tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28848758594059103292024-03-19T03:02:59.702-07:00Mutiu Olawuyi's writing- poetry and fictionMutiu OLawuyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05252298008798344053noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884875859405910329.post-24420380102482754092010-05-01T05:59:00.000-07:002010-05-01T06:21:11.597-07:00FROM THE VOICE OF THE JUNGLE POET<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwQQ8TarVfgGsPr0JlXf8Jb7VPfrLnkorNOOSAUJw5Ur38DGyrjmwwcCr8s4oIzB8lSdKENOU4_KzIPZ2xYs7BmgBDynY7hTEbuGMQTVDRIUvg6YTz9o5yiOLeyVpytXe5kuXcCmqad_s/s1600/American+Legends.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwQQ8TarVfgGsPr0JlXf8Jb7VPfrLnkorNOOSAUJw5Ur38DGyrjmwwcCr8s4oIzB8lSdKENOU4_KzIPZ2xYs7BmgBDynY7hTEbuGMQTVDRIUvg6YTz9o5yiOLeyVpytXe5kuXcCmqad_s/s320/American+Legends.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466286214300684146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------<br />(to order, copy this to the address bar:<br />http://i-proclaimbookstore.com/amlileandotp.html)<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />MY JOURNEY TO THE GAMBIA I</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">At early month of twenty ten</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I left abode with bulky bags</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br />From Lagos then to Banjul zone</span><br /><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">To panel-beat</span></i> <span style="font-family:Arial;">and clothe the rags...</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">At airy port I had to wait</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Till second day after delays...</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">At checking point a wander stroked -</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Some business men were finding ways</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">To lobby with a gentle soul</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Sanusi - <i>Mall</i> from northern zone.</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">At last he saved like empty bowl</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Because he frowned and <i>pressed the horn</i>...</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Again wanders from Mister Pen -</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">His step on plane is just the Day -</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">The day he moved beyond the lane...</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">He sat on seat <i>eleven A.</i></span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">The cabin crew instructed board</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">The dos and don'ts of <i style="">Arik</i> trip</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Like fastening belt of every head</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">And offing phone for safety drop....</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Beside the poet two gentle souls</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">A man and <i>wom...</i> with friendly chat</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">But busy poet on piling says</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">The former <i>kin</i> and latter <i>host</i></span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">After some <i>mins</i> the cabin came</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">With first a drink and later food</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">The juice, the egg and bready cream -</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Like hunting dog my kin swallowed...</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">In <i>bird</i> I penned with shaken heart</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">When saw nothing but cloudy sky</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">- My velum moved like pit-a-pat -</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">And just the sound of <i>butterfly...</i></span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">After some <i style="">mins</i> the doze arived</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">To visit him - the hungry ram;</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Under disguise my book he read</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">At last the doze lulled him to calm…</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">A wander came again from kin -</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">I mean my kin beside the host</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">precisely when he pressed <i>'the man'</i></span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Above our head to call <i>'our host’....</i></span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">To learn again I went to back</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">To drop the waste - <i>the watery waste</i> -<br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">The wander there was sudden bark</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Of closet for the button tapped...</span></p><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">From riverside to riverside</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">There's nothing free in freedom-town.</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">In past it may but now it's damned -</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">The Sierra Leone - a warful zone...</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">From Freedom-town we flew again</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">With airless lung and shakeless heart</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">But coldly prayed for sugar-cane</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">As some arrived and some depart...</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">As usual, see!, the cabin came -</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">With dounot came a cup of tea ....</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">For thirty mins - an hour emh...</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">The Banjul showed like missing key!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br />I wandered last the tasks ahead -</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Will what I have <i>b'enough</i> for them?</span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">As kin advised I strongly prayed -</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">For creative mind to make me firm....</span></p><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">------------------------------------</span></p> <span style="font-size:78%;"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">To panel-beat</span></i></b> </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" >- to teach, <b><i>Mall</i></b><i>-</i> Mallam (an islamic scholar)</span> <span style="font-size:78%;"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">pressed the horn</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">-</span></i> </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" >shouted<br /><b><i>eleven A</i></b> <i>-</i> a seat number in the Arik airline</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Arik</span></i></b> <i style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">– a Nigeria international airline, <b style="">bird</b> –airplane, <b style="">butterfly-</b> airplane</span></i><br /><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">wom...</span></i></b> <i><span style="font-family:Arial;">-</span></i> woman </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><i><b>mins</b> -</i> minutes <b><i>kin</i></b> <i>-</i> Nigerian <b><i>host</i></b> <i>-</i></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" >Gambian</span><span style="font-size:78%;"> <b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">'the man'</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">-</span></i> </span> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" >a button in the Arik plane for alert<br />'<b><i>our host'</i></b> <i>-</i> the cabin crew</span><span style="font-size:78%;"> <b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">the watery waste</span></i></b> <i><span style="font-family:Arial;">-</span></i> </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" >urine; <b><i>b'nough</i></b> - be enough</span>Mutiu OLawuyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05252298008798344053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884875859405910329.post-86245043613790253162010-05-01T05:38:00.000-07:002010-05-01T05:59:20.194-07:00MY JOURNEY TO THE GAMBIA II<span style="font-weight: bold;">MY JOURNEY TO THE GAMBIA II</span><br /><br />But what I met was vice versa -<br />My thinking was to start the job,<br />But Tunji said - my journey far<br />I shook as if I needed herb...<br /><br />For rivers crossed or cloudy seen?<br />My people left or signed out work;<br />Or places where I'd never beeing?...<br />I souly cried like beaten cork...<br /><br />The second day I saw Bundung -<br />From school to school for teaching sake...<br />Banjul, Bakau and Old Jeshwang...<br />With Sirah till I shouted ache....<br /><br />But luckily on Sa-tur-day,<br />The Nusrat School requested me-<br />To teach a class and just display,<br />Some stuff in me like grammar key -<br /><br />I did my best with Chomsky's wit<br />And Halliday's in learning room...<br />The teachers there with learning kit<br />But money flows like drying stream...<br /><br />I later heard another miew<br />From stadium side for interview...<br /><br /><br />------------------------<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tunji</span>-- the man that invited the<br /> poet for teaching in the Gambia<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bundung</span>: A place where Nusrat school is<br />located<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bajul, Bakau, Old Jes</span>...: places in the Gambia<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sirah: </span> Sirah Sanneh, the Seretary and marketer of<br />Tunji, a deceptive man.Mutiu OLawuyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05252298008798344053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884875859405910329.post-112502059300733132009-12-24T04:01:00.000-08:002010-05-01T05:31:49.275-07:00COLLECTION OF POEMS By The Jungle Poet<span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:27px;" lang="EN-GB" > </span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:27px;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:27px;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:27px;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:27px;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:27px;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p></o:p></span><b><u><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:14px;" lang="EN-GB" ><span style=""> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;">AMERICAN LITERARY LEGENDS AND OTHER POEMS</span><br /><br /><br />William Bradford (1590 – 1657)</span></span></span></u></b><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="font-family:arial;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>1<o:p></o:p></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">At heaven shore a grower died<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">And left alone a little bird<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">With many land and million crops<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">With careless kin the rooster fled.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">And made the sweat of corpse in vain.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">As Scrooby there he joined the stain…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">That tagged themselves the Puritans –<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">To <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Holland</st1:place></st1:city> fled because of cane ….<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The pilgrims moved like slippery dove<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">To <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Plymouth</st1:place></st1:city> where they peaceful move…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">- Established church above the king -<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">He worshipped there and ruled with love…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">For distinct cares he married <i>May</i>,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">But ended-up with sorry stay…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">May</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"> -Dorothy May<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Mary Rowlandson (1636-1678)</span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>2</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Metacomet, the bloody King<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Up woke a day and planned to fling<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The puritans and seize their site<sup>__<o:p></o:p></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The bullet songs enforced to sing…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Like Moses’s case and Israelites’,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Mary and kin captured for sales<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">For Philips’s time requests for blood<sup>__<o:p></o:p></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The inter-war between the tribes…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">A godly soul then sat to say<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">In bloody ink –her holy stay<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">On native land that tortured them – <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">She tagged her takes in godly way:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The Sovereignty and His Goodness<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">And Faithfulness of His Promise…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Sarah Kemble Knight (1666 – 1727)</span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>3<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Set out to <st1:state st="on">New York</st1:state> from <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:city> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The feisty Knight with companion…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">On horse’s back with bravery heart<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">“Bitterly complained my poor bone” –<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">She further said, “I asked thy aid.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">To still their tongue ’til morning bread—<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Wrangling topers with thundering blows<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">She coolly sings like hummingbird…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">In <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:city> here she shared her brain<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">At <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state> there she cashed with pain<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">And sometimes here she asks for right <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">With tactic styles she saned insane…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Finally moved from <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">To <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> for better yolk…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;">Order to read more on the book at: http://i-proclaimbookstore.com/amlileandotp.html<br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672)</span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>4<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Edward Taylor (1642 – 1729)</span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>5<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Jonathan Edward (1703 – 1758) </span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>6<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) </span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>7<u> <o:p></o:p></u></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Patrick Henry (1736 – 1799)</span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>8<o:p></o:p></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Thomas Paine<span style=""> </span>(1737-1809)</span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>9<o:p></o:p></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)</span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>10<o:p></o:p></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:state st="on"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Washington</span></u></b></st1:state><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Irving</st1:place></st1:city> (1783-1859)<span style=""> </span></span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>11<o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)</span></u></b><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>12</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></u></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Henry <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Wadsworth</st1:place></st1:city> Longfellow</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>13<o:p></o:p></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><u><span style=""> </span>(1807-1822)<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">John Greenleaf Whittier(1807-1892)</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>14<o:p></o:p></span></b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>15<o:p></o:p></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup><span style="" lang="EN-GB"></span></sup></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>16<o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB"><br />Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)</span></u></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><b>17</b><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 9pt; font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""></span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849)</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> <br /></span></span></b></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>20<o:p></o:p></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Herman Melville (1819 -1891)</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>21<o:p></o:p></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Emilly <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Dickinson</st1:place></st1:city> (1830 - 1886)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fredrick Douglas</span> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(1817? - 1895)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />Bret Harte (1836 - 1902)<br /><br /></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">The Living Corpse<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">And others...... go to: http://i-proclaimbookstore.com/amlileandotp.html<br /><br /><br /><br />Between the Passionate Shepherd <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><b><u><span style=""> </span>and the Nymph</u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">To live with thee is not the case<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">With pleasure prove and fearless face<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The shepherd tongue may look like hay<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">But hills and fields … might move the May.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Though truth thy saiths: grow cold the rocks –<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">From field to fold time drives the flocks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">And nightingale can change to swarm –<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">From sunny zone the rain must come…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">From noisy swarm the honey comes;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">From silent snake, the sorry comes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The youth shall fade and love shall fold<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Stepper on stream calls not the cold.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The rose of love shall fade a day;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The mode of love shall wait to pay.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The rings of loves is not the word,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The pence for soup is just the sword…<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">With belt of straw and ivy buds;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">The coral clap and amber studs,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">To two of thee may not or move –<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Sometimes the things might breed the love.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">My part in this is in-between<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Shepherd and Nymph – mainly to warn …<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">With all my saiths, thy mind should move;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;">Then live as one and share the love.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial">___________________</p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-size:78%;">To understand this poem better, please read</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-size:78%;">Christopher Marlow's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Personate Shepherd to His Love </span>and Sir Walter Rally's<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >The Nymph's Reply to the Passionate Shepherd</span><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p> <h1 style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span></span></u><u><span style="font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></u></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:state style="font-family: arial;" st="on"><st1:place st="on"></st1:place></st1:state></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Mutiu OLawuyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05252298008798344053noreply@blogger.com1