{"id":136,"date":"2007-09-09T15:08:54","date_gmt":"2007-09-09T23:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gevorgian.com\/hakob\/archives\/2007\/09\/09\/15\/08\/54\/"},"modified":"2007-09-09T15:08:54","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T23:08:54","slug":"mutabaruka-dis-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gevorgian.com\/hakob\/2007\/09\/mutabaruka-dis-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutabaruka, DIS POEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>dis poem<br \/>\nshall speak of the wretched sea<br \/>\nthat washed ships to these shores<br \/>\nof mothers cryin for their young<br \/>\nswallowed up by the sea<br \/>\ndis poem shall say nothin new<br \/>\ndis poem shall speak of time<br \/>\ntime unlimited time undefined<br \/>\ndis poem shall call names<br \/>\nnames like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah<br \/>\nhannibal akenaton malcolm garvey<br \/>\nhaile selassie<br \/>\ndis poem is vexed about apartheid rascism fascism<br \/>\nthe klu klux klan riots in brixton atlanta<br \/>\njim jones<br \/>\ndis poem is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world<br \/>\n3rd world division man made decision<br \/>\ndis poem is like all the rest<br \/>\ndis poem will not be amongst great literary works<br \/>\nwill not be recited by poetry enthusiasts<br \/>\nwill not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion<br \/>\ndis poem s knives bombs guns blood fire<br \/>\nblazin for freedom<br \/>\nyes dis poem is a drum<br \/>\nashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriors<br \/>\nuhuru uhuru<br \/>\nuhuru namibia<br \/>\nuhuru soweto<br \/>\nuhuru afrika<br \/>\ndis poem will not change things<br \/>\ndis poem need to be changed<br \/>\ndis poem is a rebirth of a peopl<br \/>\narizin awaking understandin<br \/>\ndis poem speak is speakin have spoken<br \/>\ndis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writin<br \/>\ndis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in history<br \/>\nin your mind<br \/>\nin time forever<br \/>\ndis poem is time only time will tell<br \/>\ndis poem is still not written<br \/>\ndis poem has no poet<br \/>\ndis poem is just a part of the story<br \/>\nhis-story her-story our-story the story still untold<br \/>\ndis poem is now ringin talkin irritatin<br \/>\nmakin u want to stop it<br \/>\nbut dis poem will not stop<br \/>\ndis poem is long cannot be short<br \/>\ndis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamed<br \/>\nthe story is still not told about dis poem<br \/>\ndis poem is old new<br \/>\ndis poem was copied from the bible your prayer book<br \/>\nplayboy magazine the n.y. times readers digest<br \/>\nthe c.i.a. files the k.g.b. files<br \/>\ndis poem is no secret<br \/>\ndis poem shall be called boring stupid senseless<br \/>\ndis poem is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis poem<br \/>\ndis poem is messin up your brains<br \/>\nmakin u want to stop listenin to dis poem<br \/>\nbut u shall not stop listenin to dis poem<br \/>\nu need to know what will be said next in dis poem<br \/>\ndis poem shall disappoint u<br \/>\nbecause<br \/>\ndis poem is to be continued in your mind in your mind<br \/>\nin your mind your mind<\/p>\n<p>By Mutabaruka<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object height=\"80\" width=\"300\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/media.imeem.com\/m\/quqmJF9eFI\/aus=false\/\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/media.imeem.com\/m\/quqmJF9eFI\/aus=false\/\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"80\" width=\"300\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>dis poem shall speak of the wretched sea that washed ships to these shores of mothers cryin for their young swallowed up by the sea dis poem shall say nothin new dis poem shall speak of time time unlimited time undefined dis poem shall call names names like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah hannibal akenaton malcolm garvey 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