WORDS • IDEAS: MÄRTHA CUSTIS-MIRANDA
Water Memory There is something about water life and death combined within the sliver arches of meaning. As a child the sea amazed me I dreamt of living in its depths unknown to land, a friend to fish. Years later I walked along the strand where my ancestors set sail to conquer England, and remembered. They failed, but left a legacy A people who came from their blood. Raised up like a phoenix from the faded hopes and struggles of a buoyant seafaring race.
Märtha Custis-Miranda is an American immigrant poet and writer living in Seia, Portugal. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Kingston University, London. PAGE 23 | THE PURPOSEFUL MAYONNAISE
