Mo, This is very beautiful and full of nostalgia. The fact that almost everyone can relate to it, shows that you have successfully depicted a childhood experience. Bravo! Omar Joof. >From: Mo Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: Gambia-L <[log in to unmask]>, gambiapost ><[log in to unmask]> >Subject: [>-<] Banjul Epitaphs (A Poem) >Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:43:44 -0700 (PDT) > > Banjul Epitaphs > Where were you >When we folded our dreams >Into kites and let them fly >Over the azure skies >Of Banjul, > > Or when we made tiny boats >Out of our homework >And let them sail on Grant Street >Towards the saline mangroves >Behind ‘Af Die, the graveyard >The graveyard of slave ships >And of English greed? > > And that night >On Fitzgerald >When Ifangbondi etched Saraba >Into our young hearts >As we searched >For the distant lands >Of folktale heroes >And smoked our first piccadillys >Like virgins. > > Where were you >When the pakin chased us >Down Pignaaye and Rankin >We who could not see >Our fears, yet tripped >Over our laughter? > > And while the lions >Prowled the deserted arenas >We fought and queued >To see Hemamalini, >The Indian goddess >That stole our lunch >And dashed our hopes. > Where you there >That Friday noon >When they came in crowds >Behind our backs >And broke down >The walls of Boxbar >As the police watched >And even threw our ball >Into the gutter, > Or when scribes and poets >Came to write epitaphs >For our fallen children >Who only flew kites >Over the skies >Of this city >Laying flat like a tongue >In the mouth of The Gambia? > > by Momodou Baldeh.© > > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ >countries) for 2˘/min or less. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤