Sail the midnight sun, a long poem by John Kasaipwalova First verse: “I am the midnight sun My soul conceived to body The love embrace of that night When my Bwalai turned monster of the depths Trembling for blood revenge on mankind But instead summoned with burning desires My naked Libra in her virgin loveContinue reading “Vale, hero, sail the midnight sun”
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Ples Singsing mourns the loss of Chief John Kasaipwalova, poet & radical
May he always find his way home sailing the midnight sun. Reluctant Flame, v14 “People will live, people will die But the tiny flame will grow its arms and legs very slowly Until one day its volcanic pulse will tear the gree mountain apart To allow pentup blood flow and congested vomit spit freely TinyContinue reading “Ples Singsing mourns the loss of Chief John Kasaipwalova, poet & radical”
Sonnet#101: Put crabs in Willy’s boxes
Celebrate World Poetry Day with this poetic essay in modern sonnet form by Michael Dom “In fairness however, in the contest between free verse and so-called fixed forms, many modernists did reject the sonnet as an over-rehearsed exercise. William Carlos Williams famously shunned it as an artificial frame imprisoning the energy of modern America, famouslyContinue reading “Sonnet#101: Put crabs in Willy’s boxes”
We are one and the same
Celebrate World Poetry Day with this magnificent poem by Kaija Aroga, author of Bill Belfast short stories A late entry in the World Environment Day 2022 Mini-Poetry Competition, the adjudicator, Samoan poetess, journalist and dramatist, Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna’i, said that in this poem Ms. Aroga shows us how to avoid “the throng of environmentalContinue reading “We are one and the same”
Silence me not
Celebrate World Poetry Day with this poem by Fidelma Saevaru I used sit in silence. Watch from a tiny distance. Pretend I was deaf to the things I heard. Wished I was blind to the stuff I saw. Denied strong emotions to what I felt. That was before. Today I know the plight of silence.Continue reading “Silence me not”
Thousands
Celebrate World Poetry Day with this poem by Issabelle Vilau, dedicated to late Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare By Thousands we are Hundreds of Islands scattered across, the silky blue surface of the Pacific Ocean Mountain ranges stood tall and proud like a King Crowned with rare jewel of untouched virgin forests and ClothedContinue reading “Thousands”
My Sand?
Celebrate World Poetry Day with this poem by Lorna Saguba My sand, Our footprints, Once trodden, Water covers, Waves breaking, Childhood fading, Tears dripping, My hopes hanging. My sand, Our heart prints, Once beating, Water covers, Sea crashing, Childhood fading, Tears dripping, My hopes hanging. My sand, Our stories, Once making, Water covers, Now cracking,Continue reading “My Sand?”
Kumani-The Poem
By Fiada Kede So he, Kumani in a gentle, but deep voice uttered a breath as he holds my hand “Darling? write, of me a poem ” I paused for a sec- breath a sigh looked him in the eyes -the eyes that brim with love like a consuming fire of which I was justContinue reading “Kumani-The Poem”
The Old Justice is Dead
A poem by Raymond Sigimet The old justice is dead, and lost to time Where once in the hausman it chanted at night Amidst broken betel nut and waft of lime Spoken in a chanted glow of embers’ light Burnt and buried, the old justice of the past Where balance and order were societal normContinue reading “The Old Justice is Dead”
Under That Cement Slab
A poem by Joseph Tambure Under this decorated slab A person with unused treasures lies Treasures so huge for an entire country Because our years are numbered And life can be very short Under the slab are untold treasures Under this slab lies a wealthy man Silent, closed eyes, a mind no more A deadContinue reading “Under That Cement Slab”
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