Sick Mother (Tanka)
POETRY FORMAT, 23 May 2016
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service
North South poles cry
Melted tears the ocean hugs
Powers kick the ball
Mother earth feels tire to sleep
Humans prepare her own bed
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Udaya R. Tennakoon – Poet/ Diaspora Writer, Journalist, Peace and Human Rights Activist. Graduate Student at the University of Innsbruck Austria.
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