Introducing a new series of poems by Julian Matthews. Julian is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet published in The American Journal of Poetry, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Borderless Journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Dream Catcher Magazine, Live Encounters Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and The New Verse News, among others. He is a mixed-race minority from Malaysia and lived in Ipoh for seven years. Currently based in Petaling Jaya, he is a media trainer and consultant for senior management of multinationals on Effective Media Relations, Social Media and Crisis Communications. He was formerly a journalist with The Star and Nikkei Business Publications Inc
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By Julian Matthews
She gathers broken things
along the river that once held their dreams.
Perhaps, if they could be pieced together as art
it will be a kind of redemption
for the things that were once whole,
that never made it to their intended destination.
Or maybe, to make them sing again, restore their souls,
tell their glorious tales brung on glorious sails,
the lands they traversed, the oceans they roamed,
and to finally be seen, be held again,
cherished in this warm, new place
called home.
First published in Atunis Galaxy Poetry, founder Agron Shele
