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Finding Home Part 1
The three boats were anchored against a log at the shore. Nobody was supposed to touch anything left in them until the next morning. Nobody slept. The whole island was awake as the devil. Prayerful men prayed. Women mourned their missing. Your mother said your dad had been so secretive the last few days before his disappearance. He had been closing himself inside his hut. Perhaps he was worrying about the tough times. We had been attacked by a belt of hyacinth and fishing was almost impossible. The lake’s clear water was now buried under green twigs and it would be so for months. He had told me over beer that he was thinking of going east. I told him to spit those words out of his mouth. He did. He never mentioned that again.
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Friends, authors and fans of Moraa attended to celebrate her achievement in launching the poetry book.
Moraa’s poetry reminds us that love—whether quiet or blazing—is a force that shapes us.
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There was active participation, with students standing in front of their peers to present a poem they had composed or a story they had written.
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