Mel Brake  

Mel Brake attends writers' workshops at Philadelphia Stories, Push to Publish.
Rosemont College,Rosemont, PA (October 17, 2009)

After networking with editors and publishers, he feels that its good to submit more of his work for publication. Speaking of submissions, his latest poem about Michael Jackson (see below) appears in an anthology (Magic of Michael Jackson) honoring the King of Pop: 


Our Little Michael/Your Michael Jackson

Our little Michael
Begin his life in our homes
He danced in our living rooms
Like James Brown

He was raised in every small
Town in black America

He and his brothers were the
First black family band
Like the White Osmond’s
To make it big
In the record business with

Arithmetic and alphabet
Songs

Like
Sugar and pop
Syrupy breakfast cereal
The girls fell in love with him

Our little Michael
Was the heart of
Every little black girls
Dream comes true

And Even if
The boys would get
Jealous

But
He was our little Michael
Like a little brother

We watched as he grew up
On TV
And left our families
As all children must do
Little Michael
Moved from every little black town
To LA LA Land and embarked on a
Solo career

He worked with men like
Mr Jones who took little Michael
Into a new direction and he became
Your Michael Jackson

A black world wide phenom
Everybody loved Michael Jackson

Over time
His behavior was
Not understand by his family

As his popularity grew
More and more demands were made on him

As his popularity grew
More and more he distanced himself from his family

As his popularity grew
More and more he was like a homeless man
But with riches and fame

He became more and more like you

Only God knows
If his soul was tortured or if
He was a troubled man

But let us pray that our
Little Michael has made peace
With himself and it is well with his/our soul