Soundtrack...The meaning and the wordConstantly playing in my domeSteady rhythm in conjunctionwith the function of my lifebringing you inspirationin this cruel and cold worldSoundtrack...Easy lines to rememberlife's mysteries surrenderedto the scratching of my penon the paper's smooth surfacerevelations running deeprushing water flowing mountain peakSoundtrack...From my head to your heartbearing gifts and aspirationsunified with one languageunder … Continue reading Soundtrack
Ode to Caissa
Ode to Caissa by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Oh sweet gift of Beauty and Reason How we worship at your shrine Oh divine maiden of Peace Lady of Truth and seed of fertility True lover of my youth Who swept me off my feet The moment I laid eyes upon you A Universe of mystery enraptured … Continue reading Ode to Caissa
The Sweet Melodious Sound of Poetry Fills the Air
The Sweet Melodious Sound of Poetry fills the Air by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Listening to the rhythms of the sound of your breath as you inhale pensive thoughts and exhale beautiful poetic gems I’m struck by the sudden realization that I have fallen in love I’m in love with the whooshing /ws/ that crackle the … Continue reading The Sweet Melodious Sound of Poetry Fills the Air
The Poetry of Words
The Poetry of Words by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Words are our World building blocks of our foundation continue exploring worlds heaven's coffers filled with treasure Precious pearls of gold morning songs of praise glorious exalted crescendo worshipped embodiment of Hope Sacred Heritage love letters kisses and hugs innocent angel caress sweet words honeymoon embrace Juggling … Continue reading The Poetry of Words
River Ripples… Ocean Waves: Ocean Possibility Explained
River Ripples… Ocean Waves: Ocean Possibilities Explained by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Why River Words… Ocean Possibilities, you ask? Let me explain. Three and a half years after graduating from college with an English degree I continually struggled with finding a new direction and a sense of purpose. I always felt that I had so much … Continue reading River Ripples… Ocean Waves: Ocean Possibility Explained
The Mystery of a Woman
The Mystery of a Woman by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Your warm and inviting smile softly plays at the harp strings of my young smitten heart The burning gaze of your love— Two shining star lights peering into my soul coupled by two blossoming rose cheeks accentuated by the perfect symmetry of your red strawberry lips … Continue reading The Mystery of a Woman
A Candle in the Wind
A Candle in the Wind by Manuel A. Luna-Murray A candle’s flame flickering from side to side ever growing ever dying in the blowing of the wind New sparks ignite the flame daily steadily rising and overcoming gusts of fear, doubt, and frustration Cold season spells slowly melt the wax away as water pools of … Continue reading A Candle in the Wind
Lingua speak
Lingua speak by Manuel A. Luna-Murray I am your best friend: I am poetry and short stories dramas, plays, and essays books and inspiration courage and strength. I am power: The act of divine creation in spoken and written form. I am the essence of humanity preceding the existence of the soul. I demand all … Continue reading Lingua speak
An Uneasy Alliance
An Uneasy Alliance by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Language is a harsh taskmaster that demands to have it all: Your thoughts and feelings Knowledge and experience Your dreams and aspirations hopes, failures, and identity Your culture and heritage— The essence of your being. Language is your best friend your comfort in time of need: It is … Continue reading An Uneasy Alliance
The Journey Begins
River Words… Ocean Possibilities by Manuel A. Luna-Murray I am a River… a River of Words… Ocean Possibilities. This brief epiphany perfectly embodies my raison d'être or reason for existence. All of us, whether we realize it or not, are bodies of water lost at sea longing and searching for the myriad ocean possibilities hidden … Continue reading The Journey Begins
Ocean Possibility
Ocean Possibility by Manuel A. Luna-Murray I am a River… A river of words mountain poetry flowing out to sea Ocean possibility quench your soul splashing feet Heaven’s tears abide in me. I am a River… Long and old many streams flow within me. Winding roads dizzying twists gentle currents false starts sudden stops abrupt … Continue reading Ocean Possibility
Heritage: Streams of Consciousness… River Banks of Time
Heritage: Streams of Consciousness… River Banks of Time by Manuel A. Luna-Murray I was once a River... I am a Sea... Ocean Possibility... A few months ago I attended a family reunion that has been a staple of my family tree over the past six generations. This has been only my second time attending such … Continue reading Heritage: Streams of Consciousness… River Banks of Time
Heritage
Heritage by Manuel A. Luna-Murray You never lose your accent no matter how long you’ve lived away from the person you once were and the place of all your memories your storybook of love If every man is an island of thoughts and dreams and hopes every single word that’s spoken is a country all … Continue reading Heritage
Puerto Rican Alzheimer’s
Puerto Rican Alzheimer’s by Manuel A. Luna-Murray 1 Bankruptcy soul and heartache disease: two irreconcilable foes of my esteem. Friends of darkness and disaster killing my loved ones’ memories of life. Old age without wisdom: the tragedy of a life neither lived nor remembered. Death the stalker of our lives upon the stage swiftly appears … Continue reading Puerto Rican Alzheimer’s
Dear Granny
Dear Granny by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Dear granny, dear granny Blessed little angel Blossoming rose of Spring Shinning morning star None compare to you my beloved little granny Childhood memory masterful symphony sound Sustenance and Refuge Love and tenderness Cleaner and Cook Mother and Counselor Buyer and Saver of unforgettable memories Prayer warrior earnestly wrestling … Continue reading Dear Granny
Mi Vida en Dos Idiomas: My Life in Two Languages
Mi Vida en Dos Idiomas: My Life in Two Languages by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Small talk with strangers Breves conversaciones con los extraños as I head out to school. se dan lugar rumbo a la escuela. I’m on my way towards education Encaminandome hacia la educación to make my dreams come true. para hacer de … Continue reading Mi Vida en Dos Idiomas: My Life in Two Languages
El Encuentro: The Meeting
El Encuentro: The Meeting by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Inglés y español English and Spanish dos monedas un solo valor two sides same coin una vida doble visión … Continue reading El Encuentro: The Meeting
Embracing your Heritage
Embracing your Heritage by Manuel A. Luna-Murray Your accent is your shadow the daily reminder of who you are and where you've been It is your passport to el ritmo salsero and the American Dream Your accent is your flavor of taino, inca, and azteca mixed with African, Asian and European in an experiment called … Continue reading Embracing your Heritage
Reflections
Reflections by Manuel A. Luna-Murray The courage to be or not to be lies at the intersection between the mirror and its reflection Standing in the doorway of our own burning gaze a shaft of light weaves together the thick layers of our skin into a prism of feeling thoughts colored by the memory of … Continue reading Reflections
Rewriting our Future: Chaos Undefined… Poetry Redefined
Rewriting our Future: Chaos Undefined… Poetry Redefined by Manuel A. Luna-Murray War, Drugs, Crime, Poverty, Abuse. Each of these words conjures within us a frustrated hopelessness and a sense of impending doom. Our modern lives often resemble a randomly selected box of crayons where we are expected to color by the numbers without the proper … Continue reading Rewriting our Future: Chaos Undefined… Poetry Redefined
Why I Write
Why I Write by Manuel A. Luna-Murray I write because I have to I write because there is no other way; Jumbled thoughts and memories cascading my soul with melodies. I write because I have to I write as there is no other way to distinguish between needs and desires clamoring for my heart and … Continue reading Why I Write
The Business of Writing
The Business of Writing by Manuel A. Luna-Murray The business of writing is a bleak pursuit That carries you away from this world into the next The business of writing is a life surrounded by books Whose silent prayers shape the words that appear Across the blank pages of your heart. The business of writing … Continue reading The Business of Writing
The Creative Act of Writing
The Creative Act of Writing by Manuel A. Luna-Murray The unspoken bond between a man and his pen is one of sublime mystery as the mind sends a message to the hand which relays its wishes to the pen that obeys its orders by subjecting the paper to the ink of creation Begging the question … Continue reading The Creative Act of Writing
The Writer’s Punishment
The Writer’s Punishment by Manuel A. Luna-Murray The idea that enters the mind but defies description departs the soul and exhales from the body as a puff of air. The fresh breath that enters through your nostrils is felt throughout your loins as the death of an idea exits the womb empty and barren Fleeting … Continue reading The Writer’s Punishment
Tabula rasa ergo sum
Tabula rasa ergo sum by Manuel A. Luna-Murray But now I’m stronger than yesterday for every cliché is drowning --- a mist fading away Cogito ergo sum “What doesn’t kill makes you stronger” now becomes What makes you stronger does kill --- insecurities, fears, doubts, regrets a new horizon of possibilities haunting your every waking … Continue reading Tabula rasa ergo sum
My Book of Rhymes
My Book of Rhymes by Manuel A. Luna-Murray The physical evidence of a fully-lived life abides within the pages of My Book of Rhymes The inspiration of the ages coupled with the struggles of my life along with the heartaches piercing words and solitary nights are all the myriad subjects discussed in My Book of … Continue reading My Book of Rhymes
River Words… Ocean Possibilities 