<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367341" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Maasai Country</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Across the hills, across the plains, <br>The Maasai people roam, <br>Sometimes to pause for short term gain, <br>Sometimes to build a home...<br>They hate our modern stress and strife<br>And flash technology, <br>They'd much prefer the simpler life, <br>The way life's meant to be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their vibrant coloured garments share<br>The fashion sense they own...<br>They have an independent air, <br>Such that they are well-known...<br>They fight for rights they still possess, <br>Just like all people do...<br>They want their share of happiness, <br>The old ways and the new.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What right have we to undermine<br>The ways they've lived for years? <br>What right have we to think it's fine<br>To bring their children tears? <br>So live and let live, that's my stance, <br>Our world is theirs as well...<br>Together we all stand a chance, <br>Each with a tale to tell...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, February 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Maasai Country'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367341" data-title="Maasai Country de Denis Martindale" data-description="Across the hills, across the plains, The Maasai people roam, Sometimes to pause for short term gain, Sometimes to build a home... They hate our modern stress and strife And flash technology, They'd much prefer the simpler life, The way life's..."></div> </div> </div>

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