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kayjatta
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 Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 17:53:34
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NOT MUCH GOOD :
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Not much good
That monster has devored her offsprings
And this is no post-partum depression
The strong men of the continent
With hands soaked in blood
Shoot , kill , and loot
All I see is naked power
No great leader
A primordial soup that begotten not
Politicians and them blossom by the impure
Not much good
In the grip of Morpheus
I saw a shooting star out of orbit
And why shall man rest
Until the sun awash the creepy night
It might be true
Africa was great
The cradle of civilization
That Adam was African
But while I sit in my house of exile
All I see is the stench
Dependency and pestilence
Yet the Leviathan lives off our nightly slumber
And my people scrape the earth
Barely the crust
Not much good
The self-centered politician
Strangled the economy
The leutenant set us ablazed
Mine like Soyinka's a waste
When I look home-ward
All I see is a smoking gun spiralling
Amidst the guffaw of the retired colonel
Not much good
Looking Afrca-ward
I see a continental suicide
The erosion of pre-cambrian rocks
By great rivers of her blood
Marx this government hasn't withered
Not even transferrable.
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Dalton1
3485 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 04:25:40
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Kay,
i almost missed this poem. I demanded it, so i must complement it. excuse my late rejoinder to it. This is another factual poem .
Keep it flowing!! |
"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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kayjatta
2978 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 18:08:46
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Dalton1:
I know you have a love for poetry , so do I. Poetry is very natural for me , and it enable me express complex ideas that are otherwise hard to express in prose .
This poem paints a gloomy picture of Gambia and our continent. While it may be hard to agree with the substance the literalyy devices such as alliterations , strong metaphors ,and references to Nigeria's dissident nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and the philosopher at large Marx might make the poem exciting to read.
Thanks for all your compliments. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 18:15:12
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| This is a deep poem, had to read three times, each time you get something different. |
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Dalton1
3485 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 18:40:47
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yes Jambo. it reminds me of another poem authored by Jambang, "the lethal redeemer". a friend of mine read it, and couldn't tell what the guy was talking about.
Kay, keep it flowing. it reminds me of Galleh's activism, where he hides behind the pen to deal with Jammeh, FJC, and their entire team. But yes. i love poetry. great old way of activism. |
"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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Janyanfara
Tanzania
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Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 17:52:31
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Oh what a lovely poem!I love this.
Thanks loads
Janyanfara |
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Dalton1
3485 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2006 : 14:26:22
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"In the grip of Morpheus
I saw a shooting star out of orbit
And why shall man rest
Until the sun awash the creepy night"
This was a tickle. Honestly a poem to wonder about.
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"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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kayjatta
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Posted - 25 Oct 2006 : 17:36:30
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| Good caption there Dalton 1 . Strong imagery ! Poetry is "precision-guided language". Tons of ideas are loaded on very few words , all of which are up for interpretation somehow. |
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Dalton1
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Posted - 26 Oct 2006 : 01:57:55
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Kay,
you get me on that stanza. Instead, it is not even a "tickle", but rather "tears". Keep it up! |
"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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