Free Verse Poetry

The Captain Cook Bar and Grill

By Melinda J. Irvine
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his face remains
the historic statue
static our dead

at our mercy (us)
the lifeless living
alive under him

remembrance at will
and they we are dead still

© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine

  • This is my response to the Blogging University course Writing: Intro to Poetry (Day 2 Face )
  • Daily Prompt: Irrelevant
  • I’m part of Post A Day 2017
  • Location: Randwick (Australia)

historic statue of captain cook

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Published by Melinda J. Irvine

Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.

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