Mandela

An atlantic ocean leaped off--

A crack in the ledge

Twenty seven circled cage

Table bay harbours lobster

Bake the black monster

(among lobsters, oysters shrimps and sharks)

But he was going to test himself

---An ordeal in an ethereal oven.

The Robben Island got at once pale

-- When

White whims were whirling in vainglorious boost

ROAST -- Roast--roast

Sun stumbled

-- in the hug of black star tightened

Ruptured atoms saw

A sangfroid sea monk rising

On the sepulchred skyline

Of darkest Africa

By Dr Pragya Suman

Mandela, this poem is published in US based Filipino literary magazine, Marias at Sampaguitas. This is available on the following link

https://mariasatsampaguitas.wixsite.com/marias/post/poetry-by-pragya-suman

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