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Our poet this week writes to The Times: “I am Kuoya Dut. I am a junior finance major at Endicott college. I was born in South Sudan and raised and educated in Kenya. I am passionate about writing and fashion design. My hobbies include running, hiking, soccer and playing pool. I have hosted a radio show in the past too.”

THE OCEAN

Kuoya Dut

Is it the rolling fog? looking like

a giant grey ball, is it the deep

Blue crashing waves? is it the red

Shells washed ashore? I can’t seem

to leave.

My feet are drawn to the huge rocks

like a bewitching lover, my gaze is hooked

on the milky shore, what a beauty the

ocean is, I can’t seem to leave

My mind is clear like a transparent glass

because of the view before me, My

Heart swirls in a mixture of joy

And bewilderment, I can’t seem to leave.

— Kuoya Dut

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