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Les Mots Passé (2025.11 - from December 2023)

 

Legacy of the Future (Ted A. Richard - Church Point, LA)

  One day, a very large owl appeared in my dream. Its rainbow colored feathers showed Only the wealth of wisdom that had been Amassed throughout its lifetime. And then it spoke to me “Legacy of the Future” And then flew away. It’s strange to me how a dream can be  So distant yet so relative, So blurry, yet so vivid; So imaginative, yet so real. I spent many of the next years Wandering and wondering. Wandering through my childhood, Wondering where life would take me. Wandering through my adolescence, Wondering which path to choose. And wandering in my young adulthood Wondering if the choices I made would ever mean something. And then I remembered the dream. “Legacy of the Future” And I knew exactly what the owl meant. From that day forward, Each day I dwell on each moment As a way to become the person I envision myself to be: Honest, Strong and Proud. I am honest about my successes and honest about my failures. My failures become opportunities, and leads to more focused directi...

Night and Day (Annette Redmond Walters - Lafayette, LA)

  Perpetual light a luminous sight searing with might on this glorious night so heavenly bright steady in flight a fluttering sprite dancing in spite of endearing height in glittering white the shadows you fight with an arrogant bite Exceptional ray  a spirited way all on display on this beautiful day so pretty in play in delicate sway a flapping jay keeping at bay the dampening spray in feathery grey on wicked you prey with a groundless bray

The Final Vow (Louis Toliver Jr. - Swartz, LA)

  whatever this is our end or our beginning i want THIS vow the love, the hate the confidence, the shame sunrise or sunset whatever we become maybe earth’s last hope  i want THIS vow the work, the breaks the rejuvenation, the pain lovers or fighters till death binds us forever in heavenly eternity i want THIS vow