Rene, This is roots brother. I can see myself in it. WEhen it rains in Banjul, I sit with my mom beside the Furno- Ring of fire, I would listen to storyies of Oumad Njulie and Samba Seytani, while we eat Ranha domadah (spinage and rice).The drama continues into nawet camps and nawet rituals. This is high times. I am inspired to write one. I am working on it. This is a lovely peom and the compilation will soon be the book. Keep them coming. Keep it up brotherman, Oko B [log in to unmask] wrote: It has been raining here, and as I sit outside and look at the cloudy sky and the wet green grass on the ground, it all but reminds me about "nawet" in the Gambia. Thus this poem. From the verandah of my grandmother's hut I watch the watery eyes of the sky above pours down on the old corrugated kitchen roof and the cold sea-blue water pelts its pit-a-pat droppings into the empty buckets underneath. I watch as the rain pours and the leaves drip their silvery wetness on the fertile ground my squinted eyes follow the many rivulets of water build up into a stream and gushes out into the wet sandy street. And when the rain stops the tiny green worms crawl voraciously and litter the brown earth ready to devour the sprouting green grasses their bloated green entrails smashed under heavy scurrying feet. I follow the narrow wet path to the tree clustered rice fields and my mother dexterously planted single blades of rice buried knee-deep under the rain water on mounds of soil fertilized by cow dung. I listen to the rice field birds sing their melodious songs compliment the joyful humming of my mother with a radiant face as the blades of rice soars above the muddy water. Rene ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい