Health Is Wealth Network

05/11/2023

I impulsively purchased additional Taylor Swift tickets during the pre-sale, unaware that my sister had already secured tickets for both of us to the event at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans at 7:00 pm. I'd hate to see these tickets go to waste, so if anyone is interested in them, please feel free to send me a direct message. Thank you! 🎶💫

17/08/2023

Can you see her? …,

10/08/2023

🙏

Zoo Station 🎵
©️ Brett Emmanuel

16/07/2023

Burn bright burn always as I move into the ether of beauty …, ❤️

14/06/2023

Dalai Lama in New Orleans …, {AE}
May 17, 2019

10/06/2023

Only In A Moment

At Schoen funeral home death nearby
I find something mysterious in dying
Once uttered “I do” in a moment by
taking a solemn oath

As for endless toil and grief in being
there are both

One day alarm clock tolls for thee -
only in a moment

Even death has its moment -
dem
dense
marrow …

A movement of breath of sorts
exhausting away its pain

Sidewalks leading up to casket narrow
Most there are befitted in black
numb
soaked in
blue rain …

In a trance a body has no form
once known
thereabouts once born …

Outside a row of American flags inside ground
red
white
blue …

A day moon and shadows all around
Flags stand at attention -
only in a moment

Revision ~ June 2023
New Orleans, Louisiana
Copyright Brett Emmanuel

10/06/2023

Still I Stand In A Bright Field

Created in nature a labyrinth of mind
I see a bluebird fly and cut adrift
amongst nature abounds only to find
exquisite glory in veiled mortal gift

A bluebird dives deep into a brier patch -
Still caught …
as like ice-cold unforgiving wind
blowing across a frozen pond
without restraint along many a bend

I fall deep into a brier patch -
Still caught …
amongst the unfortunate thorns
and stuck between green blackberries
luscious nevermore bitter sweet to eat

Still I stand in a bright field -
Still caught …
fading away further day by day
mostly a bluebird fades away
into a hawthorn tree by flight
against an inconsolable night

Revision ~ June 2023
Published by Ravens Perch Poetry Journal
New Orleans, Louisiana
Copyright Brett Emmanuel

05/06/2023

Sometimes Meteors Fall

Sometimes,
a drunk punk collapses to a bitter ground
and prays a blessed salvation spins around

Sometimes,
a camp trailer at dark sees a milky sky
as if piercing wandering fast blue eyes

Sometimes,
an obedient ear can hear a sweet hymn
as if angelic rhythms echo in safe orbit

Sometimes,
I sit and breathe on a soft blue yoga carpet
as if to bounce hard meteors made grim

Sometimes,
a violent scorched sun tugs around an aura
of a recurring memory - O’ thee horror

Sometimes,
there comes a time a virgin sapling spawns
new life busy being born thus far gone

Sometimes,
wherever I am, I wonder what is missing
by land or by sea, a holy prayer awakening

© Brett Emmanuel 2023
New Orleans, Louisiana U.S.A.