Darrell B. Grayson was born 2.26.61. He was raised in Montevallo, Alabama with 11 siblings in a single parent household. He dropped out of school in the 9th grade, and with no prior criminal history, received the death penalty from an all white jury at age 19. After some years... » read this article

A LONELY PELICAN Trolling the shore-line, All alone Watching, looking and fishing, Vigilant to the rule of nature. In the cycle of life One never becomes just another Place to be refilled in the food-chain. Watching, I somehow find myself A companion, a brethren, Walking in each other�s steps, And... » read this article

Universal Song Oh, teach me the meaning of tenderness, dear skies, Through the unfurling ribbons of your embrace. Whisper to me the ethics of being lean In my feasting celebration for life For love for kinds.   I hear your voice in bounteous boughs, In the nectar driven honey bee.... » read this article

The Musings of a Mad Man   Strident this mind of mine, Enough naive still, to Seek yonder what wonderments Reside in radical signs. These musings of madness Asleep, in pale beige cold To awaken only at threatening displace From illusions of misty roles That bind not by chance this... » read this article

Ghosts Over The Boiler A hall flunky informed The cubical operator Of a man hanging in his cell. I lifted my head, As I was one at the time. Eventually, a guard walked To that part of the Row. Preacher's death was like the others, Nope, wasn't the first time:... » read this article

This Cold Unholy Basement Tell us how thrilling it must be having the world stamped upon one's back? Each letter carrying the uniqueness and weight of continents. The space in between filled with every villainous act known to man; while the over-lords of malice are riotous in self-satisfaction. Pale, impaled... » read this article

A THRILLING PROPOSITION If you will- Picture yourself, sitting on a cold Stainless steel commode in a cage, Head bowed, waiting to grieve. When suddenly, a rat and a cockroach go by. Scurrying along in their train come the warden, The prison commissioner, the governor And the attorney general. Bereft,... » read this article