Monthly Archives: April 2025

Broadway

Stone

I was walking down St. Nicholas Avenue. I always pass this wall of graffiti just off the corner. What seemed so incongruous (first time I ever have used this word in a sentence) was this large stone placed in front of it. It had to have weighed at least 40+ lbs.. Where did it comeContinue reading “Stone”

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard

I have been exploring new neighborhoods around where I live. Mostly walking further east and south towards 125th Street. As I was rambling down Adam Clayton when I noticed this woman sitting on a bench at a bus stop outside of a hair salon. From afar her pink shower cap, lumpy legs mimicking her shoesContinue reading “Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard”

In Between

I’ve had many people leave my life, beginning with my father, just before I started second grade. I had very little contact with him over my lifetime. I would see him intermittently until I was 13, then nothing until a letter arrived when I turned 21. I just could not respond. I last physically sawContinue reading “In Between”