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

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

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

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

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

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