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Hunger is a worldwide scourge. 
​This section includes poems recently written by poets from
​around the world.   

Poem by Josephine LoRe

4/24/2021

9 Comments

 
Enough

Would words be enough, I would sate your hunger 
I would build for you a well everfilled with water clean 
I would work alongside as you till the field 
Watch hope emerge green from the brown earth
 
Would words be enough, I would end your misery 
Watch each child of yours grow strong and true 
Teach you to read and to write and to sing 
So that your voice be forgotten nevermore 
 
Would words be enough, I would help you bear your burden 
Bring healing to your wounds, end strife
See beyond the lines on a map, beyond colour
And you would know you are my sister, my brother

If words were enough


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​a pearl in this diamond world … Josephine LoRe’s words have been read on stage and in Zoom rooms, put to music, danced, integrated into paintings & visual art, and published in literary journals and anthologies in ten countries.  She has two collections, Unity and the Calgary Herald Bestseller The Cowichan Series. 
https://www.josephinelorepoet.com/ 

9 Comments
widad link
10/18/2021 06:03:40 am

Great article. thanks

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Josephine LoRe link
5/4/2024 10:54:32 am

thank you for your comment

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Marla Maharaj
6/16/2023 12:37:07 pm

That was simply beautiful!

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Josephine LoRe link
5/4/2024 10:53:49 am

Thank you!

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Tobore Obodoh link
12/28/2023 04:52:57 pm

Divine.

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Josephine LoRe link
5/4/2024 10:55:09 am

I am grateful for your thoughts!

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Sistah Joy link
5/24/2024 11:51:24 am

I love your incredible poem, Enough, and your presentation of it was exquisite. Thank you for creating such a compelling work.

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Scott link
6/27/2024 07:49:49 am

Great bllog I enjoyed reading

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Mariana Sears link
11/14/2024 09:29:30 pm

Wow!! Wonderful, truly.

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