Picaroon Poetry - Issue #12 - May 2018
The return of Picaroon Poetry! After nearly six months away while Kate had a baby, we are back. Features 32 brand new poems by Rachel Burns, Marissa Glover, Charley Barnes, Maggie Sawkins, Kitty Coles, Lennart Lundh, Heidi Slettedahl, Simon Perchik, Adrian Slonaker, Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon, Bob MacKenzie, Jack Little, Neil Fulwood, Carl Boon, Sophie Petrie, Tobi Alfier, Bethany W Pope, Brett Stout, Thomas Tyrrell, Jonathan Humble, Scott Redmond, Abigail Elizabeth Ottley, Irene Cunningham, Jenny McRobert, J.S. Watts, Sunita Thind, Michelle Diaz, Bethany Rivers, Stephen Seabridge, Martin Zarrop, Ian Grosz, and Michael McGill.
The return of Picaroon Poetry! After nearly six months away while Kate had a baby, we are back.
Features 32 brand new poems by Rachel Burns, Marissa Glover, Charley Barnes, Maggie Sawkins, Kitty Coles, Lennart Lundh, Heidi Slettedahl, Simon Perchik, Adrian Slonaker, Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon, Bob MacKenzie, Jack Little, Neil Fulwood, Carl Boon, Sophie Petrie, Tobi Alfier, Bethany W Pope, Brett Stout, Thomas Tyrrell, Jonathan Humble, Scott Redmond, Abigail Elizabeth Ottley, Irene Cunningham, Jenny McRobert, J.S. Watts, Sunita Thind, Michelle Diaz, Bethany Rivers, Stephen Seabridge, Martin Zarrop, Ian Grosz, and Michael McGill.
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Mute was the Coconut Girl.<br />
Manacled to her Chura.<br />
Her bedazzled bangles.<br />
Terraformed to her Tika.<br />
Feasting on a banquet of curries.<br />
A Panjabi paradox was our sad little Coconut Girl.<br />
*Sarsee Akal! (‘Hello’ Punjabi)<br />
salwar kameez (Indian Suit)<br />
Kiddha! (‘How are you?’ Panjabi)<br />
Gaura- White<br />
Meera Tika. (‘I am good,’ in Panjabi)<br />
Meera Naam (‘My name is...’ is Panjabi)<br />
‘Nahin! Nahin!,’ (‘No, No,’ in Panjabi’)<br />
Tika (Jewelled head piece-Indian)<br />
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