This poem is inspired by the fact that Ben was a football coach. This piece is from the announcer’s perspective. Hut is the term that the players use when they initially hike the ball. The ball represents Ben’s (B.B.) life, while the teammates represent his family and close ones. Germy Army is the German Army. […]
Category: Benny B
OCEANS – A Poem for Benny
OCEANS ……for Benny The water blue in your eyes tells the story of the oceans you’ve crossed and the storms you have faced. I sat in a room watching the message in a bottle unfold – carefully, like turning the pages of a rain worn book. I have never seen an ocean – I have […]
Life of Benny B
This is the poem l worked on after Carmen and I interviewed Benny B. Something about the way he told his story stood out to me. He was born in 1939 in Ukraine during the World War II. At the age of two, his family started to move to different places because of the economy. […]