Best Pestle Poems

It fell from a dune
Into my path
This day
Near where freshwater bubbles forth
And waves push foam
Fraught with tempest
Of a southern sea
Upon an isolated shore
That would turn fatal for
Two pieces
Perfect
In shape and size
Mother with child
Mortar and pestle
I can only pray
You rest in peace
All
Smooth
So smooth
After generational use
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New Yam 

Death brings life
New, tender and green
Earth brown, immaculate white 

The priest heralds her coming
The town crier drums it
The farmer dances to the market
It's time to celebrate

Let loose the masquerades
Celestial visitors from yonder
Let the melody of the odó
Echo the birth of the new yam
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