Written piece
Duets of a Shared Sunrise
Lois Antwi
Ghana
About this piece
Duets of a Shared Sunrise is a contrapuntal poem that celebrates the dual spirit of the Commonwealth.
The poem is designed to be experienced in three ways:
Column A – Read vertically, Column B – Read vertically and Across the Loom, thus read horizontally from left to right
Column A: The Individual Thread
Column B: The Commonwealth
A single strand of amber sun
weaves through a sea of sapphire blue,
each island speaks its ancient name
to build a future bright and true.
A dancer leaps in crimson silk
where desert sands meet mountain snow,
one voice sings out a sacred hymn
and sets a million hearts aglow.
Rooted deep in native soil
we stretch our branches to the sky,
our stories carved in distinct stone
beneath a single, shared sunrise.
The quiet pulse of heritage
becomes a bold, triumphant drum,
honouring the paths we walked
to shape the brilliant days to come.