Tuesday, January 29, 2019

THE BIRTH OF ISLANDS Comments

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Fire at the core
Necklace of ash, stone, coral.
Islands emerge, submerge or shift
with continental drift. Islands
are not immortal. Without you,
islands could never be. You
are the portal. Islands are born
from your longings.

See how easy:
The spoon stirs up the void
Seabird drops its egg
A sand-grain launches itself

You blow breath on the ocean

Something breaks out on the face of the water
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Olive Senior
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Chinedu Dike 29 January 2019

Well conceived and nicely written with clarity of thought and mind. An insightful creation. Thanks for sharing Olive.

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Maria Schmitz 02 July 2022

Have now made a YouTube video of this poem. Another from Hurricane Watch to follow next week.

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