LELA-TENSAE - ETAMoonlight

1 - Mimi Endafish yarglen:) zeregnet yitfa ahadnet yinges! (Comment this)

2 - Mimi,

Your getem feeds our desire for a nation at peace with itself. The battle field of history is littered with the corpses of emanicipatory dreams.

Our countries historical field is drenched in torrential rains of blood. Yet, despite the odds every generation offers its sacrifice, canonizes its heroes and fights for a livable utopia.

Perhaps it is the disappointment of betrayal that leaves me pessimistic but I can't see Ethiopia transcending its current predicament and becoming a nation of its people.

In my melancholic mood your words are inspiring and give hope - and that is priceless.

Did I mention that this is one of the "deepest" blogs? Keep it coming - I learn soo much everytime.

Selam,

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3 - Mimi- good poem. I like it.
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4 - The message was clear and precise, the quality of the poem is up to par. I wonder if your father was a debtra. I never known you have such a talent. I love it my good friend. Keep it up

Ketsela (Comment this)

5 - Ketsee, Alemiye & Anonymous -- Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it.

Tsion- They say it is always dark before dawn...so I just choose to keep my hopes alive :) but I understand your cynicism...thanks for the nice words as well! (Comment this)

6 - Mimi,

Like everyone already pointed out, you have done a great job in presenting the truth about the issue of our time poetically. It really hits home.

Thanks for the contribution and for sharing your thoughts.

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7 - I thought Hailu Shallow was part of the Derg government that butchered more than 200,000 youth in the 70'. Ah Ethiopian's how we easily try to forget. yewega biresa yetewega ayeresam. He is reaping what he sowed, even his former members are shunning him now. Glad to witness the drama. (Comment this)

8 - LOL at yechaka Bandawoch, and you call yourself non racist/ehnicist?We will see where this Neftegna atitude is going take you guys.Ask your Dr Nega to go to chaka is he is a man I am sure he will pee on himslef just by the thought of it (Comment this)

9 - ቅንጅት መንፈሱ
የናንት መቀናጆ፣
አይታኘክ አንጆ፣
በአውቀት ያልተበጀ፣
በልምድ ያልደረጀ፣
ከአንቀልባው ሳይወርድ ስልጣን እንደባጀ፣
ይኸው በቡቃያው በዳዴው አረጀ::
የናንተው ቅንጅት፣ ድፍረት የተኩዋለ፣
ጥሞና የነሳው፣ መስከን ያልታደለ፤
እየተወሻሸ፣ እየተዛዘለ፣
ጥዋት ትግል ወጥቶ፣ ተሲያት ደከመ
“አለት መቀናጆው”፣ በ አፍላነቱ ላመ
ካስማው ተነቀለ፣ምሰሶው ዘመመ፤
“የትግል ጽናቱ” ፣ ጉልበቱ ለገመ
የትናንቱ ስተት፣ ዛሬም ተደገመ፣
በስልጣን ሽኩቻ፣ ጥምረቱ ታመመ::
ስልጣን በጅ፣ ስልጣን በጅ፣
ፍቅር እንዲደረጅ፣እፈረንጅ አገር ደጅ፣
ልክ እንዳገር ቤቱ፣ የምርጫ ቱማታ
ፓርላማ አንገባም፣ስልጣን ዛሬ መጥታ፣
መንበርዋን ካልጨበጥን፣ ጀንበር እንዴት ወጥታ
‘እንኮዬ ድማሜ የልጆች ጨዋታ”
“ዶሮማታ፣ማታ፣”፣ ስልጣን ማታ፣ማታ
“የምን ስልጣን ማታ፣ይቺ ናት ጨዋታ!
ዛሬ እንጂ በጥዋቱ፣
ዲሞክራሲ ሂደቱ፣
ይደፋ ባናቱ፣
አረ የታባቱ!
ስልጣኑ እንዳሻነው፣ባንድ ጀምበር ይምጣ፣
ጀምበር ከጠለቀች፣ባፍንጫችን ይውጣ፣
ለምን ስልጣን ነገ፣ለዛሬ ነው ምጤ፣
ካልሆነ እዘፍናለሁ፣የፍየል ወጠጤ፣
መልኬ እንጂ ቅንጅት፣ግን ደርግ ነው ውስጤ”
ሆነና ነገሩ፣አካሄድ የነአጤ፣
ፓርላማውን ናቁት፣ባይሆናቸው ብጤ::
ዛሬም እንደገና፣ያቻምናዋ ብዋልታ፣
ሾረች ስደት መጥታ፣ አምራ ተቆናጅታ፣
“እንኮዬ ድማሜ፣የልጆች ጨዋታ፣”
“ዶሮ ማታ፣ማታ”፤ስልጣን ማታማታ፣
የምን ስልጣን ማታ፣በል ጀምር ቱማታ፣
ዘራፍ ተነካከስ፣ጀምበር ሳትመለስ፣
እርስ በርስ ተብዋቀስ፣
“ትግሉን እዳር አድርስ፣”
ተብዋቅሰህ ስትጨርስ፣
ደሞ ፊትክን መልስ፣
ወዲህ ወደ ሁዋይት ሀውስ፣
ወደ ነጩ ታቦት፣
ወደ አምልኮትህ ቤት፣
ተሰለፍ ለለቅሶ፣
ልትል ክላላይሶ፣
ደሞ ባንተ ብሶ፣
መንፈስ ማለት ደርሶ፣
ከሆነም ነው እርኩስ፣
የትም የት የማይደርስ፣
ያልረባ ለራሱ፣
ቅንጅት መንፈሱ::
አሀዱ ሰላሙ
መስከረም16 2000 ዓ.ም. (Comment this)

10 - Anon,

Althoough I do not agree with everything in it, I must admit, it is a great poem and you make some valid point. Thanks for the comment.

I hope you don't take offense, but may I ask if it is your own or someone else's? The reason I ask is, I think it deserves a place on the blog and once I know whose it is, I'd be glad to post it on the blog.

Thanks again (Comment this)