POETRY COMPETITION!.

[gedo_gurl]

SB - I like your use of imagery in the poem, its like you were travelling around Somalia...Something only a diaspora Somali would write, I felt the yearning for home there wallahi, really enjoyed it keep it coming

Mystic who was that about?

[talxenegus]

Sadeboi appeared, respect. Keep it coming.

As I said let poets appear.
Where are the gentle words that cover me in fear?
"One day Somalia will be strong" said in the softest tone.
Somalia is 'original' where others are a clone.
One religion, one culture and a million fights for the throne;

Camel milk and meat respected.
Unnecessary conflicts erected.
Though my soul has a passport from the Horn;
My birth-certificate saying "under a tree he was born"
The land where nomads sleep between their herds;
The land of green grass and desert with green birds;
The land of hospitality and broad smiles;
The land where history is kept in Oral files,
Who wouldn’t travel to his Mother if removed a thousand miles.

Give me a gabay that makes me soar.
I want to be in baadiyo in1904.
Slow down history and show me a star and everything in blue and white.
I want to be the stone carrier when Xaawo threw.
I want to be those two friends that didn't know their clan
And the qabiil never knew.
I want to know what the Indian Ocean thinks of the red sea.
How can the world not see, from your mother you can hardly flee?
How can I explain how I lean on the Gurac tree?
But my clan and family tree lean on me.
Shakespeare must have been in Somalia when he said "to be or not to be"
Heart of the world Somalia with poetry as her beat.
One day you will return to your land in victory or defeat.

Oh mother do you still bleed or shall I recite till the walls of Mogadishu can hear.
Shall I keep reciting until poets appear?
Until my words form a stream in Kismaayo in the shape of a tear.
She said: yes, yes, but let the poets be clear.
She said: let their reply be one and their tongues coincide.
Let their thoughts agree like an ocean with a single tide.

Let Somalia be one ……………….

[1nemansquad]

Talxe, i have never used this smiley I'm about to use before; that was truly well done mate ..

[talxenegus]

Thanks 1nemansquad

[Niya]

Sadeboi and Talxenegus waa ba patriots besides being poets eh! Bravo guys.

This line by Talxenegus is powerful and something I miss dearly: To not be overburdened by preconveived notions about anyone before getting to know them,sadly such option no longer exist among Somalis anymore. I, myself at the individual level is held responsible and carry the weight of all the ills/wrongs of my clan.

I want to be those two friends that didn't know their clan

I look foward to reading more.

1man, best post ever.

[gedo_gurl]

Talxe...excellent wallahi

[ms.naliaa]

My Love Left On A Saturday

My clenched fist opens slowly.
Reminders of you stay fresh
in murky ponds of suffocating tadpoles.
Wake me in the morning,
when the sun shines again.
It's frightening when all I know
falls apart.
And all I know is you.
Hunger squeezes me tighter.
My soul sags with exhaustion.
Remenice- filled with sleepless nights.
The image of you intensifies my anxiety.
Can tomorrow come without you...
here today?
The cheap chandelier falls on my face.
The rose filled lamp explodes in my hands.
Pain is unrecognizable.
All I knew was you.
You.
My love.

[talxenegus]

oh that was nice , deep love poem!

WIsh I could answer ...........

[gedo_gurl]

Naliaa...that was lovely...real...who was that for?

This is my contribution:

This land that I have lost,
has lost me

Has left me decayed in the
belly of the beast

Longing for home in the
land of lost hope

Whilst searching for a place
in another's abode.

(Inspired by Abena Busia's Caliban:

This tongue that I have mastered,
has mastered me

Has taught me curses
in the language of the master

Has taught me bondage
in the language of the master

I speak this dispossession
in the language of the master)

I thought Id put that there so I dont look like Im plagiarising aka maansobooli like Yalaxow.

[1nemansquad]

ms.nalia, that was good but don't forget the subject 'Somalia'

gg, that was excellent dudette

[gedo_gurl]

[ms.naliaa]

ms.nalia, that was good but don't forget the subject 'Somalia'

gg, am sure you can write something of your own; i know you can

Thanks.
I cant talk about Somalia because I have limited knowledge of it.

[1nemansquad]

gg, my apologies huuno; i will edit my post. Edit yours lol

[ms.naliaa]

Naliaa...that was lovely...real...who was that for?

It was for someone I used to know very well.

[gedo_gurl]

I take it you broke up or he died....you expressed real pain, never had you down as the type who falls.