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Sunday, 14 May 2017

Civilised Girl - Jully Makini

Cheap perfume
Six-inch heels
Skin-tight pants
Civilised girl

Steel-wool hair
Fuzzy and stiff
Now soft as coconut husk
Held by a dozen clips

Charcoal-black skin
Painted red
Bushy eyebrows
Plucked and penciled

Who am I?
Melanesian Caucasian or
Half-caste?
Make up your mind

Where am I going -
Forward, backward, still?
What do I call myself -
Mrs Miss or Ms?

Why do I do this?
Imitation
What's wrong with it?
Civilisation
Jully Makini (also Jully Sipolo) (born 1953) Solomon Islands
Source: BBC Radio Scotland
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14 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 May 2017 at 00:20

    Thank you for this find.

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  2. Unknown1 October 2018 at 01:20

    i am a student and we are now studying the poem... i found so much in the poem, and i am really looking forward in writing a poem like this of my own to be used in schools..

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    1. Bruce-the-Sheep1 October 2018 at 10:41

      Good luck with that joemae... I hope you also enjoy studying the poem, which I agree has a lot in it

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    2. Unknown20 August 2020 at 12:45

      Tone of the poem

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  3. Unknown9 March 2020 at 04:26

    By Reading this poem gives me more understanding on how to write a poem.

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  4. Hetty Tabakana19 July 2020 at 11:59

    I really like this poem cos it motivates me to write more poem like this in the future

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  5. Unknown8 August 2020 at 02:52

    Love this poem.

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  6. Unknown30 September 2020 at 00:20

    this poem made me feel bad when i was in a high school, especially the steel wool and everything that is backstabbing in it. but i love it!!!

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  7. Unknown15 March 2021 at 07:30

    This poem has a deep meaning in it that portray what we see become common in our societies today.

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    1. Anonymous9 August 2023 at 20:09

      Can u explain the meaning to me please

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    2. Anonymous9 August 2023 at 20:11

      Can you explain the meaning to me please

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  8. Unknown22 October 2021 at 06:23

    I love this poem🔥

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  9. Anonymous15 July 2022 at 23:49

    I like this poem

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  10. Anonymous23 October 2022 at 20:46

    I love this poem it gives a flame🔥

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