Thanks Baba. Very inspiring

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thank you Sir/Madam, for a very nice poem and the hope-inspiring words.
> Yes, it is high time that Gambians use the arts to protest, depict and
> preserve for posterity what is going on in our country. I hope to read more
> from you. Thanks a lot.
>
> Warm regards,
> Baba
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 3:27 PM, <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Baba, I pen this poem a couple of hours ago to compliment your efforts in
>> using your creative abilities to highlight the political problem and
>> predicament the Gambia is facing. May be this should usher in the birth of
>> a creative arts renaissance in which Gambians will use the creative arts,
>> poetry, prose, music and the performing arts, like theatre and writing
>> plays that will depict the realities of the Gambian situation.
>>
>>
>> The wind blows
>> and caress your face
>> the rivulets stream
>> and fertile the ground
>> the voice of hope
>> a salutation at your door
>> embrace it; open the door wide open.
>>
>> The rivulets stream
>> and the ground is fertile
>> the wind echoes
>> the power behind your back
>> the voice of hope assures
>> that you take a stand
>> open the door
>> and be intimate with the visitation.
>>
>> The ground is fertile
>> ready to conceive
>> at the womb of oppression and repression
>> the cruel pains of wickedness and evil
>>
>> which scared your face
>> which silence your voice
>> which fear makes you hide
>> it is the labor of your conscience
>> the pangs of something new to be born.
>>
>> The wind blows
>> and caress your face
>> the rivulets stream
>> and fertile the ground
>> the wind echoes
>> the power behind your back
>> the voice of hope assures
>> that you take a stand
>> your door is wide open
>> Now is the time
>> something new is to be born.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wed, Jul 20, 2016 9:13 pm
>> Subject: [G_L] Sad Clouds
>>
>> *Sad Clouds*
>>
>> O man of power
>>
>> Do you not see the pain
>>
>> In the eyes
>>
>> Of all those grieving souls
>>
>> Staring straight at you
>>
>> Do you not hear the screams
>>
>> Of all the trees and birds and lizards
>>
>> The anguished pleas
>>
>> Of the fleas and the bees
>>
>> Buzzing around you
>>
>> Do you not hear
>>
>> The violent protests
>>
>> Of the earth
>>
>> Everywhere you go
>>
>> Do you not hear the cries
>>
>> Of abused power
>>
>> From the silent hell
>>
>> Of violent history
>>
>> Do you not see the sadness
>>
>> On the faces
>>
>> Of the passing clouds
>>
>> As they watch you fall
>>
>> From the blows of
>>
>> Your own power
>>
>> *-Baba*
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