Nairobi Sunrise - Going Home

Nairobi Sunrise (III)

You lie in half light,
cool and dreaming,
Ancient Africa, the fair.
And yet the sticky sweat of noon day
lies behind your chilly morning
Latent in your misty air.
Some hint,
beneath the dewy dawning
of dust and wildness,
dry and bare;

Some part of you,
of me,
some feeling,
Untamed still and rough, but open;
Returning now,
I feel it there

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On the way home after two years in the rain in London...
Written March 21st, 1984

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jellytree
May 20, 2006
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I hunt for greta poetry and ive found what im looking for. Im going to read all of your poems.
lonely and free
May 19, 2006
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expectancy and a little fear of the unknown... wonderful imagery.. it reeks of respect
kidtirangle
April 29, 2006
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nice well written i but i dont understand ur message it is not didatic
Harlequin
April 8, 2006
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Beautifully written, love your descriptive image.
Well written...Jeff
ecrivain01
April 3, 2006
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Very nice. Funny. I just watched "Out of Africa" last night. Good job. (That's one of my all time favorite movies, in case you're wondering -- or even if you're not.)

Applause, applause, applause.
Heart Sutra
March 24, 2006
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congratulations! it is gorgeous!
Pari Ali
March 24, 2006
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I am going home too in two days... and its a wonderful feeling, I just loved this poem, the first stanza especially is my favourite some feelings are hard to describe and I cant describe exactly how it makes me feel but its a lovely feeling a very well deserved trophy
capricornpoet
March 23, 2006
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embraced by the soul of Africa
this was chilling and evocative feel of Africa and a soul
of it's people talking,,,penetrating the gold thread of
its being..was like brushing its nature ,,,
sorcerer's quill, loved this poetry
March 21, 2006
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what a fabulous poem . I loved the whole theme of it . great stuff
chills
March 21, 2006
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colourful and flavoursome
This is a physical thing. Like going back to a first lover. For a second third fourth bite of something you'll never taste unless you are allowed back. It had flavour and senses and mmmm gorgeous. End of the year it is. Hope for some bloody fine writes when you do get back - you never disappoint my dear. xx debs
cvillelisa
March 21, 2006
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Well it has the life of something just waiting to happen inside it ...and I love the greenness.
Philogos
March 21, 2006
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Unfortunately this was written some time ago in the plane. Won't get back there now until at least the end of the year.
cvillelisa
March 21, 2006
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Anything with half-light makes my knees weak...

:-)

GREAT to read something new from you. This has a throbbing heart to it. You are connected to this place and give these words life --

Godspeed for your trip. This is a beauty.

Lisa
Philogos
March 21, 2006
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There is nothing that smells quite like the air of Africa.
NurseChilly
March 21, 2006
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This is simply great... It must be good to be going home..

lovely