Venice masks

Tuesday 31 January 2023

Homesick - Elna Ratabwiy

I remember Nauru
Where the sun was shimmering
on the waves 
Sparkling in my eyes
and where the palm leaves swayed 
When the song of Nauru
filled my ears 
I get homesick
for my little island Nauru

Elna Ratabwiy (21st century) Nauru
Source: Our World, Poems by Young Pacific Poets, Cliff Benson, 1991 [on Sharko Nauru]

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