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    Nothing Changes
    Nothing Changes
    Nothing Changes
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    Nothing Changes

    By Olivia Rojas

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    Nothing Changes reflects the important decisions that must be made in order to overcome the past. Through this collection, the notion that resilience can overcome any and all events and stages of life is a powerful message. The poems depict the changes within the cultural issues of the world and explore how our identities are shaped by

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUkiyoto Publishing
    Release dateMar 12, 2023
    ISBN9789360495411
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      Nothing Changes - Olivia Rojas

      Nothing Changes

      Olivia Rojas

      Ukiyoto Publishing

      All global publishing rights are held by

      Ukiyoto Publishing

      Published in 2023

      Content Copyright © Olivia Rojas

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      For me

      and for Sabrina, Samanta, and Angel – in their light, I learned to love. They taught me (sometimes harshly) that the wound is the place where the light enters you.

      Contents

      September 11, 2001 (Remembering Coup D’état/1973)

      Now

      Black Birds

      I Am the Cosmos

      A Chat With God

      Spring / 1990

      Empty

      The Map Inside of Me

      Defeat

      Empathy (September 2015)

      Nothing Changes

      Oh!

      The Empire of Unleashed Forces (2004)

      Anger (2006)

      My Friend

      Grandson (2002)

      Angel

      Grandson (2002)

      Sabrina (1982)

      To Sabrina (1995)

      My Harshest Teacher (Christmas 2001)

      Samanta (1984)

      Samanta (Christmas 2001)

      Possession (Samanta)

      The Emperor Antoku

      Poetry is Dying

      Why

      Ines

      Sheltered

      You

      Silences

      Returning From Chile (June 1997)

      A Sad Night Out

      I am Speaking of My Body / 1994

      Survivors

      My Breast (1996)

      Drowning

      My Mother’s Wound

      For My Part

      Nothing Compares

      Sun

      Two Thousand and Five

      Miles Davis

      Asahi

      Raquel

      Illusion

      Indeed

      Don’t Cry

      A Haiku (For You Sheila)

      About the Author

      September 11, 2001 (Remembering Coup D’état/1973)

      In flight again.

      The grayish watercolor skies

      Of Toronto,

      Just another unwanted reality.

      We were all

      Joined in an unwanted journey

      That eradicated us from the dream we

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