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while living in sin i tell self like Sam Cooke “change gonna come” tomorrow knowing that i will turn tomorrow into next week and next week into next month From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator … Continue reading →

beauty framed in chocolate smiling at me through life’s lens …..freezing me in time and making me stumble over new found obstacles which most folk call words From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright … Continue reading →

when not in love faithfulness gets replaced by the lust and passion one has for another leaving a relationship lost right where its suppose to be From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © … Continue reading →

God sprays light from blue skies framing harbor mornings that drift on muslin From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

i purify self while moving through corridors of words that direct me to where i need to be From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

youth blind to the past not able to see what has all ready been done From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

my first love an accident birthed from boys being boys a lost bet of u u who were my 94 summer and fall remember our late sunsets and changing leaves i do From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click … Continue reading →

a better man for u i’m trying to be not realizing i need to evolve into a better man for me before u and i can become we From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. … Continue reading →

the haikus of u written with my life’s ink have graffitied on walls From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

whenever “the light” dances out of my speakers u come running from my memory helping me to relive long lost nights with u From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony … Continue reading →

At a distance Family sits Recovering from Instability Caused by outside Aggression From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

using a keyboard pens looking at me like i cheat on them daily From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

curtis mayfrield reminded me that we are all winners winners who will always overcome whatever is placed or forced in front of us From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony … Continue reading →

quilts hanging next to garments speaking to slave eyes giving directions to feedow while master sits there blind From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

art is self expression placed naked in the middle of town squares, cities, and streets for all to see From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

being a man u should not be so insecure when i come around From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony Washington

“u know they say…” apparently “they” says a lot and gets quoted a lot to bad nobody knows who the hell they is From the book Refrigerator Poetry (April 2006) Click to purchase Refrigerator Poetry. Copyright © 2004-2009 by Tony … Continue reading →