The Bleeding Heart and Other Poems

Shilia Kaaya

Description

The Bleeding Heart has themes and content which cover a wide spectrum of life, including politics, history, culture, nature and humanity. Other areas revolve around the universal themes of war, peace, love, and hate. Kaaya Shilia belongs to the group of post-modernist young writers, whose taste has been conditioned by the social character of their age, the age of ICT, and of the glory and gloom of globalization. The message contained in each poem is not all too obvious to the naked eye; one has to pause and think and ask oneself �why?� It is in the digging of this �why� that one discovers the underlying meaning and beauty of the words contained in a particular poem.

Sujets

• African
• Poetry

Informations

• Publié par: FGD Tanzania Ltd
• Date de parution: 04 avril 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9789987483778
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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THE BLEEDING HEART

and oter Poems

Silia Kaaya

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iv Silia Kaaya Publised by: FGDTanzania Ltd. P. O. Box 40331 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Email: [e-mail]

© Silia Kaaya, 2009

ISBN 978-9987-483-10-5

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he Bleeding Heart Table of Contents

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Foreword...............................................................................ix Acknowledgements................................................................xi Dedication ......................................................................... xiii Abuja, not our pride.............................................................. 1 Africa at te Crossroads......................................................... 2 After Berlin now Brussels ...................................................... 3 Black Gold ............................................................................ 4 Blood for Oil!........................................................................ 5 Bracing for te aftermat ...................................................... 6 Seattle, Doa, finally Cancun! ............................................... 8 Clear skies ............................................................................. 9 “Complete Victory!”............................................................ 10 Crocodile Tears.................................................................... 12 Crying for moter Africa..................................................... 13 Dark alleys .......................................................................... 14 Dense foliage....................................................................... 15 Dodoma.............................................................................. 16 Down te Valley of Deat: Walter Sisulu, Bye ..................... 18 Finally Victory .................................................................... 19 Fists of Support ................................................................... 20 Flying.................................................................................. 21 Follow te mountain, te beauty ......................................... 23 Get Hold of Your Peace ....................................................... 25 “Global Aparteid” ............................................................. 26 Happy Cameleon .............................................................. 27 Hold On Winnie ................................................................ 28

vi Silia Kaaya I see Lumumba; I cry .......................................................... 30 Is Good Governance te Issue? ........................................... 31 Jimmy Carter - he Nobel Laureate .................................... 32 Kilimanjaro Bleeds for he Eart ........................................ 33 MANDELA ....................................................................... 35 MANYARA, Now Eternal................................................... 35 Memories of cildood ....................................................... 37 Mererani in Tears,Bye Mkalama ..........................................38 Mount Meru tis Morning.................................................. 39 Mount Meru: he Lost Glory.............................................. 40 MY FATE (Written 1988)................................................... 42 Next Dawn.......................................................................... 44 Next front, water blues ........................................................ 45 On Globalization ................................................................ 46 Patterns ............................................................................... 48 Poetry.................................................................................. 50 Prayer for Sanity.................................................................. 51 September 11t ................................................................... 52 Sokoine, te son of Africa.................................................... 53 Solder’s Soul and Mind........................................................ 55 Stive Biko remembered........................................................ 56 Sunrise beauty ..................................................................... 57 Terror in te orizon ........................................................... 58 he African Cild ............................................................... 60 he Amazing Ngorongoro................................................... 61 he Ball of Fire.................................................................... 64 he Beautiful Flower ........................................................... 65 he Blackman in Peril ......................................................... 66

he Bleeding Heart vii he Bleeding Heart ............................................................. 67 he Bleeding Palestine......................................................... 68 “he Common Interest” ...................................................... 69 he Crawling Africa ............................................................ 70 he day of reckoning........................................................... 72 he Deafening Silence! ........................................................ 73 he Dream .......................................................................... 74 he Evil Empires ................................................................. 76 he Fantasies of Capitalism ................................................. 77 he Forgiving Africa! ........................................................... 79 “he Geneva of Africa” ........................................................ 80 he Inuman Human ......................................................... 83 he irony of Our Times....................................................... 84 he jungle out tere! ........................................................... 85 he lustful eart .................................................................. 86 he malicious mind............................................................. 87 he Maniacs of War ............................................................ 89 he misery of HIV/AIDS .................................................... 90 he Nuclear Holocaust........................................................ 91 he rices of te eart ......................................................... 93 he Sadow of Deat (1988 January) ................................. 94 he Same of Hunger ........................................................ 95 he signs of time ................................................................. 96 he soul-searcing episode .................................................. 98 he Street Souls of Arusa................................................... 99 he Sun............................................................................. 100 he ugly face of deat........................................................ 103 he Unoly Trinity............................................................ 104

viii Silia Kaaya he Vicious Mind ............................................................. 105 he war front - HIV-AIDS................................................ 106 houg So Gloomy, Yet So Reassuring .............................. 107 Touring he Empire .......................................................... 108 Tribute to Mwalimu .......................................................... 110 Unending turmoil ............................................................. 113 Wat a same for Africa! Burundi ..................................... 114 Winning te Hearts and Minds......................................... 116 Wises Awas.................................................................... 117 Yes, Nujoma he Voice of Africa ....................................... 121

Foreword

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n te last decade Tanzania made radical canges in its I education system keeping in line wit new developments in Information, Communication and Tecnology (ICT) as well as socioeconomic canges in society brougt about by forces of globalization. he Ministry of Education and Vocational Training plays an important role in tis matter. It is in tis predisposition tat Matematics and te Englis language ave received unique and special empasis in te curricula of pre- tertiary education in te country.

In te language departments of bot private and public institutions, Englis language and literature ave been given special empasis. Unfortunately, many books in Englis are written by foreign autors, wo, most of te time, ave limited knowledge of te African cultural milieu. In tis aspect, inter alia, he Bleeding Hearta very positive and welcome is contribution to tegenreof poetry. It is written by a Tanzanian national, Kaaya Silia, wo, interestingly enoug, is a poet by talent and an accountant by profession.

he Bleeding Heart as temes and content tat cover a wide spectrum of life, including politics, istory, culture, nature and umanity. Oter areas revolve around te universal temes of war, peace, love, and ate. Kaaya Silia belongs to te group of post-modernist young writers, wose taste as been conditioned by te social caracter of teir age, te age of ICT, and of te glory and gloom of globalization.