{"id":2018,"date":"2017-07-02T20:09:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2017-07-02T20:09:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T20:09:38","slug":"across-the-oceans-ii-issue-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/across-the-oceans-ii-issue-7\/","title":{"rendered":"ACROSS THE OCEANS II (ISSUE 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n\n <!-- WP QUADS - Quick AdSense Reloaded v.1.7.8 Content AdSense async --> \n\n<script async data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\nvar quads_screen_width = document.body.clientWidth;\nif ( quads_screen_width >= 1140 ) {\r\n\/* desktop monitors *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins 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|| []).push({});\r\n}<\/script>\n\n <!-- end WP QUADS --> \n\n\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>ACROSS THE OCEANS II (ISSUE 7)<br \/>\nThree Poems by Lynn White<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CANDLES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many candles must I light<br \/>\nto commemorate all the dead souls,<br \/>\nall the lives wasted in wars without end.<br \/>\nSo many that candle making has become<br \/>\na profitable industry.<br \/>\nThe more deaths,<br \/>\nthe more candles.<br \/>\nWill there be anyone left<br \/>\nto light a candle for me?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NIGHTFALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s that time when<br \/>\nDay closes,<br \/>\ndown,<br \/>\nshuts up shop<br \/>\ndraws down the blinds,<br \/>\nso that Night can fall<br \/>\ndown.<br \/>\nAnd it does,<br \/>\nevery day,<br \/>\nshutting out the light<br \/>\nuntil<br \/>\nday breaks<br \/>\nand the sun shines<br \/>\nthrough<br \/>\nrising up<br \/>\nthrough the dark,<br \/>\nonly<br \/>\nwaiting for Night<br \/>\nto drag it down<br \/>\nagain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SKULL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The skull lies desolate<br \/>\non the bare mountain side.<br \/>\nJust lies there among the rocks.<br \/>\nLies still with a few accompanying bones.<br \/>\nEach day it decays as wind and rain weather it<br \/>\nand destroys its form and substance so that it wastes<br \/>\naway and fades into the landscape and decays.<br \/>\nIf it had come to rest lower down the mountain<br \/>\nit would have sunk into the boggy peat moss<br \/>\nand risen with hair and hide intact with,<br \/>\nthe cause of death discernible, with<br \/>\nits last meal of grass or rabbit<br \/>\nstill there inside its stomach.<br \/>\nPreserved by nature.<br \/>\nPreserved or wasted.<br \/>\nIt all depends on<br \/>\nwhere you<br \/>\nfall.<\/p>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lynn.jpg?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lynn.jpg?w=330&amp;ssl=1 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Lynn White<\/strong> lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. Her poem &#8216;A Rose For Gaza&#8217; was shortlisted for the Theatre Cloud &#8216;War Poetry for Today&#8217; Competition 2014. This and many other poems, have been widely published, in recent anthologies such as &#8211; \u2018Alice In Wonderland\u2019 by Silver Birch Press, \u2018The Border Crossed Us\u2019 from Vagabond Press and \u2018Selfhood\u2019 from Trancendence Zero \u2013 and journals such as Apogee, Firewords Quarterly, Guide To Kulchur, Indie Soleil,\u00a0Midnight\u00a0Circus and Snapdragon as well as many other online and print publications.\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad3\" id=\"quads-ad3\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\r\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-5983616716487778\",\r\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACROSS THE OCEANS II (ISSUE 7) Three Poems by Lynn White CANDLES How many candles must I light to commemorate all the dead souls, all&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[67,379,426,335,427,114],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1686,"url":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/across-the-oceans-ii-issue-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":2018,"position":0},"title":"ACROSS THE OCEANS II (ISSUE 6)","date":"January 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"ACROSS THE OCEANS II (ISSUE 6) JACKO by\u00a0Lynn White I saw him flapping around in the grass, one wing at an improbable angle. 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