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Daily Archives: May 10, 2011

haiku #112 (for Mandela)

Poem for May 10, 2011 written by Kalamu ya Salaam

emerging from jail
their dragon/our butterfly
his smile is so huge

 

Kalamu ya Salaam
Reprinted with permission of the poet.
All rights retained by natanielturner.com


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