Dedicated To The Beautiful People 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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