Rene Velez : Writing

SECONDS LIKE INFINITE WINDOWS

SECONDS LIKE INFINITE WINDOWS

A Poem by Rene Velez


It's rare to get a goodbye, and never enough time, things in the sudden where nothing ever waits. Fingers in a fruitless search for a rewind,..
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

A Poem by Rene Velez


What does it mean to inspire? we know the text book definition, but what does it mean to you? what makes the heart swell? what makes your living ..
OF EVERYTHING GOOD

OF EVERYTHING GOOD

A Poem by Rene Velez


And they assembled him... put him together piece by piece, of leather and wood, of everything lost of everything good, held together by ..
SUNDAY CLOTHES

SUNDAY CLOTHES

A Poem by Rene Velez


I wanted to go back but there's no going back to, now memories are a friend to me, by the empty lots and strewn bricks, a reality poverty d..
REDEMPCYON

REDEMPCYON

A Poem by Rene Velez


15th Century English Spelling Translation on bottom
BEYOND THE WALL OF FIFTY STATES

BEYOND THE WALL OF FIFTY STATES

A Poem by Rene Velez


Fists fall like hammers when the balance of power shifts, reverting to the old ways once again, the meeting they attend humanity they suspend ..
THE NIGHT, INDOORS

THE NIGHT, INDOORS

A Poem by Rene Velez


The smell of burning wood from a fire pit enters through my balcony door, allowing the night indoors, a suburban scent absent in city winds..
BACKLASH

BACKLASH

A Poem by Rene Velez


Let me curse into the wind with tensions thick and the air too thin, and watch them tout, putting hand to mouth, with a turnabout creatin..
A SMALL SCRATCH

A SMALL SCRATCH

A Poem by Rene Velez


At the end, I hope to leave enough behind, leave a small scratch on the record of time, and rise above the fog to see, to see things clear, abo..
INCOMPETENCE

INCOMPETENCE

A Poem by Rene Velez


When irony is at play, there's no need to wait on line for ice when a President serves it everyday, to be happy for what get, since the isl..