March 24, 2022
by Jem Croucher
Golden, you are magnificent
Humbled, I squint in your presence
and lay prostrate beneath your warmth
to revel in the glory here
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September 19, 2020
by Jem Croucher
6 in a series of 6

Six poetics come to an end
with Filipino ‘dalit’ here
This poet hopes you enjoyed
six explorations into verse
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August 8, 2020
by Jem Croucher
7 of 7

And so to Saturday the end
of these few days of Dalit verse
Poetic mechanism new
for your experimentation
©Jemverse
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August 7, 2020
by Jem Croucher
6 of 7

Hoorah it’s Friday here at last
Work will complete as lunchtime comes
And Friday’s field awaits us there
For joy to watch the dog run free
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August 6, 2020
by Jem Croucher
5 of 7

Those words for me were a bit deep
for yesterday when midweek came
So mellowing to Thursday now
today’s Dalit returns to form
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August 5, 2020
by Jem Croucher
4 of 7

Midweek already, that went fast
No time for slowing down just yet
though as there remains much to do
and industry waits for no one
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August 4, 2020
by Jem Croucher
3 of 7

Tuesday is better than Monday
As there are but for til Friday
When yet another weekend waits
Patiently biding time until
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August 3, 2020
by Jem Croucher
2 of 7

Monday morning I’m up at dawn
The world still slumbers and yet I
am wide awake to industry
Aiming for a lunchtime finish
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August 2, 2020
by Jem Croucher
1 of 7

So begins a week of Dalit
This Filipino poetry
Each four lines of eight syllables
Yet none here with rhyming stanzas
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January 15, 2020
by Jem Croucher

Yes, this eloquence is precious
not for squandering or for waste
Revered as a diamond
with immeasurable value
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January 14, 2020
by Jem Croucher

Though fleeting with some beauty
precious is this captured moment
My soliloquy for the day
to seize and hold onto and keep
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January 13, 2020
by Jem Croucher

Though dawn has yet to break a thought
surfaces and must be spoken
Repeated here lest I forget
and squander this moment again
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January 12, 2020
by Jem Croucher

From the Philippines I derive
Dalit is my name; short my form
Four lines in typicality
Each comprising eight syllables
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