Between two points

by T.P. Wilkinson / June 14th, 2020

A Common Thread

Strait of Gibraltar
Malacca’s strait too
Magellan’s passage
Seaways of conquest
from centuries past
Bring ends to their slavery
Communion at last
Straight and narrow and fast.

T.P. Wilkinson, Dr. rer. pol. writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is author of Unbecoming American: A War Memoir and also Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..

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