Home Poem by William Marr

Home

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with wings
anywhere can be home

yet all these starving refugees can do
is to drag their tired feet on the ground
and watch the shadows
of a flock of flying birds
while fiercely swallowing
their dry saliva



〈家〉

有了翅膀
便可到處為家

這些餓昏了頭的難民
卻只能拖著疲敝的腳
對著掠過地面的一群鳥影
乾吞口水

Sunday, November 29, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: birds,refugees
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Cowboy Ron Williams 29 November 2020

An excellent poem. I love the line about the dry saliva.

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Dr Antony Theodore 29 November 2020

yet all these starving refugees can do is to drag their tired feet on the ground and watch the shadows of a flock of flying birds Their dry saliva very fine expression. tony

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