Thanks to all those who expressed their opinion of my writing on this forum or otherwise. It’s amazing what comes out when you start putting your thoughts on paper. Poems are a ways for me to get away from the bumps and grinds of daily life. My profession is centered on dealing with innate objects like numbers for the most part of the day. Poems and other readings provide that sanctity needed sometimes. Thanks all for you words of encouragement. I guess we can all try to keep the souls of our brothers and sisters revived in our own little ways. BMK, I don’t know if I am the one to pursue fulltime poetry. Like I said earlier, it’s amazing what you see when you put thoughts on paper! Nonetheless, for now, I will keep writing for the pleasure and beauty in poetry. Gassa, I think the Oscar belongs to those brave souls who stood up on this day to uphold their wits and conscience against evil and injustice. I hope you took the time to visit with some of the survivors and or their parents. If not, I would want to urge you to do so. A good way to see for yourself what they may be going through. Thanks for your thoughts. Enjoy your day. Abdoulie A. Jallow (BambaLaye) “Our lives begin to end he day we become silent about things that matter.” -M.L King Jr. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~