Past Destiny
Nature could have been more kind,
but she was average…at her best;
Destined to live a lonely life,
to hear cruel comments made in jest.
But, then again,...
Events DC is Boondoggle
It’s budget season in DC. This week, our councilmembers will be marking up the Mayor’s proposed budget. In theory, this is when the Council...
An Ordinary Death
He was slipping into darkness,
terrified, not of death, but of pain.
He had been a man consumed
with all things “himself”
And not in the habit of...
DC’s Black and Brown Students Face Perilous School Year
Our country is confronting dual cataclysms: one the global pandemic now afflicting millions and one a long-overdue reckoning of the centuries-old scourge of racism....
Casting A Spotlight on the Shadow Representative
Hello DC residents! My name is Erik Metzroth and I am running to be your next US Representative. To be clear, I am NOT...
When Will Congress Keeps Its Hands Off DC?
Recently, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton filed amendments to strike four anti-home-rule riders from the House’s fiscal year 2018 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which is expected...
Please, Please Remember Me
One tear is what I ask of you—
one tear from you for me…
And when that tear is on your cheek,
I’ll fill your memory.
I’m smiling there, inside...
What is Initiative 81?
When I proposed Initiative 81, I was motivated by a personal crisis. Entheogenic plants and fungi had helped me overcome crippling postpartum depression. By...
St. Mark’s Goes to the Holy Land
Reflecting on numerous encounters and conversations during the recent St. Mark's multi-narrative pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine, I was reminded of discussions I had...
Another Kind Of Man
The warrior stretched his steady stride
into the valley of despair,
Where ruin by the swirling storm
provoked him like a baleful stare.
Frantic farmers peered from caves...
