Haiku

Seawall soliloquy number two: she built a seawall

My cousin

had a nightmare

that we kept

building seawalls

higher and

higher

all around

our island

up to

the sky

until suddenly

Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner

2022

By Your Hand

^{for Deon}

I peer at the ridges of your palm
rested along the crevice of mine,
while tracing your jagged vasculature
with a delicate press of my finger,

Haʻåni Lucia Falo San Nicolas

2022

To be able to walk along and see
the fierce green sun
the meadow grass the tall gently bobbing weeds
then to take a walk inside yourself
and see trees tall as Tom Thumb
It’s always raining here     It never rains
I’m strolling among the shadows of everyone
     I’ve ever loved
But this morning I was flying with the birds
Not knowing like the map there was a destination
But it was fun
Like making love on Tuesday instead of
     our customary Sunday afternoon
I’ve learned to suffocate death

Paul Carroll

2016

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Seawall soliloquy number two: she built a seawall

By Your Hand

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