Thanks all for your encouraging reactions. Glad you all enjoyed the poem. And yes, the poem is open to any number of interpretations. I guess that's why it's written in poem, rather than prose narrative form. Baba >From: Yero Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: How hypocrisy in ‘pansive garbl e bark!! >Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:54:50 -0600 > >"Got to think a little bit harder to grasp the depth of this poem.” Rene > Quite agreeable! As if you are reading the minds of the many digging into >the meaning of the poem. The craft is truly beautiful but more beautiful is >its exemplary usage of words. > >“See how” is finger pointing to the direction you should be gazing. >From the poem’s title “hypocrisy” is short for double-standards. It is >also the ending of the poem saying look at the hypocrites are barking, as >in dogs helping to confuse a situation by their noise arrogantly. It looks >like each of the stanzas stand alone, so independent to the other. In >solving puzzles, it requires one to closely follow events. In the closing >remarks, the poem carries a message that seems to be taking different shots >in different angles. >First, we started with the “streams flowing” with the mockery of serious >minds. The second stanza is talking about young “intellectuals” [birds of >thought] utilizing their brains to the fullest. If it is dry on earth and >the deserts, obviously dark skies are promises of refreshing rains, >especially if they are so “pregnant” with water. If the deserts are >inhabited, then clouds are jubilated. We hope it is a refreshing rain. > >In the second to last stanza, it talks about those “mighty” fellows who >subscribe their destiny to an “untamed wind” leading to their demise >(sinking.) Here, wherever the direction of wind heads to, that’s your >direction-whether to wrong doing or right doing. It is as if you are out >of self-control. You dance to a tune not yours. In most cases, the wind >sways in the direction of wrong doing. From the poem, it is also clear >those trees are rooted firm to the ground. > >Ants becoming elephants are signs of arrogance, boastfulness and power >obsession. Obviously if the elephants get demoted to ants, then we ask >where the tusk, the tail and the body wall are. > >Broken to pieces below. Baba, thanks for the poem once again. Please, break >the ice. It is too solid and cold to the touch. Like Rene had it, One must >think hard about the poem. > >Regards, >Yero. > >See how >[Streams flowUp hill] >Defying gravity cryingFor the call of illusive reason makingMockery of >serious minds > > >See how >[Birds of thought flapTheir tender wingsIn the depths of earth] >[How pregnant clouds of sugared rain sailBeneath layers of thirsty desert] >Defying sense defying >[The ceaseless dancing of the sands of timeOn the glassy floors of >eternity!] See how >[Mighty trees of passion sinkTheir giant hoary roots intoThe concrete >heavens how >Their lush green branches swayAnd danceTo the weeping gusts of untamed >windsIn the spaceless crust of this surprised earth!] See how >[ants become elephantsAnd elephants ants] >[How darkness becomes light] >[And lightShrouded in blinding gloom stumble] >[How arrogance struts around in noble garbsHow hypocrisy in ‘pansive >garble bark!!] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:17:19 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: >Re: How hypocrisy in ‘pansive garble bark!!> To: >[log in to unmask]> > Baba,> A very thought provacative poem. The >imagery is also beautifully > crafted: birds of thought; pregnant clouds of >sugared rain; layers of thirsty > desert; mighty trees of passion and >weeping gust of untamed winds. Got to think a > little bit harder to grasp >the depth of this poem. 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