As a member of the Writers of Kern, the California Writers Club, the Thresh-old Choir, and the local Art and Spirituality Center, Anke has been able to help form healing communities. She is a spiritual leader, teacher, facilitator, and artist.
Beautiful River
. . . It is a prayer to behold
these marchers with their
signs, one by one.
There is no river more
beautiful than this,
no water clearer than the
words they carry,
I pray this water flows
through our blood . . .
Excerpt from the book, ENOUGH “Say Their Names . . .”
Talking to Privilege
oh, privilege, I should not wear you
like a favorite sweater
hanging on the brass hook
ready for the next imagined chill—
easy comfort.
I should heed your
frayed seams and shabby demeanor
toss you into the trash
naive threads, thick with benighted yarns
a graceless fashion, unworthy
Excerpt from the book, ENOUGH “Say Their Names . . .”
For Gianna Floyd
Dear George,
I went out
from the news of your death
like a cracked teapot
spilling her childhood onto the floor.
I sang your name to the empty swing beheld Gianna’s
innocent laughter
felt it lift towards the darkness, and she like a cloud
kept rising.
Excerpt from the book, ENOUGH “Say Their Names . . .”
