picking
twinkling appearance or depth,
glowing quickly
or staying for decades
clutching your personal,
side, never going away
fingers as small as minutes.
Author Bio:
Mr. Dennis Reed is a native New Yorker and a proud product of the New York City public schools. His B.A. in Journalism is from Long Island University/Brooklyn Campus, his M.A. in English is from Virginia Commonwealth University and he has doctoral work at Georgia State University. He is a former member of the infamous poetry group BUD JONES, and his work has appeared in THE FREE PRESS, ESSENCE, CLA and many other magazines and journals. His book of poetry DEFINITIONS was published last spring by Opus PRESS and his memoir MIGRATION MEMORIES (available at Amazon.com) was chosen as a semi-final entrant in the 2014 NCTE/NORMAN MAILER non-fiction award.