Friday, September 14, 2007

A Skinny Migrant Worker Comments

Rating: 5.0

The biopsy it doesn't say that he is a poor creature.
Perhaps the pot bellied immigration officer may inquires of his legal papers.
What else he could produce unless a tattered certificate of birth
That belongs to his poor loving parents?
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Duncan Wyllie 18 July 2008

From the dust they shall rise Through the planting again They'll rise And the fruits that seemed lost Will return at all cost and their names shall return As pure

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Alison Cassidy 21 September 2007

I remember the Grapes of Wrath was the first Steinbeck novel I read when had just left school. I was spellbound from the first paragraph. Your poem does justice to his powerfully drawn expression of man's inhumanity to man. You both source your creativity from the same place methinks... love, Allie xxxx

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Sandra Fowler 14 September 2007

Very touching. In your mind you have bonded with the plight of this migrant worker. Take care, Nimal. Warm regards, Sandra

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nimal dunuhinga

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kalubovila East, Sri Lanka
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