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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love does not die

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Alone with my thoughts on the beachWith elbows dug in the wet sandI lie half-inclined with cupped chin in handGazing across the AtlanticLost in far-away thoughtsPondering what might have beenAnd though you are long goneI do mightily miss youAnd still love you! More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Enlightenment

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Title: (Check Out Your DNA, Mr. Klansman!)You believe dear Mr. KlansmanThat you are God's giftTo the human raceAs did Adolf HitlerWho also thought he wasAn all-conquering heroBut do you knowYour DNAMr Klansman?Blue-eyed blondYour American versionOf the Aryan master-raceBegan with the storyOf the enforced couplingOf your slave... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Death of a loved one

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Title: (Hospice Final Journeys)Though now all deceasedAt the time of the interviewsThey were very much aliveAnd awaiting their deaths in a hospiceTheir touching reflectionsAbout daily having to face the cold factOf their impending deathsAnd their "whiles-alive-images" in black and whiteThose poignant full-faced photographsWer... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Longing

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You may be long goneBut nothing can fill the voidWhich those painfully-long sad yearsOf no longer being able to hear your soothing voiceAnd being protected by your gentle-guiding wisdomHas created in the devastation that is meAnd I still yearn passionatelyFor your healing touchAfia-BirgitDearest! More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Snapshots

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Title: ("Kano - Ancient African metropolis")KanoKanoColourful harmattan MosaicAn ancient African metropolisOf towering minaretsAnd goatskin leather goodsKanoKanoColourful harmattan mosaicOf dancing joyous multitudesCelebrating centuries-old Hausa traditionsOf time-honoured African festivals of antiquityKanoKanoColourful harma... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Writing

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(Title: "Malapropism")A malapropismIs a simple caseOf mistaken identityWhich occursWhen an impostorOf the literary kindAn uninvitedAnd unwanted wordSneaks unto a pageAlmost unnoticedWhiles a pieceIs being writtenAndIs mistakenly acceptedBy an exhausted writerSufferingThe after-effectsOf prolonged lack of sleepWho thinksHe had... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Desire

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(Title: Dashing English Aristocrat)GoshSo poshHow incredibly dashingLord what a virile young chapLoads of dosh tooPlus country estate to bootHeavens what a hootHow marvellous and dishyHow absolutely bloody scrumptious! More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Nonsense

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Title: "I Joined an Online Community Once!"I joined an online community onceIn my enthusiasm to participateI unwittingly became a nuisanceFilling the in-boxesOf scientific mindsWith my off-topic meanderingsUntil disaster struckI answered what I thoughtWas private mailFrom a member of the listTo my horrorBack it cameThe proper... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center What are the key obstacles to obtaining sustainable peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and what steps are necessary to overcome them?

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The abiding misfortune of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is that providence blessed it with such unimaginable mineral wealth. That wealth, has acted as a magnet, to attract an assortment of adventurers, throughout its modern history, over the last four centuries. And there is a long list, of such individuals, and corpo... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Africa Violence against foreigners in South Africa

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BLACK SOUTH AFRICA'S DISGRACEFUL MOMENT OF XENOPHOBIC MADNESSPan-Africanist from Nkrumah's Ghana are horrified by the turn of events in some of the poorer parts of the townships, which surround South Africa's major cities. And they are all virtually in a state of shock as well.Many also feel that it is such a tragedy that the... More..

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