Roula Pollard Poems

I.
Along oceans I sailed,
along continents for centuries I walked
In search of a voice, in discovery of a soul.
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On the mountaintops of hope,
In the vastness of reality, action and vision,
on the patterned surface of mature eucalyptus trees,
on the branches of the future,
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If you don't find me
in your heart, search for me,
invent me, feel me.
You find me in the sensitive
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I.
I plant love seeds, sunflowers,
orange trees in my garden.
I plant seeds of compassion,
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How much pain
a name contains,
Aylan Curdi,
island isolated, continent isolated
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Mother, I never asked you vital questions.
What was it like
to give birth to four children
to bring up generations in poverty and spiritual wealth
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And my heart-you
full river
of patience
how a river
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Come like a landmark of time, time's climax, pause
perhaps unknown to the annals of life
like a dream of will-strength, touch me
with your real body, most real
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If I love
you
beyond love
limits
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The sea
is my flower
our love passion
I hold her like you
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