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	<title>Mshairi &#187; Poetry</title>
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	<description>life, love, poetry, africa, gender activism</description>
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		<title>Long before</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The resolve in my heart was&#8230;..has been steadfast&#8230;&#8230;.
Forged in time &#8230;&#8230;..long before i laid eyes on you&#8230;&#8230;
Long before our first walk together&#8230;.long before the words escaped
my lips&#8230;..
If you wonder why i look at you with childish abandon&#8230;&#8230;
Why i do not get upset&#8230;&#8230;
My eyes had seen all the wrong that would come&#8230;&#8230;.
Still the resolve to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 hours in Twitterland</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 6 hours ago in reply to mamajunkyard
Trying to be as cool as Jean-Luc Picard
About 5 hours ago from txt
Twitted…but followers perplexed
About 4 hours ago from TweetDeck
Gotta stop twitting without spellcheck
About 3 hours ago in reply to blacklooks
Twitted but really outta be on school books
About 2 hours ago from the web
The twitting verve never seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adrift&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mshairi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[he comes to her
as she stands
on the shore
he stares at the sad sea
of what could have been
the sky witness
to the farewell
begins to shed tears
reflecting her desolation
an unsettling
love with no rhyme no reason
came suddenly
with a headless rush
swift and flowing
like a spring
from an endless source
swept them overboard
and left them adrift

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		<title>Haiku</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mshairi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nights lengthens
Sleep disappears; 
eyes stay open

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		<title>If they asked&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mshairi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If they asked
He would tell them
why he allows love to pass him by.
He would not dissemble
but would tell it like it is.
He would tell them
the consequence
of love&#8217;s young dream
is nothing
but
a brimful of broken dreams
He would tell them
about the crushing of hope,
the falling off from pedestals.
He would say
the triumph of love
is not exultation but
corroding
of the heart.
He [...]]]></description>
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