Votive
...I asked you for proof.
You turned it back on me,
Saying, proof is not what you need,
Nor is it mine to give.
Only that you believe,
That is all you need.
I wanted a gift
To give my love.
H...
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Categories:
inhumation, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Gerard Sekoto, In Memorium: 1913 - 1993, Part Three
... [Poem read at Sekoto’s inhumation ceremony at the Neuilly-sur-Marne-93 Cemetery, near Paris. Channel 4 in London recorded the reading as they did the funeral rites in the presence of his close re...
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Categories:
inhumation, friendship, world,
Form: Elegy
Gerard Sekoto, In Memorium: 1913 - 1993 Parts One and Two
... [Poem read at Sekoto’s inhumation ceremony at the Neuilly-sur-Marne-93 Cemetery, near Paris. Channel 4 in London recorded the reading as they did the funeral rites in the presence of his close re...
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Categories:
inhumation, anger, friendship, may, words,
Form: Elegy