September Heights. Day 24. The Prompt is Strive.
Over the weekend Ghana lost one of her illustrious sons in the Kenyan carnage. Armed men stormed an upscale shopping mall in the capital and opened fire on shoppers and other civilians. About a 60 are reported dead with about a 200 critically injured. Prof Kofi Awonoor, Ghana’s former Chairman of the Council of State, a university don with specialty in English and Literature, a poet, writer and a former ambassador to the UN was gunned down in cold blood while attending a literary event. His body will be flown home tomorrow. His son, who was with him was also shot and critically injured.
This cascade of haiku is my humble tribute to Prof Kofi Awonoor.
Strive
winds of death
sweep in a convulsing arc
we strive for meaning
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we strive for meaning
in a world of blood and tears
frozen…
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Thank you so much, Lisa.
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By: readinpleasure on September 27, 2013
at 1:16 am