Baba: Thanks for that beautiful soothing poem. I hope the Village Idiot's heart will fly and join the stars; and sing happily for that golden splendor; and dance all night long as the clouds keep smiling..... I am just hoping... -Laye On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I would love to Laye; but you know, the truth cannot be toned down; nor > lies turned to truth. It would be like trying to sugar salt; or trying to > salt sugar, whichever way we go. One of those impossible feats that we puny > little mortals - village, town and city idiots all - are often guilty of > trying to accomplish. But as per your request, here is a love poem: > > *Moon Love* My heart sank > > When I heard > > The moon will not rise tonight! > > > > Then the clouds smiled > > And there she stood > > In all her golden splendor! > > > > My heart flew and joined the stars > > And sang happily all night long > > And danced happily all night long > > As she floated in my inner skies! > > > > Baba > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:14:02 +0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: So The Village idoits call for some respect (In Maafanta) > To: [log in to unmask] > > Baba: > > I think it's time you tone down the poems a bit. The Village Idiots are > very jittery these days. You're causing too much heartache man.....tone it > down bro, please. Perhaps a love poem will do next time. Village Idiots are > romantic beasts too you know... > > -Laye > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > Indeed, indeed Suntou. You display a very keen sense of perception in your > insightful and deep analysis of my poem. You definitively bring a fresh new > perspective to it and propose a discursive angle that is hard to beat. Quite > amazing, really. That's the spirit brother. Thanks and keep those sharp > intellectual juices flowing. > > Baba > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:58:40 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: So The Village idoits call for some respect (In Maafanta) > > To: [log in to unmask] > > The poetic license you use Baba allow me to see the village setting in > the poem as allusive. The village idiot paints a disrespectful picture. It > further cement the unfortunate attitude some has of villagers. It is good > that you expose to us your village roots, which is fine but sadly your poem > is too harsh on the villager in question. > The dissatisfaction in the poem is that, one would expect a season writer > or commentators like yourself to be open minded and less sarcastic of your > perceive targets. But in this case you were not. > The villager who may have incur your wrapt is place in and among the union > of villagers and bashed for crimes only you felt the pain about. > I am only expressing my take on the poem. I am sure you willl allow for > diverse analysis of it, since that is the essence of dropping it in the > public. > Another vital area villagers will find discouraging is that, a man of your > statue is fit to become a broad base leader, but if your ink depict a > villager that tragic way, what hope should they have of Baba salvaging > anything for them. > The poem is bigger than the few line Baba. Villagers continue to say, the > setting was unhelpful. The villager in question may be guilty according to > you, since we can only assume here, only you are sure. Is Yahya Jammeh > indeed a villager? Are we villagers any more, yourself and all of us > absconded villagers. The story continuous. > No offense intended. > Suntou > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > Suntou, > > I am surprised at your interpretation of my poem as an assault on > villagers. I wonder where on earth you got the idea that I am calling all > villagers idiots. Let me just say loud and clear that I am a villager, my > father is a villager, and my mother is a villager. So are all my > grandparents and great grandparents. Indeed, I come from an ancestry of > villagers. That said, I will let you put the pieces together. > > Baba > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 18:40:55 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: So The Village idoits call for some respect (In Maafanta) > > To: [log in to unmask] > > *The latest Poem of Brother Gallah at Maafanta can be slice in many > different bits. Moreso using poetic license to allow for different > interpretation. Our famous villager is Yahya Jammeh. But this poem is not at > all an affair for Yahya. We the villagers demand that, town folks allow > us the respect we deserve. An end to little assault on villagers. Village > idoit, indeed, they may have read the masters avoid the obvious. treating > light weights issues with magic pens. Indirecting continuously whilst aiming > higher. I say, respect to villagers.* > *www.maafanta.com* > ** > *And so the tears flowed….* > *by Baba Galleh Jallow* > > And so the tears flowed > For the death of the children > Conceived in the throes of anger > Born into the arms of fear > Strangled by the claws of evil > Clad in garments of prickly good!! > > And so the tears flowed > At the demise of honest thought > At the rape of the people’s intellect > The bastardization of love and piety > The ascendancy of slimy rot > Donning the robes of high order!! > > And so the tears flowed > At the passing of the truthful bard > At the era of the village idiot > Turned saint > At the specter of the mean village crook > Turned champion defender of the poor!! > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right > from Hotmail®.<http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right > from Hotmail®.<http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online.<http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_1:092010> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤