Little man
With big dreams,
You are free to
Hope, to
Explore, to
Love, to
Plan
Your Bright Future.
Little man,
I see you.
An Ekphrais Poem based on Far-Off Places by the fine artist Gordon C. James.
Little Man
Monthly Archives: April 2026
Re-Member
Education as the practice of freedom
Requires us to change our lens
Unapologetic truth speaking
Social knowledge
Challenge dominant narratives
Historical contention
Did everyone come back with answers to the universe?
Put our business
On front street
Instead of all the lies, it should be transparent.
Everybody needs to know.
That’s why they call it public education, Right?
(This is just a poem that came to me today as I listened and collected various phrases and statements I heard around me.)
Inside Me is A Bridge
Inside me is a bridge—
a meeting of two minds,
two places,
two stories.
Behind me,
there are miles of
Resilience—
forests of fear
valleys of hardship,
hills of victory.
I do not know
how far back it goes,
as I can only remember
Parts
of the journey from this lifetime,
and I do not know
all of the generations
who walked the trail before me.
Inside me is a bridge—
a place where
Who I Have Become meets
Who I Am Yet To Be—
a handshake, if you will,
a passing of the baton,
a nod of understanding between
the places I have already grown,
and the new victories that stretch ahead.
Inside me is a bridge.
It is not a place for me to stop long,
just a place for me to
reflect, to take
a moment, to take
a breath,
before I move ahead
into my next adventure.
The Read-e-ologist 