Ocean Immigration Poems

Streams mingle with rivers
And rivers mingle with oceans
while oceans reconcile the distinction 
Like humans converging from regions 

Civilization marks a local population
Originating back to their...

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No one refuses a refuge
Even the holiness stays at sanctuary.

I'm halfway into the street
whose paw had held million souls
& millions of us astray at nights
like...

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Life is like the ocean,
Vulnerability is your sail,
Hope is the wind that propels you,
To the land that's known so well.
Trees are made of stone and...

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When Corona came, I was on Reunion Island
Indian Ocean environs, nearer native South Africa ...
Transplanted, I have planted a garden, thrived

Without any research, butternuts survived
But...

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Blood spilling in the east running all the way to the west
Forming rivers of doubt in the north and South
An army of men converge along...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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The New Preacher, 
“Hear My Words”

Are you listening. 
I am saying things very clearly. 
You need to keep trying. 
Are you talking to me?
Am I...

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kindness is adrift
in our world
seeking refuge
from blindness deafness
the color of skin
race religion language style
equator lands yield darker skin
protected from sun's rays
why must one bow to...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be...

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Dark Times

Times we celebrate, to be who we are not. 
Bleak times, diseased remembrances. 
Why?
You know.
You know because deep inside…

You have hid under a blanket...

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A Wedding Day

Cleaning the church is a privilege. 
I go every Saturday, humbly to serve. 
It is not a boast, it is small gratitude paid,...

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Today is Enough

The morning came early. 
In fact I was up all night. 
I watched the coming and going…
of the stars.

God’s work ever at hand,...

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Rule Breaker

Risk taker, warrior maker…
Stand tall. 
He is with you. 
Do not fear, what they may say…
as they would say it any way, 
if you...

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This empty callous country of ghosts
That has drained into a polluted ocean of regret
Where vain venomous demons rise from the constitutional Sea
Swallowing our political fire...

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