Oozezi Creative Collective

Poetry

Poetry

The Fire and the Wish

Who am I? I am a dream that refused to stay quiet. Not the dream they handed me but the one I…

Poetry

Watering the Dead Things

The room learned stillness before I did, a held breath between four seamless walls. No door, only the whisper of plaster, the…

Hall Of Fame

Tongues of Dust and Daylight

I speak for tongues the heavy earth has stilled, For names the wind has worn away to dust. Though every law and…

Poetry

Cry, thou Mother

Cry, Thou Mother? Cry, thou Mother—why dost thou weep? What sorrow bends thy noble brow? How came thy songs to mournful sighs,…

Spoken Word

HAPPY IN-DEPENDENCE

‎Ha ha  ha ‎My laughter erupts from within,  ‎Celebrating another in a country that has forgotten its own definition.  ‎ ‎Our teachers…

Spoken Word

DIAGNOSIS

We live in a sick world, and we’re all patients. How disappointing! we tend other people’s wounds while we bleed from ours.…

Poetry

The Beautiful Things That Nature Provides

The Beautiful Things That Nature Provides May your happiness never be chained To treasures that glitter and fade; For if your joy…

Poetry

Our Moral Failure before the People We Most Despise

Our Moral Failure before the People We Most Despise Life is a ledger of moments and men, Of crossings and echoes remembered…

Poetry

Echoes From The Grave

“Echoes from the Grave” When earthquakes rumble and thunder strikes, An echo resounds from beyond the grave. Only the innocent hear the…

Poetry

SPEAK UP

I have written, I write and I will write. Not just empty words that carry no weight, But words that tell the…