From my window I see my Garden, it needs tidy up
I like to be in my garden because it needs me.
In my Garden, I see a robin who sings non-stop
To cheer me up.
My body will die
but I shall be alive
and come back to your garden.
You will see the white snow-drops,
the first blossoms in spring
after the harsh snows in the winter.
The snow will melt
but the snow drops
will be everywhere.
As the spring brings new life and hope
you will hope that the garden
will be alive again.
But you won't know I am there
and it is me who has born again.
The bird will sing and I will dance.
You will smell the fragrance of mine.
But you won't know
I am there.
I am born again in this beautiful world.
Bithi Das first performed this poem with the Purple
Poets
atThe H-pod Cumberland Market Square
on International Language Day February
22, 2007.
This poem was selected for inclusion of an exhbition
of Brent poets in summer 2007, in Kingsbury.
IN CONJUNCTION
WITH MY POEM 'REBIRTH'
THIS POEM IS CALLED
'REVIVE'
PATSY FUTATSUGI Postcard Perfect
04.06.2006
CAMDEN GREEN FAIR 2006
Years ago in Morroco
I saw women
Drawing water from the well
It looked wonderful
To see young girls
Old women, children
Dressed in their beautiful clothes
Gracefully carrying water
On their heads every day
This year we have a drought
And a hose pipe ban and I am the one carrying water
My arms ache with the load
It isn't so
picture perfect.
Patsy Futatsugi first performed this poem
with the Purple Poets
at the Camden Green Fair , Regent's Park, London,
England 04.06.2006
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