Lola Rainey's Writings
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Short Story
Dec.16.2010
Roscoe's caseworker led him up the cracked sidewalk toward a gingerbread house with white trim that looked like icing to him. Maybe his great-grandmother was a witch who lived in a gingerbread house like in Hansel and Gretel. He hoped she was a good witch, not a bad one, who'd use her magic to make his mother better. "His Mama done lost her mind. She ain't...
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Nov.13.2010
Black Poets Circle
A meeting at Starbucks a great American
franchise to discuss a favorite American
past-time
Disenfranchising people of color
Hate delivered with a smile while I sipped a
chi latte
I came across a picture of a black man about
to be lynched in East Texas
the image was blurry so I was left to wonder what
thoughts crossed his mind...
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Poem
Nov.11.2010
voicesnet.org Online Poetry Community
Strange. How it feels to let go.
Silence envelops me.
Not the graveyard silence.
The walking a tightrope thousands of feet
above the ground, really focused and alert
silence.
I didn’t know until a few nano-seconds before
I let go, my wanting to love you had become
a desperate, cloying death grip.
For love’s sake, I had to release you.
So I did.
Strange....
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Poem
Nov.10.2010
Voicesnet.org Online Poetry Community
One minute her light was shining.A bright star rising from the east.The light flickered. Dimmed. Then it was gone. A cryptic text announced her death.She jumped. I think: The world must be mad for how can it be? There’ll be no tomorrow for an exuberant sparrow as lovely as she!”A young girl of promise. A child of privilege. Standing out on a ledge.20 stories...
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About Lola
I'm a Bangkok based writer and poet. I host a weekly podcast called, Bangkok Poetry Streams, which can be downloaded for free on ITunes or at the webside listed in the link. You can follow my blog about fulfilling a commitment to build a house for one...
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