Jerrod R Whitman, Poet & Author
Two sisters sat together.One married well.The other lived her singular life alone.They talked forBut a moment,Parted ways as neitherCould understand the other.A lesbian and her well-heeled Christian sisterWho sneered,“Dad and Mom don’t approve.”“Your money won’t buy me.A marriage not for love, for social standing.”The world passed byA hostile bench.That metal…
Where a kiss can change a lifetime,Where love is on the sacrificial altar.Past a purple sun.In this land when Morpheus commands wishes and dreams appear.Their names inscribed on mountains.My dear ones reside.The loves of a lifetime.Until the circle can be completeThey wait in a fantastic landIt’s always time for tea.With…
Wrote this while listening to the blues.*Cheap Cologne Smile* My love has entangled me in a web. My heart fades when darkness falls on this lazy town, where your sinister smile engulfs the room. I can only watch. You have no idea what you do to me. It’s poison ivy showing up when on vacation. I am drawn…
“Love is the only doctrine that matters here. Discrimination of any sort is not in keeping with the cosmos. The stars don’t ask permission before they shine upon us. All of you is sacred. The cosmos shines on every aspect of your life. No one is left behind. For you…
Two Sisters and a Brother Grief knocked at my door.Her sister Joy chattering off her ear,smelling like oranges and old books. I let them both in because the house was too quiet,and the kettle sang while morning light pooled on the floor. Grief, somber as could be, sat right beside…
Life is ephemeral. We need to treasure one another. Death is final — a cement wall. Physically impossible to breach. I can sense the other side. My heart feels it. Yet I am unable to touch. Unable to grasp. Yet love somehow filters through the smooth cold concrete. Many blessings…
It’s mid-July, and the summer heat beats down. The homeless are searching for a cool spot. A senior can’t afford to run the air. These are not luxuries. They are life savers. When temps soar and records are broken, emergency rooms fill up. This is when we see who we…
Between ‘there is a god and there is no god lies an immense tract of subtle, mysterious and uncharted territory, where many contradictory opinions may be equally plausible.” Adolphus Huxley. I am a member of the Unitarian Fellowship which has been arguably described as either far left Christianity or a…
-I believe in a just society. I am a socialist. I believe all people deserve to be treated equally and to have their basic needs met. To me, that means the things we all rely on should belong to all of us: healthcare, utilities, education. Countries like Denmark, Sweden, Norway,…
A letter to my reader To be able to sit, ponder, and think is a rare thing, it seems. I look out on a world that moves too fast to sit and feel. I have an oasis in my writing. Somehow I channeled all that anger into this book. _Nathan…