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Sunday, 28 February 2021
A story of the great men of the faith - Saadi Shirazi
They relate a story of the great men of the faith.
Recognizers of the truth of the essence of truth.
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Saturday, 27 February 2021
Peace - Kewulay Kamara
Good evening people,
Good evening people
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Friday, 26 February 2021
Mother - Ki Hyung-do
Mother
Is not coming home. She left
for the market, carrying on her head thirty
stems of young radish to sell. She’s not
coming home. The sun has long
Set. I sit in the room like
A cold ball of uneaten rice in a bowl.
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Thursday, 25 February 2021
Bengali women - Joie Bose
perhaps it is how we were raised
always asked to keep our spine straight
to hold our heads high
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Wednesday, 24 February 2021
On Easter - August Šenoa
On Easter back then, even now I recall,
The morning sun did toward us veer,
Full of life, of youth, I ran to you all,
Toward my village small and so dear.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Fire - Kwame Dawes
He is the man with the axe with its white edge.
He was born to a time of fire.
He took a pickaxe and walked to the rail
track and asked for work; and he stood
by the sparks and forging fire, standing
there as if the heat is food, pure food.
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Monday, 22 February 2021
Elsie - Pamela Claire Mordecai
Elsie could cuss like a sailor
rip masts too when she swept
like a storm upgrading
minute by minute trading
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Sunday, 21 February 2021
The gloomy night to morning yields - Hans Chrestensen Sthen
The gloomy night to morning yields,
So brightly the day is breaking;
The sun ascends over hills and fields,
And birds are with song awaking.
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Saturday, 20 February 2021
The Survivor - Tadeusz Różewicz
I am twenty-four
led to slaughter
I survived.
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Friday, 19 February 2021
Social media love - Pamela Elizabeth Acaye
Babes, Please I beg, Let us not waste time on grammar!
The time between is too short to waste on long words,
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