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Soudah and Dutchman

... Soudah and  Dutchman 

Soudah, a Malaysian slave lived in Cape Town’s slave lodge, her knee bone damaged after decades of scrubbing floors. She escaped northwards, he...

The Blade of Grass

...The rains are here, relentless as ever
The grass blade is excited like never
The season of hibernation is over
Swirling in water,  as a duck dumpling
  in sauce
The blade of grass has come home
...

Why Your Cities Burn, Part V

......A jolt ran though the broken men,
like wraiths they rose, streamed for the door,
Gobayth waved them on until
nobody remained anymore.
They raced on towards the small hut
where all of the pick...

Westward, Further Out

...
"Westward, further out ..."

Dusk washes over you
warm like honey 
saltry and sweet
immersed in amber tones of 
apricot alerts and rose 
swirling unfurling peonies 
the ...

The Payload

...
"The Payload" 

The payload 
came crashing down
like rain expelled
from the fat belly 
of a ruinous pregnant cloud 
bilious with buxom promise

it came crashing down 
...

Nothing In Its Hands

...nothing in its hand
nothing in its heart
nothing in its head
northwards it gapes

what if the arctic melts
and corona car is offered
to transport your things

My brother, where will hide
wi...

Vanquishing Vampire Vixens, Part Iv

......Then, as expected, came a post-rider,
with a new letter he had to deliver:
A rancher facing evils not of this Earth,
so Sol saddled up, double-checked the girth.

Then rode out northwards in ...

Daniel Morgan's Masterpiece, Part Ii

......The sharp-shooters opened on him first,
Cutting down fifteen of his dragoons,
Tartleton ordered a grand charged,
with his infantry now on the move.

The sharp-shooters fired and fell back,
w...

Nothing In Its Hand

...nothing in its hand
nothing in its heart
nothing in its head
northwards Africa gapes...

Three Haiku

...I. [Fall]
Autumnal clouds fleet
Gray in an ominous sky: 
Harbinger of cold.

2. [Winter]
In silent snowy 
Woods, a faint crackling whisper
As the crystals fall.

3. [Spring]
The sun rides ...

Scarlet One

...Smart savior see, listen my genuine words
Happy heart come, come check beyond
Every sweet word me, every pillar towards
Establishing a good home, too firm a bond

Kind from now we, East West or ...

El Ultimo Suspiro Del Moro

...The last sigh of the Moor, King Boabdil,
As he flees the triumphant Ferdinand,
Echoes round slopes of a mist-shrouded hill.
He looks back for the last time at the land
That he once ruled....

Odyssey From Africa 3a

...CHAPTER 3 The River
 
While they paused to rest a moment 
Han gazed suddenly behind them
To the south a long way distant
Faintly rose a hazy ribbon
 
From the grassland; Han spoke quietly,
"L...

Odyssey From Africa 1b 2

...But the mood of celebration
Lasted only for a short time 
Very few returned to thank them
Han and Matto found this puzzling 
 

Chapter 2 BLOOD MOON
 
Through the days and nights that followe...

Bleeding Before Rome -1

...The bombers began to bleed
their heavy tears of death
from 20,000 feet above the breathless battlefield, 
B-17 Flying Fortress formations
moving with apocalyptic aplomb
the shadows of high metal...

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