tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86113942291195469092011-11-30T11:18:30.915-08:00About African Poetry.Sinthalundahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006206874318125879noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611394229119546909.post-4184056425772624242011-07-13T00:30:00.000-07:002011-07-13T00:33:16.704-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yQ51K_sZ3jo/Th1KAWABAQI/AAAAAAAAAfs/7M_BmO-PskY/s1600/42.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yQ51K_sZ3jo/Th1KAWABAQI/AAAAAAAAAfs/7M_BmO-PskY/s320/42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628736479049089282" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ><br /></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >The maker of passion</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Fights for my freedom to live and love<br />Not only tonight, but forever...</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Hold my hand and follow me</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Down to the river</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >To quench down love's thirst.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Our calabashes</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Are kites in the wind,</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Whirling and swirling hard;</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Until the weather</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Hurts</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Our certainty.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Though we are not</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Rich kings and queens—</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >We shall drink with our palms.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >We have keys to our palace bedroom.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Where we shall dine,</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Drink and sleep.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >With love around,</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Our refuge-place</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Shall be felt like a sacred garden</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >To practice the blood drawing kiss</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >And celebrate our honeymoon!</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Let me hang in your arms,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >With equitable weight,</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >Not only now</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Georgia;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-GB" >But enduring endless time.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8611394229119546909-418405642577262424?l=sinthalunda.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sinthalundahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006206874318125879noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611394229119546909.post-18681507070398603142011-01-05T13:59:00.001-08:002011-01-05T13:59:49.464-08:00<a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=73711">http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=73711</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' 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