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Little Brother — Poem —

Iskandar Soekardi, a full-time ESL teacher at the American Language Center of Agadir, will host “Another Afternoon of Creative Expression, Thanksgiving and the Mawlid” at Ibn Zohr University (Room 46) on Thursday, December 17th at 3:30 pm.  Presented by the Path Ahead workshops of ALC Agadir and Ibn Zohr’s Public Speaking Club – نادي ابن زهر لفن الخطابة.,  the event will feature poets, public speakers, and other performers in a relaxed, non-formal setting.  Everyone is welcome to join, and the audience is encouraged to bring poetry  (original or favorites) to the event for an open mic reading.  Soekardi, who is also a homeschool teacher and an often-reluctant poet, will hold the door open to ecstatic, dynamic expressions.

Agadir, Morocco
My family says

it was an angel

who helped me

lift you


over the high walls

of the cradle.


I remember only the haze

of the approach

to put you back

in the arms

of our mother.


She had the strength.

I was a child,

too scared

for kindergarten,

or anything outside

the sun

of our garden.


Teachers had us

draw maps

to remind us

of nearness

to our beloved,


arrows and smiles

pasted

on the roads

and crossings.


I brought you

forward, my shield

from questions.


You brought me

forward,

a maker of maps

for somewhere safe,

above the angels.

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