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Poems
-by Pat Sinawi
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KAUAI
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Blue sky
Green hills
Red flowers
Trade winds blow
Open windows 24 hours a day
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rain drops splashing
on the ocean waves
Rain
so the Sky can
cry for me
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End of the Road
end of the world
a hundred people wait
for the sun to set
One could hear a pin drop
were it not for the ocean's roar
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MAZATLAN
Mazatlan, dumb silly place
full of tourists, bad climate
How come you like it?
The beach that stretches round the earth
from east to westMy beach, our beach
and comes back with fireworks
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HAPPY FEET
The child went outdoors to play
He smiled in delight when he saw the blue sky
He jumped and he ran
back and forth on the grass
He crawled under the bushes
and around and about
Found butterflies, spiders and webs
The backyard cats curtailed their visit
But the bluebirds remained to ignore
this wild young man
who danced on the grass
and laughed at the sun
The child spied a red flower
Went over to touch - when -
Lo, a strange sound from above !
The wind rustled through
the lush leaves of the tree
He looked up and looked around
for a creature so strong
that the branches did sway !
He looked up and around
in wonder and awe and,
Yes - Fear !
His grandmother was near
She watched all of this
It happened before you were three !
by Nama Pat
for Timothy, Christmas 1994
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