by Joanne Kennedy Frazer
From January 2023 to August 2023, inclusive, the UNHCR records that 2,314 people have died or been declared missing at sea on Mediterranean migration routes; the IOM similarly recorded 2,324 deaths or disappearances over the same time. —Wikipedia
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For these burials at sea the dead are not sewn into sail cloth No ceremony no one prays over them Their boat converts to casket submerges to a mass grave their last refuge
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Joanne Kennedy Frazer (Durham, NC) enjoys spending her silvering years writing poetry and publishing in numerous anthologies, journals, and ezines. She has written two chapbooks. Most recently, Seasonings (Kelsay Press).
Very thoughtful, full of sorrow for these people. I always feel so helpless when I hear about another refugee tragedy.