Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: The Day Of Pentecost (Poem)

"Chidi,
Line 6
I miss-read:
"Who will receive the real baptism" ?"

-----Mazi Cornelius Hamelberg.

Mazi,

you read line 6 in isolation of line 5. You will have to read them together. The word is "rare" not "real". You seem to have been distracted by the ofe owerre and okporoko on the dinning table while you were reading(lol), ndewo.

-------CAO.

 

Nigerian Poet and Publisher at: PublicInformationProjects

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From: Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com>
To: USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 9:38 PM
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: The Day Of Pentecost (Poem)

Chidi,

Line 6
I miss-read:
"Who will receive the real baptism" ?

On 5 Juli, 11:41, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.op...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> By Chidi Anthony Opara
>
> The day draws near.
> The whiff delights us,
> We are tickled.
> We wait,
> We
> Who will receive rare baptism,
> We wait.
> The day draws near,
> The day
> Of Pentecost draws near.
>
> The day
> The light of courage
> Will descend upon us.
> The day
> Our taciturn tongues
> Will fire cannons
> Of just rebellion.
>
> The day draws nearer,
> The day
> Of Pentecost draws nearer.
>
> The day is here.
> Amadioha arrives
> Astride the sacred ram.
> We relish
> The rituals of rare baptism,
> We are set to strike.
>
> Publisher At PublicInformationProjects

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