“Bougainvillea Over the Fence” Lupe F. Tavita, Samoa (1888–1960)

It grew without asking—

Bright, sprawling, rude.

Like our language

returning through cracks

in the concrete.

From A Poem A Day: Australasia & the Pacific

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