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Eleuthera -The Island of Freedom
by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham
Sunday, February 12, 2006
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It's better to be in Eleuthera than in a north-eastern blizzard. Wish you were here: Vangerry. N.B. 20.06.2008.If you want to see Eleuthera check out 'The Eleutheran Adventure' winner of the Cannes Documentary Film Festival 2008. You'll even glimpse Gerry discussing his own grave!

ELEUTHERA

Eleuthera has the same latitude as Lilliput,

And the same longitude as Brobdingnag -

Two well-known islands

Of other archipelagoes...

Every now and then,

When we are away from her,

She will materialize,

Over the lazy, hazy horizons

Of our hearts and minds,

Like the memory of a lost dream.

Sail through the Scylla-Charbydis Cut,

And limbo lightly to her calypso shore.

She is so undramatically free,

That wind-changed home thoughts,

Become her thoughts,

Become our thoughts,

Become your thoughts...

New memories of lost and found tranquility.

Eleuthera's biggetty, bold and bad!

She's happy, carefree, glad!

She's singing, swinging,

Church-bell ringing!

She's...

Full of people like you and me!

Vangerry Oldham

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Reviewed by John Domino	10/1/2008

Yes, I can see it and I can feel it. Then I can hear it! I hear those church bells ringing. A beautiful write! Amen




Reviewed by Cynth'ya Reed	1/23/2008

Took me a minute to pronounce the first word of this...but hey, poem sure is cool! blessin's cynth'ya lewis reed




Reviewed by ellen Huddleston (Reader)	7/23/2007

Gerry, Only you could describe her like this! Great work as always. Ellen (Ejluv)




Reviewed by R.D. Pounds	3/8/2006

I love your enchanted island - the happy, carefree, swinging one - to which you can take your dreams ... Such a place we need if merely for our fantasies. Gina

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