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The IUP Journal of Commonwealth Literature
Four Poems
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Wind and water, bush and breeze

broken limbs of palms

grandparents voices

to Thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.

>From a backroom bedroom, words

from the edge of her lips

the rise of his chest

our thin bleats

Mary, Queen of Sorrows.

 
 
 

Commonwealth Literature Journal, Four Poems, Backroom Bedroom, Sandbank, Rosary Beads, Silver Crucifix, Mobile Phones, Plantation Catherine, Nursery School.