The Omo Poem by Madrason .
The Omo
Everyday is a poem to them
an anthem to the universe
dispersed then sudden arisen
a night into a sudden day
playfully now and then fighting
stars in a bed full of dust
crushing the earth into colours
sand-dust their faces with crystals
masks arising, masks surprising
here a grown man
or an antelope
a lion chasing a rabbit
a mantis jumping a tree
a child trying to be that tree
a flower arising as bird
a spotted flower field
a hunter that's shooting the moon
a star that is kissing the sun
enthralling these moments delight
with an art overshadowing splendour
i never doubt in who is wild
it never was a nature's child
and it never will be
it's our thoughts
that we are civilised
it's not them, it's us, it's we
envying their joy through suffering
a way of joy for us almost forgotten
now let us then bring offerings
and put some musing on our strings
sing them some songs of welcoming
everyday is a poem to us
an anthem to the universe
dispersed then sudden arisen
a night into a sudden day.
Madrason 28-10-2009
Inspired by Hans Silvester in his The Omo People. Amazing! CONGRATULATIONS with being chosen by Poem Hunter and Team as The Member Poem Of The Day, dear MW. Most deserving poem. I have enjoyed very much this entertaining and thought-provoking poem
Excellent poem and ode. They look like me so i must be beautiful....where do they hail from them Omo bros of mine. Thanks for showing their beauty
everyday is a poem to us an anthem to the universe dispersed then sudden arisen a night into a sudden day. Nice concuding lines of a touching poem!
The poem opens and closes beautifully: 'everyday is a poem to us an anthem to the universe dispersed then sudden arisen a night into a sudden day' - loved these lines!
The Omo River in southern Ethiopia is the largest Ethiopian river outside the Nile Basin. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and it empties into Lake Turkana on the border with Kenya. The river is the principal stream of an endorheic drainage basin, the Turkana Basin. The tribal groups of this valley are different in their cultures and beliefs; whatever your poem is very beautifully crated on the valley.
everyday is a poem to us an anthem to the universe dispersed then sudden arisen a night into a sudden day......beautifully written the poem on the beautiful people of the OMO valley and Hans Silvester, a member of the Rapho photographic agency. In this poem everything about the nature of the valley is delineated acutely; in every tribal people there are many lessons to learn the general people; congrats for being selected the poem as POD- -5****
This is really beautiful poem portraying the essense of life. Congratulations for being selected as POD.
Joyful people! ! ! " Everyday is a poem for them" ! Thanks for sharing this with us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Congratulations being featured in POD