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Monday 7 September 2020

Being a Palauan - Hermana Ramarui

Palauan, not a thing,
But a state of being,
Is capability
And is freedom.
It is a being
Equipped to act
And to react.
A center in itself
It hangs onto nothing.
It takes freely
As it sees fit.
It discards freely
When no longer needs.
It is freedom
It is ability
To use and discard
Act and face
New Realities.

Hermana Ramarui (20th century) Palau
Source: Analysis of Meaning,Content and Style: poetry from the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau by Kimberly Kay Au, Pacific Islands Studies Plan B Masters Projects, 1991 

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