may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Saturday, February 18, 2012

PORT OF CALL

any port,when ships come in,people bring cultures-
some illegal,many simply diverse-Amsterdam,San Francisco-
cafes,conversations,languages,drugs,contraband,habits from other lands
A port obeys looser rules of conduct via the open sea-
one way or another,you can always leave
Marseilles has traditionally been a wild scene-
as in any harbor with waves of migration patterns
London was Londinium for Rome,and later home for a British Naval Empire
Portsmouth a smaller version ,and Bristol same
The sea has always been a gateway-and it swings both ways
Refugees come from other war zones-others will sail away-to/from
London,Amsterdam,Sydney,Portsmouth,Bristol and Marseilles...

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