like love from The fountain of youth That water was my blood That over spilling was my so..