Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Land Forever Vanuatu

Land forever – Vanuatu
Irregular Y-shaped group of islands
Which house exotic birds, insects and bats
Active volcanoes give her some spice
Want to investigate a rain forest?
Come on down.

Land forever – Vanuatu
Sparse fauna
Three kind of bats found only on these islands
in the Pacific Ocean
Five hundred miles from Fiji
1100 miles from Australia

Land forever – Vanuatu
Where men gather at nakamal to drink kava
to communicate with their departed ancestors
through magical stones they contact the spirit world
But where are the wives?

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Gershon Wolf May 18, 2021 at 9:03 PM The wives 'Vanished-tu.' lol. ~ gw Caren Krutsinger May 19, 2021 at 12:46 AM They might as well - I did some reading; women are not mentioned.

L Milton Hankins May 18, 2021 at 9:49 AM Hmmm. I remembered Vanuatu from "Surviver!" Caren Krutsinger May 18, 2021 at 12:53 PM I had never heard of it in my life.