Best Mali Poems

In old East Putnam
A very long time ago
Mother sang this song to me
Oh so soft and low
It's just a simple ditty
She sang rocking in her chair

my mind still wanders,
Back to that old farm again
I feel her a hugging me
As she did back then
Her voice would...

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a seasonal haste captured me 
in the mist of toiled follies 
and meaningful gestures 
i'd yet to foretell 

a heavenly hint of paradise 
beyond the garden gates 
faint notions aroused 
my melancholy mind
 
offering jaded scores 
amid the calm hues beckoning 
my inner warmth i...

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Mali

Two yr. Old Mali
Puc’s little nymph
Cherub in pull-ups
Clumbing the hearts
of the trees around her.

7.11.17...

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Greatness was his to inherit  
Breaking free from shells of gold
Soaring on wings of diamond so bold
Across the vast and rich lands of Mali.

Well-versed in the culture of his motherland 
A gem in trade, a leader in heart
Mansa Musa, a beacon of strength
Guiding Mali...

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