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Toward The Cross They Walk – In Memoriam

October 20, 2014
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TOWARD THE CROSS THEY WALK

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Toward the cross they walk

children of the damned

tell me, whatever did they do?

They were born, that is all!

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Their mothers were unwed

Oh! shame  Oh! horror

quickly, hide them away

work them to the bone

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Pictures of Virgin Mary

paragon of motherly virtue

displayed on workhouse walls

reminders to the decadent

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Poem and Painting  Toward The Cross They Walk  Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory –

All Rights Reserved  20 October 2014

Painting by Anne Frandi-Coory: Acrylic on canvas 90cm x 60cm 

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Read more of my poem  *Toward The Cross They Walk* 

here in DRAGONS DESERTS and DREAMS

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In memory of those long lost and forgotten children in Catholic orphanages and other institutions,  and mothers who had their babies taken from them, including my mother, Doreen Frandi.

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Sampaguita – Dedicated To The Beautiful People Of The Philippines

November 13, 2013
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Dedicated To The Beautiful People of The Philippines

Sampaguita

Sampaguita (Arabian Jasmine) National flower of the Philippines

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Painting and Poem Sampaguita Copyright  to Anne Frandi-Coory

All Rights Reserved 13 November 2013

acrylic on canvas  45cm x 45cm

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islands of verdant beauty

and stormy mountains

how you have suffered

Tempest Haiyan

meanest of gods

has sapped your life blood

uprooted mighty trees

savaged your homes

rice terraces drenched

your arms aching in

supplication.

you who were once so colourful

now fading into gray

but not for long

in your hearts

fierce strength abounds

sampaguita will flower again

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*****This poem has been published in The Australian Writer magazine > 

Issue 382    –  Dec 2013 – Feb 2014

More  here in DRAGONS DESERTS and DREAMS

Dragons, Deserts and Dreams 2nd edition published 2020

now available in Kindle e book & paperback

here from AMAZON BOOKS 

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Save Hate For Hatred Itself

July 14, 2013
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SAVE HATE FOR HATRED ITSELF

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Artwork by afcoory – pastels on Canston pastel paper

SAVE HATE FOR HATRED ITSELF  Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory

 – All Rights Reserved 10 October 2012 

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Hate is such an adaptable word

It clings to any person, object or thing

Free to roost anywhere like a bird

Attaching itself to a whim or a prayer

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No matter what race, gender, creed

No matter that we all began in one place

The slightest taunt can plant a seed

To kill, maim, torture or subjugate

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Read the rest of my poem *Save Hate For Hatred Itself* 

here in DRAGONS DESERTS and DREAMS

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2nd edition published 2020, Dragons, Deserts and Dreams is

now available in Kindle e book & paperback

HERE from AMAZON BOOKS 

 

 

 

That Day

April 16, 2012
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THAT DAY

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Poem  That Day  and Image © Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory 

 – All Rights Reserved 16 April 2012

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Was it those intense blue eyes

with the power to hypnotise?

Perhaps it was the gentleness

of your manner, the fineness of your hands?

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The caresses that soothed

the spirit we created

around us for all to see

the moment our eyes first met

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I think we both knew that day

the future was ours to take

If we but had the courage

to embark on a perilous journey

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The passion consumed us

and we were willing to succumb

who knew how it would end

up where we belonged

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Many obstacles were thrown our way

our love withstood them all

just to be together, was all we asked

no need for others’ company

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I had wings to fly with your love

the wind beneath

you willingly supplied

I could soar with you by my side

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2nd edition Dragons, Deserts and Dreams (2020)

Now available in Kindle e book and paperback

HERE at AMAZON BOOKS