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Sjambok Poems - Poems about Sjambok


My Mother's Anger

...As I entered the house
I met fire
I felt heat
her face turned to flames
her eyes, a flame
I realized her fury
I quivered
as if it was Winter
she was sweating
exuding sweat like a Summer's ra...
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Categories: sjambok, anger,
Form: Narrative

Lalinah

...Pain pierces endurance barriers
silence orchestrates the mood
waterfalls leak from eyes
Y me? Y now? but, but how?
she screams tearing flesh internally
blaming trust anointed by her mother
"my ...
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Categories: sjambok, abuse, anger, fear, pain,
Form: Dramatic Verse



The Storm Is Raging On

...The storm
Raving hear and rolling there
Grinning and half-smiling in rumblings
then it bursts out in violent assaults
Spurring the tails of the wind
Wild gestures of the tempest
Then the roar and bla...
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Categories: sjambok, anger, baptism,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things