Carey has been writing performance poetry for the past three years. She hosted Open Mic Poetry at Barnes & Noble in the fall of 1998. Carey performed at the Spoken Word Festival of City Stages in 1999. New Dawn Unlimited has published her work in "Alternative Harmonies" and "Southern Girls." Carey is a junior sculpture major at Birmingham-Southern College, where she is treasurer of the Art Students' League.
WANDERERS
I hope there's a break in the clouds soon
I ache to see the moon
to be caught by that moment when all of us
every single confused wanderer
in every country of every world
looks up and sighs
at the absurdity of ties and dress shoes
desiring not answers, but peace
there aren't any answers anyway
no we're simply seeking our union
for we're better than the rest you know
and we need not conquer the typhoons to prove it
we'll dig our feet into the soft mud and laugh
hopefully lost in these precious moments
Carey Lynnette Martin