I have used some of the phrases from previous postings  to come up with this 
poem.
 
  You raise your voices
  and abhor the vices
  it bedevils the mind
  you inspire a nation
  to rise up, rise up
  and cast away the yoke
  of hopelessness
  of poverty and misery.
 
  You ignite the flames
  of civic passion
  instill a burning desire
  of selfless action
  and they voraciously satiate
  from the fountain of knowledge
  that gush out from your mighty pen. 
 
  You ripple the calm waters
  and amid the storm
  you sail gently to shore
  with your powerful insights
  your clever polemics
  with your fervent critique
  you lay bare
  the decay and backwardness  
  of the political dispensation of the day. 
 
  If those
  who butchered our expectations
  If those
  who unfulfilled our yearnings 
  If those
  who dampened our aspirations
  and defrauded our resources
  have eased the poverty
  and alleviate the misery
  
 the quality of life
 we so desperately needs
 would have been paid for.
 
  Rene  



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