<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=417451" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Gray Feathered Bird (A Birthday Poem for Wole Soyinka)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A bird flew across this land <br>Seventy-eight odd years ago and <br>The land was chaotic but now was silent<br>Which smiled and whispered 'a great' had been born <br>And none but all will be lifted by this special one <br>The heavens had let him go with a pen <br>Tucked beneath his wings to fly far, far away <br>And make a stop in a nation in need of a hero <br>And genius who had the heart of a child <br>And the tenacity of a warrior <br>To fight for the freedom of his comrades <br>And sing so loud and beautifully <br>Against the oppression of the weak <br>The skies were blue this very day <br>As God and his angels stood and cheered <br>The grey- feathered laureate <br>A bird flew into this land of ours <br>And in a dark sky, set a rainbow <br>That all who fly in after him <br>Will add their colours <br>And live the world a far better place than they met.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jenim+Dibie">Jenim Dibie</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=417451" data-title="Gray Feathered Bird (A Birthday Poem for Wole Soyinka) de Jenim Dibie" data-description="A bird flew across this land Seventy-eight odd years ago and The land was chaotic but now was silent Which smiled and whispered 'a great' had been born And none but all will be lifted by this special one The heavens had let him go with a pen ..."></div> </div> </div>

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