The Senyru Chain

Enjoyment(Crop-Over)

People jam hopping
on the Spring Garden highway
like masked grasshoppers(Fish Festival)
Folks from Oistin come
to celebrate gainfully
their sea voyages

© Paterika Hengreaves
May 2003/Atlantic Shores, Barbados

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Change

Naked as a babe
to fall and to rise again
clad in robes of spring


Protest
(Foreshore and Seabed)

The tribe of Maori
takes a stance on the shoreline
watching the seabed

© Paterika Hengreaves
July 2004/Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand


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Remembrance

The quest is over
in peace the silent heart beats
on for-get-me-not



Desperation

Dancing beaver takes
two steps backwards and trembles
standing for your vote


Disgrace

Smiles spring from faces
true colours show with the fall
leaves a pretty mess


Gossip

Those fiery tongues
stroke hidden wild winds that blow
grape vines creep on the trellis


Cognition

Sea bed of knowledge
swim deep to harvest all sorts
in the sands of time


Contemplation

The world is my muse
fodder for a feeding brain
reservoir of thoughts


Wealth

My thoughts are riches
the mint of my memory
how can I be poor?


Selfishness

You want a review
of verses, rhymes and poems
golden rule ignore


© Paterika Hengreaves
2006/Ohio, USA