About the author

Raymond Nichols is an author, artist, family historian, and blogger previously published in THE AMERICAN POETRY ANTHOLOGY, BEST NEW POETS OF 1986, HEARTS ON FIRE(A TREASURY OF POEMS ON LOVE), and THE COLORS OF LIFE.

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Hunger is not a game.

No lunch today again.
Dad ran out of cash.
He makes too much to get help,
But the bills take all his money.
Hunger is not a game.
And being hungry is not funny.

Poet Ray Nichols
#nokidhungry
www.nokidhungry.org

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU???

I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DIDNT LOVE ME
I KNOW YOU SAID THAT WE WERE THRU   
SINCE WE MET YOU SAID A LOT OF THINGS   
I KNOW THAT ALL OF THEM CANT BE TRUE   
LIKE WHEN YOU SAID YOUD NEVER LEAVE ME     
AND WHEN YOU SAID YOUR LOVE WAS TRUE BLUE    
AND WHEN YOU SAID TOGETHER FOREVER      
WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU???         

I NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH YOU'D HURT ME
I NEVER KNEW YOU'D FIND SOMEONE NEW  
AND NOW I KNOW HOW YOU DON'T NEED ME
AND HOW YOUR LOVE WAS NEVER TRUE  
AND LOOKING BACK NOW I REALIZE  
HOW YOU ONLY THOUGHT OF YOU  
AND EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS LIES  
WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU?
WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU?





  



Sunday, January 19, 2014

I do not like spam Sam I am.

No Sam I do not like spam. I do not like spam Sam I am. Notifications belong on the site. To fill my inbox with spam is not right.

Friday, January 10, 2014

You say you want a revolution

You say you want a revolution.
You say you want to change the world.
Are you willing to do whatever it takes
To free every boy and girl?
100 thousand voices are crying out.
Can you hear them call?
Injustice has become the norm
At the damnation of us all.

You say you want a bold new world
Where everyone is free.
You say you will do anything
To be all you can be.
To bring about this new age
Some people have to change.
Hypocrisy must go away
And never come back again.

Eye of the beholder

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 
Beauty is a heart thats pure and true 
Pretty girls are pretty on the outside 
Beauties are pretty through and through   

2010

Life is like a play

Life is like a play 
a tragedy ending in despair 
in a dark corner of a dark place 
death waits for me there 
the plots move me along 
as each act passes by 
and then one day, in the final act, 
i meet my sweet demise 

2007

family first

Friends turn on you and betray you. 
They have their own agenda and you are just a tool to them. 
Family however, is forever 
Friends move away and never call or write. 
Family is always there 
Friends steal your girl or your job or your games 
Family always have your back 
Remember your family and put them first 
They do the same for you 

2007