A mother
Always on the outlook
For family’s safety
In mind
As she gazes across
No matter what
She hopes
Yet; she is
The Worried Mother asking
What is ahead?
Her baby
Lemlem Tsegaw
Tagged under Human Security Ethiopia, Faminehttp://www.pambazuka.org/images/articles/508/tsegaw_the_oak_tree_on_the…
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Your eyes,
Your faces,
Staring
Solemnly
With despair,
I could not dare
To blink
Or to take away
My eyes
From yours.
What shall I do to resolve
Your plight
And save you
From that tyrant
Tagged under GovernanceO Lord!
What happened
To the Somali Land?
No wonder
It is full of sand.
No rain
To grow the grain
Nor is there any vegetation.
Only the dried, crusted
Blood of children.
There are, of course, MEN OF WAR
Tagged under Land & Environment MaliOn 2002 February,
God did sojourn
Angola
To deliver Savamibi
From himself.
In the process,
Issued ultimatum
To all Dictators
"Never again
Engage the continent
In wanton war."
Come on my people,
Let us dance
Tagged under Governance* This poem is dedicated to Judge Birtukan Mideksa and the ‘36 unarmed people killed’ by the Ethiopian Regime in Mercato on 8 June and 31 October 2005.
Tagged under Governance* This poem is dedicated to Judge Birtukan Mideksa and the Darfur people. Crying for Darfur was inspired by a BBC story of 1 June 2006.
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