Julissa NeelyDec 22, 20203 minAloha Black lava rocks White Yellow Pink Gold flowers Grey-blue starlit skies The hum and whir of the jacuzzi jets The sound of passing cars In...
Julissa NeelyDec 19, 20202 minA California ChristmasI just learned the wise men arrived a year late It’s Ave Maria and The Carol of the Bells and the guilt and the glory of the stories we...
Julissa NeelyApr 30, 20181 minHeroes and VillainsSilent Like extras in an old western movie Covered in chaos and dust Arms entwined Tumbling down the mountainside We cannot deny it, and...
Julissa NeelyAug 17, 20171 min21st Century Savior21st Century Messiahs: The 21st Century Messiahs: Science and technology They don’t bleed They don’t cry We get a response in...
Julissa NeelyApr 20, 20171 minFearInvisible bars Phantom jailor Ghosts of doom Cornered in an empty room Blinded in the sunlight Most potent when undefined Fear is a lie...
Julissa NeelyJan 21, 20161 minThis Dream in the Dance HallEleven sisters slip down the stairs staring down at their mothers closed eyes Cold lids, lifeless, beautiful Fallen too soon from the...
Julissa NeelyJan 20, 20161 minCab DriverWhite satin robe and a crown framed in intricately woven golden threads wrapped around your head You tell me,” it’s a Holy City we are...
Julissa NeelyJan 20, 20161 minConversationsGeorge and his real-life love story “When we got married we laid our cards on the table – about what we wanted for ourselves, our...
Julissa NeelyJan 20, 20161 minConversation with ErisaErisa says ” All of my family members were killed. They killed everyone, burned our houses down, took our land. There is nothing to go...
Julissa NeelyJan 17, 20161 minPalm TreesPalm trees with phantom wings whisper a lullaby Across the wind and sand and sky Grey white whirling clouds fall free mysterious and wise...
Julissa NeelyJan 16, 20161 minThe Ghosts of Frank Sinatra is Singing in Palm Desert AgainThe desert holds your secrets Your voice that skipped loves heartbeat Old blue eyes you were the toast of every town Still you landed...
Julissa NeelyJul 23, 20151 minKing of TangoKing of the Tango I am sitting under a banyan tree…. sounds poetic but not really true, I am in Texas. I remember you so well dancing...