Façade of the Nairobi University
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Birds’ Nests
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Nests of breeding
For feathered birds
Seats of learning
For human nerds
Suffering agonies
Student bodies
Studying binaries
Or antiquities
Make their homes
In the cavities
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Image: Mutua Matheka
©DGA 22 November 2011 06:41
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I am a middle-aged South African woman, living in Johannesburg. I began writing poetry towards the end of May 2010. I love animals – sometimes more than people! I am back after a break. Thanks for still being here, if you are! Missed you! xxx
22/11/2011 at 11:31 am
well..that’s a very strange angle for a photo, but isn’t it amazing… I am not at all surprised that birds nest in there, they would be daft if they did not take advantage of ‘high rise’ accommodation..
Good post Denise , and was I number 2
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22/11/2011 at 12:19 pm
Yes, you were, Patrecia! Isn’t it a very unusual building facade? Just asking for nesting birds…
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22/11/2011 at 11:51 am
Very good Adee…have a super day.
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22/11/2011 at 12:20 pm
Thanks, Gran, and you too. 🙂
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22/11/2011 at 12:25 pm
reminds of honey combs
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22/11/2011 at 12:30 pm
Yes it does, Carl. 😉
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22/11/2011 at 3:02 pm
it took a long time for me to figure out the picture…cool perspective…wicked flow to this adee…and you capture a simple reality and make it special. i like…
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22/11/2011 at 3:30 pm
I thought the lamp post would lead the way, Brian. Place of breeding… brooding… So glad you like it. 😀
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22/11/2011 at 3:18 pm
Cool pic. Spot on poem. 😀
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22/11/2011 at 3:32 pm
Thank you, Nancy! 🙂
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22/11/2011 at 3:59 pm
Nice poem Denise, and I thought I had seen that picture before and then I saw Mutua’s name at the bottom. Thank you for sharing the gifts of the both of you.
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22/11/2011 at 4:23 pm
It’s a pleasure, Jack. Thank you.
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22/11/2011 at 4:46 pm
I just loved this one!
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22/11/2011 at 4:54 pm
I’m so pleased you liked it, BV! 😀
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22/11/2011 at 5:23 pm
I am a sucker for strange buildings, and I love this photo. Your poem fits it exactly, Denise.
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22/11/2011 at 10:31 pm
Thanks, Andra. Mutua is a very talented photographer and you would enjoy his architectural photo’s.
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22/11/2011 at 7:27 pm
Birds and students make a nest
As each resolve to do their best,
A mission given before their birth
Carried foreward while on earth.
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22/11/2011 at 10:32 pm
That’s nice, Maxi… you’re nearly where I went…
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22/11/2011 at 9:15 pm
Great use of that unusual facade! Both on your part and on that of the birds.
Something that struck me: it almost begs to be stretched a little further to bring in some reference to wasps’ nests and honeycombs?
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22/11/2011 at 10:37 pm
One could go further as you suggest, Col., but I was concentrating on the birds laying their eggs in their nests, and the students giving birth to new ideas…
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24/11/2011 at 4:19 am
Fantastic photo. It looks like something from a Sci Fi movie. I love it. Your poem fits it perfectly. Very clever and well done!
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24/11/2011 at 6:08 am
Thank you so much, Selma. I have been so impressed with the photo since I first saw it. I just knew I had to use it as a subject.
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