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anna
Netherlands
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 Posted - 07 May 2009 : 23:09:38
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OK, my try  :
Proverbially, giving a self-definition
To all his doings
Amidst the fact that
None makes sense to his groin
The usefulness of which
Would have earned him a monarchy
I think, what Ms Saidy wants to say is this: her man is using big words for the actions he is undertaking and all the time he is forgetting to play the part of the male lover, which he could do so well if he would listen to what his body (groin) is telling him .
Nay, the multitude of it
Already endangered us all
Leaving the community
"Intellectually Sterile.''
Many balls castrated,
Eve escaped into thin air
(very difficult part) Perhaps this is what it means: All these important actions - undertaken abroad, the brain drain - have endangered the community (The Gambia?), someone wants her to believe that now the country is 'intellectually sterile', the man (or men) who want her to believe that have in the meantime forgotten to satisfy her/their women so what can a woman do but make herself invisible as a lover (all big words but no action, she's left by herself)
What will it take?
A zillion bartholin's gland
Clone with superman's breath
To curtail the vas deferens???
So, what's to be done? Perhaps she can make a pact with Superman, to direct all her 'signals' swiftly, so that the 'vas deferens' do their jobs and satisfy her again ?
Since ego-centrism has
Metamorphosized the neurons
Of the disperse elites.
The woman thinks this is necessary, she has to come up with a trick, since all these intelligent and educated male Gambians (one of whom her own lover?) who are finding themselves all over the world are now having a hard time interpreting the impulses from 'outside', wrapped up as they are in their own self-importance. They forget to be lovers........
Well, i tried. Just my guess from a woman's point of view. i could have explained it better in Dutch, but then (almost) none of you could have made head or tails of (or is it 'from' ) it.
Haha T1020, did you enjoy your tea with the ..whatever..? Sorry, i don't like tea, that is why i couldn't join you, even though the rest sounded all right
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kayjatta
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Posted - 08 May 2009 : 06:59:42
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| That is a good one Anna! I think your interpretation makes a lot of sense ... |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 08 May 2009 : 12:17:33
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Anna I am lost in this one sorry,both you and Kay operate with a different set of neurons in your brains ,mine just overheat |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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anna
Netherlands
730 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2009 : 13:08:44
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T1020, wasn't it you who used to remind us (more than once) that 'men came from Mars and women came from Venus', so here's another illustration of that 'fact' !
Thanks Kay, but now that i read it again it seems a bit weak .Perhaps it was too late and i had a long, hard day at work. I truly hope Dalton can talk Ms Saidy into giving us a simpler explanation (so that even T1020's neurons can come back to normal ). |
When an old African dies, it is as if a whole library has burnt down.
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toubab1020
12314 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2009 : 14:27:13
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OK the neurons have cooled down a bit,off to Mars again for a rest can't take this overload much more, I am missing the many indepth political postings that used to occour here on bantaba in cyberspace (not really)I find the more relaxed postings interesting and fun, Anna and Kay I think that you have both found your recent game of "tennis" enlightning. and just cant wait for Ms.Saidy to give us "a simpler explanation" go to it Dalton1!
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Dalton1
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Posted - 11 May 2009 : 02:20:42
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Hi Sis. Anna,
As promised, I was going to fetch you the answer. It is true Bro Kay cannot be defeated in his own area -science. Here is what Aisha said, and you guys enjoy. Aisha is a feminish. Without doubt, I sensed that from her poetry long time ago. We go with Kay's crown then...
Regards,
D...
quote:
i must confess kay is the lead
surgeon, 96% accurate; he is indeed good with the scalpel at his
second attempt of
dissecting, what a surg!!! You somehow saw it in a broader sense but
every pointer
that you made was specific to the theme; anna & toubab, i love them sisters..
thanks to their comments i would never have been able to see such futility in
men...well its called poetic license but "fortunately" i am single and
inexperience...lol!!!... so i have learned something from her "as a woman". In
wholesome kay is right ABOUT IT ALL !!! Tell them i need some literature lessons
from all them/individually.
am humbled
aisha.
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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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anna
Netherlands
730 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2009 : 07:31:08
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So i lost my game of tennis !
Thanks Dalton, for asking the mighty poet herself!
Congratulations Kay, i am so happy the prize is so very convincingly yours !! |
When an old African dies, it is as if a whole library has burnt down.
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kayjatta
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Posted - 11 May 2009 : 08:03:15
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Thanks Anna, thanks Dalton and thanks Aisha the author. I am so very humbled by the 96%. I would have been happy with 50% since this is more of speculation than an exact science. Actually even professional critics disagree on meaning and interpretation. I am sure there could be thousand different ways to interpret any given artistic work of this nature. It is often vey helpful if you have good knowledge about the author's background, experiences and philosophy of life since writers do not write in a vacuum, they often write in the context of their experiences of the world they live in.
Furthermore, the critic's own perceptions adds to the complexities of meaning and interpretation.
Thanks everyone for joining the discussion, and we thank Aisha for the brilliant piece. |
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kaanibaa
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 May 2009 : 11:43:36
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| All this while, I sat scratching my poor hairy head for an answer to the riddle I mean poem, so Kayjatta felicitations for being a shrewd interpreter, once more confirming your status on this forum.That does not mean no claps for Anna whose attempt was more much more than I can say for myself being an absentee, so to you I say bravo bravo with my hat flying into the skies for you. Good poetic work from sister Aisha again brother Dalton say to her this much I surely love them all and thanks a million for bringing it on. |
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