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The Dreams that Confront Our Hearts: A Poem to Martin Luther King Jr.

By , January 16, 2012 11:36 am

imgresThe Dreams that Confront Our Hearts

By Charity C. Tran

To Martin Luther King Jr.

When I think of you
I think of dreams
Not the fanciful kind
Where our minds might wander
Through the day
Of instantaneous wealth
Of peace of mind on
Foreign beaches
That takes us to a foreign place
Away from familiar worries
Because we have not solved problems
But run away

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Poem: An Invisible Handshake–A Poem for Pvt. Danny Chen

By , January 10, 2012 2:43 pm
A co-worker sent me this New York Magazine article Pvt. Danny Chen, 1992-2011 which moved me to write this poem. Pvt. Chen was 19-years-old when he committed suicide after terrible hazing and racism. It is sad when lives are cut short, especially under such means.

imageAn Invisible Handshake
by Charity C. Tran

a poem for Pvt. Danny Chen

I only know you
from these words
describing
your story
your life
its end

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Upcoming Poetry Project: A Kiss to Venus

By , December 9, 2011 9:23 pm

A kiss to Venus ScreenshotI am working on an upcoming poetry project.  It started off as a collection of love poems, but has now sort of taken a life of its own.  I love what has come out of this project so far and I hope to get it down in the next few months.  This will likely be my venture into self-publishing because it’ll be fun to try.

A few of the poems are up on my A Kiss to Venus tumblr (of random love stuff because I’m trying to be inspired):

A Kiss to Venus

Tomorrow

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Thank you for your support always!

-cct

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