~~~
Wish I were there to celebrate your birth
The planets however do not concur
As we were made to recognise last year
So I’ll be with you in spirit if not in deed
Little brother who keeps me sane
Who helps me recognise my need
And comforts me when I’m in pain
Perhaps next year we can travel together
And holiday whatever the weather
But ‘til then I’ll drink a toast
To health and wealth and affinity
For all in this world we value most
~~~
©DGA 30 August 2011 10:36
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My soul is dancing in the moonlight
Among the stars in the dark of night,
Formless, weightless,
Nebulous, diaphanous
And bursting with happiness.
While we celebrate God in His mystery,
His love incomparable,
His tenderness without parallel,
Our adoration, our veneration
Is limitless, infinite and ceaseless.
©DGA 28 August 2011 18:20
Spring is on its merry way,
Buds will bloom another day,
Clusters spread along the vine,
We would share a flask of wine.
~~~
Sitting in the lukewarm sun,
Remembering when we were one,
I think back to where we were,
Wonder where our paths diverged.
~~~
I am here and you are there,
It was all too much to bear,
Death denies a second chance,
We were lucky to have it once.
~~~
©DGA 27 August 2011 09:42
~~~
I listened to the wind
Howling through the naked trees
And was transported in my mind
To the Alaskan wilderness
Inhabited by wolves
Whose howling
Harmonised in tune
With the wailing wind
And the waxing moon
Life-force of the earth
And spirit of our birth
~~~
©DGA 25 August 2011 12:27
Party Dresses
~~~
martie an’ me we was so axcited. our school was having a party on friday night for its tenth birthday. mit* rock ‘n roll musiek an’ als**.
my ma said she would sew our dresses. she had some lef’ overs from the curtains and she would buy a small piece of silver cloth she saw at yusuf’s shop.
the dresses was a secret and martie and me, we wasn’t s’posed to see. my ma sewed every chance she got.
well on friday after school martie’s ma came to our house to help martie and me get ready for the party. even the neighbours came to see how we looked. we was so proud.
my ma had made both dresses the same. she had cut out stars and bells out of the silver cloth an’ stuck them on the skirts. martie had the stars and i had the bells.
so martie was the star of the party an’ i was the bell of the ball!
~~~
*mit = with
**als, alles = all
©DGA 24 August 2011 10:53
Fridays
~~~
i wen’ home mit* my fren’, martie,
acos** there’s nutting for me since pa lef’ an’ ma goes to work now.
martie’s ma gave us tea an’ thick slices of bread an’ jam
then we done ours homework and then we wen’ outside to play.
today we played hopscotch.
when i lef’ to go home, martie’s ma asked if martie can come to my house
tomorrow after school, acos it’s friday.
i said yes acos i seen the look in her oupa’s*** eye,
an’ my ma had tol’ me ‘bout fridays, an’ men, an’ brannawyn****,
so from then on we always wen’ to my house after school on fridays like.
~~~
*mit = with
**acos = because
***oupa = grandpa
****brannawyn, brandewyn = brandy
©DGA 23 August 2011 02:26
Autumn Falls
~~~
A tentative breeze
Wafts through the trees
And fall-coloured leaves
Of inconceivable hues
Drift down to the ground.
With barely a sound
They carpet the floor
Leaving us speechless,
Astounded in awe,
By beauty sacrificed
As before.
~~~
©DGA 22 August 2011 07:49
Playground
~~~
she licks her icecream cone
drip, drip, it runs down her hand
to her wrist
he watches from some way off
lick, lick, tilting her arm
so her tongue can reach
the running dribble of sweetness
the icecream drops down
towards the ground
then he swoops, hand at the ready
catches his prize
and scoops the ball
into his wide open mouth
~~~
©DGA 22 August 2011 11:43
Experience – Haiku
~~~
Experience is
The reward we get given
For being alive
~~~
©DGA 21 August 2011 12:02
Serengeti Migration
Proposed Serengeti Road Canceled!
6/24/2011
In a huge victory to conservation, tourism and one of the greatest migrations on earth, the Tanzanian government has announced they will not be building the controversial road through Serengeti National Park. Back in April I wrote this blog post detailing the negative effects this road would have on this ecosystem. It looks like, at least for now, the wildlife in this beautiful National Park can continue to follow their traditional migrations through the landscape in search of fertile grasslands.
The new plans for the road have a paved road leading up the Park boundaries. The road within the park will remain gravel and will only be used for tourism and administrative activities, not as a thoroughfare for high volumes of traffic. As of right now the Tanzanian government is looking into a southern route around the park that would give rural communities with the much needed access to goods and services in the area.
For more information check out this link:
http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0623-hance_serengeti_road.html
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Megan Brown
Defenders of wildlife
Adeeyoyo's Blog 