Wahallaaaaaaaaaa…come here please

[evanovitch]

how is the gold become dim
-Lamentations 4 vi

we have come to the end of a dream
no more pianos at seven in the evening
no more tea on cool verandahs
no more cocktails no more brie
we have come to the end of a dream

too many stones in the field to plough
too many masters too little pay
we have come to the end of a dream

there is no more music but music of hate
no room for vision but vision of storms
we have come to the end of a dream

am too excited to know dat this , one of my favourite poems is from ur DNA…well close snuff…….am resisting asking him all kind of questions re style etc….

[evanovitch]

i see T S Elliot in the style…i swear

[Wahalla]

can i confess that i have never seen or heard this poem before ??????

but it is the kind of thing that makes me not write poetry.......too damn good....

and it makes me go back again and again to catch another facet reflection like a rock crystal.....what i like is scalpel leaness, all the excess has been cut away...leaving the bear bones functionality to give the mind room to create a whole other back story to its desolation.....

I thought Frost one moment??????

Then I thought suicide note ????

Then i read it again thought divorce?????

[evanovitch]

hold awn…no u bredda write dis…have i been wrong all this time..dont him is u bredda…Clark in ATL?

[Wahalla]

i have never seen this poem before but i like it.....i have re read it 5 times now...

[evanovitch]

r u not a Ledgister???????????

[Wahalla]

surprising.....though i was told i am!

[Wahalla]

so who wrote the poem ?

[evanovitch]

so who wrote the poem ?

Fragano Ledgister

[Wahalla]

good poem...spent the last hour trying to find out on the internet without success!

[evanovitch]

i took up mi copy of Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse as i was in a mood for some poems…27th was the 14th anniversary of mi son's death n poetry is one of the things dat soothe me…so i read the poem as usual n it struck me for the first time dat the author's name was familiar…so i looked in the note n imagine my surprise wen the info seemed to match wat i know of ur brother…so since we r FB frnz i asked him if it was his n he said yes….i am totally in awe…i love this poem….they have two included in the edition..this one n one titled ON PARADE….I am chuffed….

[Wahalla]

i am happy to know that a poem gave u some peace in the quiet moments when you are alone in your memory.......
I hope it cooled the tears you soul shed at his memory, and made u smiled at the beautiful moment you remember......

I will have u in my thoughts today...

regards

[evanovitch]

i am happy to know that a poem gave u some peace in the quiet moments when you are alone in your memory.......
I hope it cooled the tears you soul shed at his memory, and made u smiled at the beautiful moment you remember......

I will have u in my thoughts today...

regards

ah Wahalla…thanks…u touch me fi real…am not as harsh as i portray myself to be….this poem has given many moments of peace i am sure…i just love it…says soooo much n is applicable in sooo many situations…..i have even posted it for the leader of the Opposition telling him that he is the vision who will reverse the decay…..i have found a lot of his poems on the internet along with a few interviews….am ordering the collection from Amazon…..as i have said many a time i got a distinction at A Level in English Literature….have always loved reading n analyzing style ,language etc etc….this poem that i shared did u reminds me of Elliot, the American famous for poems like the WASTELAND and THE LOVE SONG OF J ALFRED PRUFROCK…..he would cite from the BIBLE OR SOME OTHER SOURCE as his opener n then go into his poem…..the lack of punctuation in the traditional style spoke to what he was try to convey…..ooooohhh…i hope wen i get the copy of Fragano's book, he goes into his writing style…

[Wahalla]

ah Wahalla…thanks…u touch me fi real…am not as harsh as i portray myself to be….this poem has given many moments of peace i am sure…i just love it…says soooo much n is applicable in sooo many situations…..i have even posted it for the leader of the Opposition telling him that he is the vision who will reverse the decay…..i have found a lot of his poems on the internet along with a few interviews….am ordering the collection from Amazon…..as i have said many a time i got a distinction at A Level in English Literature….have always loved reading n analyzing style ,language etc etc….this poem that i shared did u reminds me of Elliot, the American famous for poems like the WASTELAND and THE LOVE SONG OF J ALFRED PRUFROCK…..he would cite from the BIBLE OR SOME OTHER SOURCE as his opener n then go into his poem…..the lack of punctuation in the traditional style spoke to what he was try to convey…..ooooohhh…i hope wen i get the copy of Fragano's book, he goes into his writing style…

I have never visualised you as harsh....humane....unlike the self righteous of which there are many on this board...

The death of a close person is a game changer...my first memory is of such an experience

on that poem I sent a copy to a work colleague who made an interesting perspective... the first verse contradicts the second,,,, on the first there is enjoyment of the finer things in life that requires excess resources... brie, cocktails... in the second there is a clear lack adequate remuneration,,,


I ordered a copy of The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English.... it was published in 86 i beleive....

Have u seen Enders Game....?????

i read the book years ago and it was as disturbing...

[evanovitch]

no i haven't read the book or seen the movie …matter of fact the only bks by Card that i have read r his WOMEN OF GENESIS SERIES…..have always looked at his latest work hoping it is another of that series or some other Christian work…..those r the book i know him for…this other stuff, i haven't paid attention to….i will have a look at it since u mention that it is good…..