Let me finish my snack
my scarlet plumage is all I own
and you

haiku by Leonard Dabydeen
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Funchal flood

...watch my SUV dround
in a swift flash flood.
I am swimming in it.

poem by Leonard Dabydeen
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Long is the Journey to Success

Mark
here
my words
I echo
for Freedom Fighters:
long is the journey to Success.

poem by Leonard Dabydeen
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Sunshine Comes Again

tears of dew drops fall,
from spring flowers in the night:
sunshine comes again.

poem by Leonard Dabydeen
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Trafficker

You
touch me
scavenger
of my body
your lust is so bitter with unleashed hate.

I abhor how you ravage flesh and blood
rape my body
my freedom
like a
curse.

poem by Leonard Dabydeen
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Monsoon Curse

This
blanket
of grey clouds
envelopes
our land without any warning moon sign.

And the rain comes pouring incessantly
flooding the land
nowhere to
escape
now.

poem by Leonard Dabydeen
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Rape if Free

The
basin
is empty
Congo famine
leaves the bones parched with dry skin and burnt flesh.

The distance to a camp is left open
for molesters
rape is free
on this
road.

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Holocaust (ii)

This
evil
that men do
features front page
with shame in the annals of history.

Holocaust by name marked in flesh and bone
bring cursed denials
that echo
inside
them.

poem by Leonard Dabydeen
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Folklore [tetractys poem]

Folks
folk gaffe
bring to life
culture their own
folklore continues till mo'ning day come.

Behind blacksage bush in the dark of night
you squat fuh pee
but hear sound
jumbee
call.

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Man And His Laughter

Man
and his laughter
need no currency
you’ll agree
the brew
like great grandma’s stew
is scented
everywhere
from land and sea
every guffaw
marks a niche
of happiness
full of humour
laugh
while you can
‘cause laughter
makes the better
part of you.

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