.
I want to go
To Limpopo
Where the waters flow
And the forests grow;
Land of secrets and legends,
Relics and treasures,
Where wildlife abounds
In protected surrounds
With hopeful immunity
From hunters with impunity;
Home of Modjadji
Mythical Queen of the Rain,
The history and mystery
Of the kingdom and ruins
Of Mapungubwe;
So much to do,
So much to see
In this wild country
.
Images: http://www.sa-venues.com/north_province.htm
©DGA 28 October 2011 06:50
Note: Rudyard Kipling – The Elephant’s Child: http://www.online-literature.com/poe/165/
28/10/2011 at 11:25 am
Your prose makes me want to be there … in the Land of secrets and legends.
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28/10/2011 at 12:13 pm
It does sound quite wonderful doesn’t it, Maxi… 😀
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28/10/2011 at 11:34 am
Ahhh…such a wonderful place it must be.Now I want to be there.
And the picture in the end of the giraffes and the trees is just awesome.
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28/10/2011 at 12:14 pm
Epizeuxis, the baobab trees are absolutely stunning – each one like a living sculpture!
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28/10/2011 at 12:36 pm
That’sa Halloween tree !
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28/10/2011 at 12:46 pm
Hahaha, actually… a huge tree-wizard! Carl, that’s great!
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28/10/2011 at 1:47 pm
it sounds a rather magical place…i wanna go! i wanna go!
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28/10/2011 at 1:59 pm
I must admit I have never been and I wouldn’t mind going too!
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28/10/2011 at 2:55 pm
If I win the lottery we will go together!!!!
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28/10/2011 at 3:35 pm
Oh, Gran, that would be really nice! Good luck. 😎
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28/10/2011 at 3:18 pm
I remember a book for kids from my childhood about the Limpopo river, but I had always though it was a made up place, a story, and nothing more. So much better that it is a real place with real beauty
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28/10/2011 at 3:42 pm
There is a Limpopo river too. Thanks for the visit.
http://www.online-literature.com/poe/165/
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28/10/2011 at 3:58 pm
{sigh} Someday maybe I’ll get to the country, never mind specific areas in it. 🙂 The baobab (in the pic) is such an interesting-looking tree, and reminded me of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince (one of my all-time favourite books), where such trees are mentioned.
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28/10/2011 at 4:14 pm
I think they are stunning! Wikipedia has some really interesting facts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia
Btw, thanks for the edit on your blog! 🙂
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28/10/2011 at 4:24 pm
Denise, what a lovely poem, light airy and wistful. That picture was so, so, breathtakingly gorgeous. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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28/10/2011 at 5:28 pm
Thank you Jack. I was disappointed in the end result. I pictured a sort-of fairy tale type poem, but failed to get it right. Oh well, maybe one day I’ll re-look at it.
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28/10/2011 at 4:44 pm
ppph yes. i was ober ar sanparks today so you caught me exactly wanting to be there
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28/10/2011 at 5:30 pm
It never really appealed to me until I googled it, Sidey. Now I would also like to visit ‘one day’.
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28/10/2011 at 8:13 pm
Sounds GRAND, Denise. Love the Baobab tree with the giraffes. Quite a sight.
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29/10/2011 at 6:43 am
Baobabs are, to me, a work of art. Absolutely beautiful!
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28/10/2011 at 8:14 pm
I love this, Denise. Wonderful rhythm. Now I want to go too.
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29/10/2011 at 6:48 am
Thanks Kate, me too!
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28/10/2011 at 10:05 pm
I loved this Denise. Pity it is so far away!
Didn’t Kipling write about the great green Limpopo river?
my memory isn’t so good, but it may be in the Just So stories.
John
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29/10/2011 at 6:50 am
Galen Leeds Photography (above) also mentions a story about the Limpopo river. I will see what I can find out. Thanks, John.
http://www.online-literature.com/poe/165/
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29/10/2011 at 9:30 am
You make me want to hit the road 🙂
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29/10/2011 at 9:53 am
Oh, Cin, sometimes I would like to hit the road and never come back! Just ride off into the blue beyond… 😛
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29/10/2011 at 3:13 pm
I was going to say that it makes me want to pack my bags and go there again forthwith, but I see loads of others have said something similar. Oh, so what. It’s what this piece makes one want to do.
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29/10/2011 at 3:53 pm
I thought you would have been there on your travels, Col. It sounds very interesting. 🙂
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29/10/2011 at 11:05 pm
Your poem brings tears to my eyes, Adee. There is, there is so much to see in that wonderful, wild country
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30/10/2011 at 5:40 am
There is… wasted, a lot of it… unaccessible, some… I dream of Madiba’s Rainbow Nation and hope that perhaps one day it can be a reality.
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01/11/2011 at 1:13 pm
“erehwon”s and a Limpopos are always mythical and elusive fantasies. They are great sources of inspiration. Perfection to the point of fault, is a constant creative imagination in art and science. A dreamy dreamy land. Nice Denise.
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01/11/2011 at 1:49 pm
Thank you, Sunamu. I googled “erehwon” and see where you’re coming from (Nowhere), but I can’t see any reference stating that Limpopo is a mythical place. It is a province of South Africa (fact), with palace ruins (fact) (and treasure (rumours) to go with the ruins, and a rain queen (fact). Anyway, I just woke up one morning with the name on my brain (if I have one), googled it and the poem is the result. Glad you liked it, my friend.
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03/11/2011 at 2:21 am
Love the structure, rhyme and rhthm in this poem – really suits the topic 🙂
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03/11/2011 at 5:13 am
Thanks, Gabe, that’s so nice to hear. Going through a bit of a dry patch at the moment… 🙂
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