Ebou,
 Excuse my late reply...Yes Omar's piece was good...ART is always beautiful.
 Keep it up bro Oms.
Essa.

Koch Barma <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Omar,

A verse well done! You are really a Ndanaan....Bokarr what do you
think?

Poetry is all about beauty and truth... a language that exposes the
truth, to paraphrase Heidegger, that neither science, technology nor
philosophy can ever do.

Your poem reminds me of a wonderful painting I once saw at the
Guggenheim in New York...it is called "CHECK-MATE" by an
African-American. It is the greatest peace of human creativity I
have ever seen. In brief...the theme of the painting parallels yours
but elevated to the level of the historical human drama between good
and evil....In the painting, Satan thought he had check-mated Man,
and the game on the painting looks convincingly over to a neophyte.
I play chess and after a long tedious study of the pieces on the
chessboard the realization dawn on me that the King has still got a
move. This was a revelation of deep spiritual faith. I later did
some further research and learn that the painting immortalizes the
strong, mysterious faith that the American-Americans displayed during
their 200 years struggle against INJUSTICE. When white America
thought it has check-mated the blacks with slavery, Jim-crow laws and
segregation...God the KING always has the last move...until Martin L.
KING finally balms the heart of America with his immense moral
courage and genius.

Omar once again, a job well-done.

Ebou


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