“Garden of Three Tongues” Jose Lilo Mendiola, Guam (1894–1959)

Chamorro for taro,

Spanish for mango,

English for everything else.

My grandfather’s garden

was fluent.

From A Poem A Day: Australasia & the Pacific

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