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  03:01

  POETRY Reading: life, a second proble...

  POETRY Reading: life, a second proble...

  Performed by Val Cole

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  POEM:

  “The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last.” ~ Achilles, Troy.

  they said the gods once pointed out atmosphere,
  days, imagination & then, they created love.
  “a sturdy object, love” they said.

  then they created poe...

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  01:59

  POETRY Reading: We Are All Immigrants...

  POETRY Reading: We Are All Immigrants...

  Performed by Val Cole

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  POEM:

  written after the Syrian crisis

  It doesn’t matter where we go
  Or even where we stay,
  We are all immigrants

  Some leave home
  To arrive as immigrants
  Some stay in place
  But feel displaced

  Who is Turkish these days?
  Who is American?
  What is a Londoner?

  i visit...

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  01:22

  POETRY Reading: My Body Is a Time Bom...

  POETRY Reading: My Body Is a Time Bom...

  Poetry by Val Cole
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  POEM:

  you sometimes said.

  We knew about your aneurysm for the last
  twenty-five years, that bulge in your heart

  and chest that could swell with blood,
  and like a balloon, burst at any time,

  killing you in less than nine minutes, you explained.
  They told us it was inop...