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Remembrance

Placed First in Standard Contest
Specular Fugue
Sponsor : Suzette Richards

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watching passivity in activity
sad, sombrely sad
memories from womb rise and fall
little miracles of remembrance 
holding the hands of Fate we wait
Wheels of Fortune revolves, race stagnates
we do not cry, hankerchiefs dry
timeless we watch, clock ticking

clock glancing, mindful of time   
unseen cry, tissues wet lie around  
loss centres, race proceeds 
there is no Fate, only Self-determination
every forgetting is a miracle
uterine amnesia ~ stumbling and ascending 
sombre joy replicates in silence 
active we look away, passive and still

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I Am Anaya Date: 9/2/2025 10:23:00 AM Quite a beautiful critic Suzette posted on her blog of you, Ghairo! Again congrats! xhugs__Anaya Login to Reply Ghairo Daniels Date: 9/2/2025 11:07:00 AM Oh wow! Just read it now. Didn’t even know about Grok. That’s very kind of her. Xx

Maclawrence Famuyiwa Date: 8/30/2025 7:28:00 AM Congratulations on your win. Login to Reply Ghairo Daniels Date: 8/30/2025 9:02:00 PM Aah Maclawrence! Loved your entry. Congrats too. Your imagery was soo very beautifully African. Long live Africa’s poets. (PS. Our young poets down here South are having great fun with slams. I should’ve been born later ! )

I Am Anaya Date: 8/30/2025 7:12:00 AM Congratulations Ghiaro on a most deserving win! Difficult as Su's contest was, it had me wanting more. Good job with contrast! xhugs Login to Reply Ghairo Daniels Date: 8/30/2025 8:58:00 PM Congrats on your placement too. Anaya. Agreed. I wrote a couple more after I got it right, must still upload. Hav a beautiful day.x

Suzette Richards Date: 8/30/2025 3:51:00 AM Congratulations, Ghairo, on winning 1st place in my Go Fish contest with this very innovative poem. Please send me your e-mail address via Soup Mail to claim your e-book prize - your poem is featured in this book - per your permission. Regards, Su Login to Reply Suzette Richards Date: 8/30/2025 9:56:00 PM Hi again. Don't forget to send me your e-mail address where I can send your e-book to. Suzette Richards Date: 8/30/2025 5:18:00 AM The name of the contest is incorrect at the top of your poem - thought you want to know. Wet or dry wherever you are in SA, have a great weekend. :) Ghairo Daniels Date: 8/30/2025 4:38:00 AM I’m delighted ! Thankyou 4 sponsorship, Suzette. Specular Fugue is not so easy to do. Hav a goodie weekend.x.