Betrayal, City Life, Control, Disintegration of the family, Drug abuse, Drug Paraphernalia, Drugs, Family Unit, Inner Strength, Love, New York City, Relationships, Separation, Street Life, Uncategorized, Urban Life

LOST

LOST © PJ Hayward New York, 2018 You have invited our old enemy Full-on, back into your world. I saw it creeping slowly.. Slithering like some acrid poison Into your world through a crack in your cocoon. You said you could control it. But we are connected... Your essence flows like radar To fill my… Continue reading LOST

Drug abuse, Drugs, Love, New York City, Relationships, Street Life, Uncategorized, Urban Life

UPTOWN MAN

UPTOWN MAN © PJ Hayward New York, 2017 For all those reasons you know well...           I keep you at arms length now By my choice, never closer now than just a voice on the phone ..... It's where I keep you now. But you never stray - or at least… Continue reading UPTOWN MAN

1960s, 1970S, Drugs, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Roosevelts, Shell Shock, The Draft, Uncategorized, Viet Nam, Viet Nam War

THE FRUITS OF WAR

THE FRUITS OF WAR © PJ HAYWARD NEW YORK, 2014 Recently I was watching a documentary about the Roosevelt family.  In amongst tales of the exploits of Bully Teddy Roosevelt, the “Dragon Lady” mother of Franklin Roosevelt and the general regaling of the Holy Roosevelt Dynasty, a small newsreel piece was tucked into a corner… Continue reading THE FRUITS OF WAR

Affirmative Action, Africa, Africa Trade, African Diaspora, American Revolution, Black boys, Black men, Cherokee, Chicanos, Civil Rights, Civil Unrest, CONGRESS, Control, Corporate America, Counter Culture, Diaspora, Disintegration of the family, Disrespect, Exploitation, Family, Family Unit, Freedom, Ghana, GOP, Greed, Hatred, Inequality, Injustice, Inner Strength, Justice, Ku Klux Klan, Me Generation, Media, Native Americans, Police Brutality, Politics, Poverty, Race Relations, Relationships, Roberts Court, Separation, Slave labor, Social Activism, Stop and Frisk Laws, Supreme Court, The Family, Uncategorized, Uran blight, Urban growth, Urban Life, Urban progress, West Africa, Yuppies

OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RESPONDS TO “A Message to the Divided States of America”

OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RESPONDS TO “A Message to the Divided States of America" © Bernard W. Saunders July 18, 2014 Iture-Elmina Ghana West Africa I had to let this one steep overnight.  I could have answered it immediately upon reading it but decided to give it time. The previously posted “THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE… Continue reading OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RESPONDS TO “A Message to the Divided States of America”

African Diaspora, Border guards, Civil Rights, Civil Unrest, Control, Corporate America, Counter Culture, Diaspora, Disrespect, Drugs, Exploitation, Family, Family Unit, Freedom, Greed, Hard Work, Hatred, Immigration, Inequality, Injustice, Inner Strength, Justice, Me Generation, Media, Native Americans, People of color, Politics, Race Relations, Social Activism, super rich, The Family, U.S. Mexico border, Uran blight, Urban growth, Urban Life, Yuppies

THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE: A Message to The Divided States of America

THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE: A Message to the Divided States of America © 2014 PJ Hayward, New York Being a Caucasian-born person who has now grown old and having lived since a young age among and surrounded by non-Caucasian cultures, I feel privileged, blessed ....and burdened ....to have… Continue reading THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE: A Message to The Divided States of America

1960s, Black boys, Black men, Black Youth, Civil Rights, Control, Exploitation, Family, Family Unit, Greed, Hatred, Health Care, Hunger, Inequality, Injustice, Inner Strength, Justice, Motivation, Police Brutality, Politics, Poverty, Race Relations, Social Activism, TV Judge shows, Welfare

“THE SO-CALLED PROBLEM WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY” – Our Response to A Rant from Bill O’Reilly – An Exchange Between Q & LawdyMissClawdy

"THE SO-CALLED PROBLEM WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY" Our Response to A Rant from Bill O’Reilly An Exchange between Q and LawdyMissClawdy © Q. Montgomery, Memphis TN & PJ Hayward 2013, New York Q: OMG I thought I was finished with all this for a while.   Bill O Reilly just opened the flood gates. It always… Continue reading “THE SO-CALLED PROBLEM WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY” – Our Response to A Rant from Bill O’Reilly – An Exchange Between Q & LawdyMissClawdy