tongues of the ocean » Heather L. Thompson http://tonguesoftheocean.org words and writing from the islands Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:08:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Walcott in Nassau http://tonguesoftheocean.org/2010/07/walcott-in-nassau/ http://tonguesoftheocean.org/2010/07/walcott-in-nassau/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:01:19 +0000 admin http://tonguesoftheocean.org/?p=2153 A lion roars
claims centre stage
then coughs
admits frailty
is acknowledged
as king
despite infirmity
of tribe and age

shakes his mane
ready for a slow kill
content to maim
rattle the cage
where art is never
simply understood
and the masses
are consigned
to their darkened huts

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Heather L. Thompson is a lawyer who writes poetry as time permits. For the past 3 years, she has attended a workshop at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival and has been published in tongues of the ocean.

]]> http://tonguesoftheocean.org/2010/07/walcott-in-nassau/feed/ 6 Aunt Jemima http://tonguesoftheocean.org/2009/11/aunt-jemima/ http://tonguesoftheocean.org/2009/11/aunt-jemima/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:02:38 +0000 webmaster http://tonguesoftheocean.org/?p=1326 Da box
ain bad
it cool
up here
on da pantry shelf
.
powdered mix
ain heavy
doan cut ya hand
like cane
like pressin close
like beatin carpet
.
it nice here
my scarf keep clean
earrings doan hook
from hidin in bush
.
but when da box finish
I finish too
I ga end up at da dump
hands once pawed
feet will now stomp
.
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is a lawyer who writes occasionally. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Heather was active in Bahamian theatre. She is most proud of her role as “Witness” in the original  You Can Bring a Horse to Water and wishes to reactivate her artistic side in the near future.

]]> http://tonguesoftheocean.org/2009/11/aunt-jemima/feed/ 0 Three Haiku http://tonguesoftheocean.org/2009/04/three-haiku/ http://tonguesoftheocean.org/2009/04/three-haiku/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:01:52 +0000 webmaster http://tonguesoftheocean.org/?p=638 .]]> Haiku 1

My father’s hat
flies through the wind
into the storm.

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Haiku 2

The newspaper boy
cries Tribune Tribyune
stooping in the rain.

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Haiku 3

A bird lives
in food store aisles
pecks at plums.

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is a lawyer who writes occasionally. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Heather was active in Bahamian theatre. She is most proud of her role as “Witness” in the original  You Can Bring a Horse to Water and wishes to reactivate her artistic side in the near future.

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