tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591301859535815452024-02-20T10:35:21.333-08:00UntitledChroniclesPromoting Literacy through Handwritten ThoughtsErnest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-85871578401115355782015-11-09T14:45:00.000-08:002015-11-09T14:45:05.813-08:00Zaangoma Episode 5 Is Out : Zim Hip-hop 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Zaangoma, the zimbabwean Hip-hop review show has dropped yet another episode which is also the Final episode of the season. In this episode Tadiwa chimbodza introduces the show, hands of to Mcpotar who kicks it with HWMiT Joe Public's Yagi Dojo. They discuss Way Back the 2015 single by Navy Seal.<br /><br />Sharky reviews a website owned buy an artiste known as BlackFin, based in South Africa but he is Zimbo. Then K.I.D.I kicks a freestyle.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-56140713534886340272015-04-14T04:40:00.000-07:002015-04-14T04:40:46.243-07:00Zangoma Hip-hop Show - Munetsi Drops 7 Minute Freestyle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yep so the big mUnetsi has dropped a & minute freestyle in the new Zangoma episode. Quencemotion, Mcpotar, Sharky and Tadiwa brung the heat on this one. Inviting the phenomenal Shingirai on it too and rocking Zim Sun Clothing. God is Able store too dressed them . Wow.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-25325386271630621762014-08-21T06:51:00.001-07:002014-08-21T06:51:58.901-07:00Teamed Up With Mcpotar To Make Video - Where I Belong ft Carlo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On heroes day , I took time to take a photoshoot of my longtime friend Michael "Mcpotar" Mupotaringa. We then decided to shoot the video for Where I Belong , a song that is on his debut EP (The Mcpotar EP). The song is about self discovery i can say and has quite didactic words. I did the shooting and handed him the footage which he then edited but it was great collaborative work. We have always enjoyed doing work as a team.<br />
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Please check out the video below which was dropped on his birthday:<br />
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intelligence has become the new commodity essential in the successful execution
of goals and achievements of tasks and objectives. An individual’s ability to
be aware of their emotions and channel positive energy towards a vision
increases their productivity as a student or employee. But perhaps being
sensitive to ones feelings is inadequate, perhaps in reality, a person yields
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Structures of
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we all identify or be more cogniscent of the support systems around us which
can always give us that boost that we need to carry on. Some common support
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</span>i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Better halves and spouses</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span>ii.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Siblings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>iii.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Friends</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>iv.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Places of worship</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span>v.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Colleagues and classmates</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>vi.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Elders and mentors</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_aahRaX0YuRS2Q7QRxNCyp113iuLxRvu_sm10OnyQ7o3QgeAyOcxqLQFMQl-WQmQ1VcXWqx-5aL-iN2FmOCFG0pjwIlylhnjGhZeiqvCTMJ-KV162TevRaEfYVzpjYTTQd2Lrj4-Z5Q/s1600/DSC_0114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_aahRaX0YuRS2Q7QRxNCyp113iuLxRvu_sm10OnyQ7o3QgeAyOcxqLQFMQl-WQmQ1VcXWqx-5aL-iN2FmOCFG0pjwIlylhnjGhZeiqvCTMJ-KV162TevRaEfYVzpjYTTQd2Lrj4-Z5Q/s1600/DSC_0114.JPG" height="200" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is important for
one to associate themselves with individuals and groups that help progress them
in one way or the other. Perhaps for the extrovert, they may pitch an idea to
their counterparts and bounce it off of their minds, and get their two cents as
to either adopt it or not, view it in a new light or simply polish it up. For
the introvert, they may simply present a scenario, hypothetically and draw
friends or colleagues experiences and opinions around the issue at hand.
Unfortunately, feedback is not always positive, sometimes it may be negative or
destructive, but surely in every statement presented there lies a perspective
(informed or ignorant) that can help shape how one can execute their
innovation.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg0YPmCPqU6_2hcqmFAVHmngDlvN1j1pmgooqhU1y25zAGaqwaAQyEwLMWkB62fAmE8ndyXHeNR2EBrF9d2KBFWFW1e_uwO7MCzAnU-w8ggZU9T0vuhsthGDV_Smn5jLWxmX66Ibex6s/s1600/DSC_0210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg0YPmCPqU6_2hcqmFAVHmngDlvN1j1pmgooqhU1y25zAGaqwaAQyEwLMWkB62fAmE8ndyXHeNR2EBrF9d2KBFWFW1e_uwO7MCzAnU-w8ggZU9T0vuhsthGDV_Smn5jLWxmX66Ibex6s/s1600/DSC_0210.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We all need someone
who has faith in us, as it gives us the peace to continue, knowing that out
there, there is someone who believes in us. It may take a simple smile, a
gesture of love or the statement: “You can do it!!!” Even in the doldrums of
despair and all else looks bleak, an echo of this ensemble “hang in there” can
provide the right harmony necessary before one lets loose of the rope and lets
go. Perhaps in our moments of despair, when we feel most vulnerable and weak,
is where the biggest potential for our strength in character lies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For instance, when I
was penning this article, I asked for my friend’s thoughts on the issue of
encouragement, and some encouraged me. One sentiment that was echoed was that
encouragement pushes you in the right direction and gives you the confidence in
yourself and your abilities because you know someone believes in you and your
vision. Another sentiment I got in my mini investigation from my confidante
when I asked how one felt encouragement helps them in achieving their dreams
was:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I
think encouragement accelerates or gives you momentum to keep on keeping on,
because we seldom give up when no one is by the side-lines cheering us on”</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHzK5-3IbvT0oSr6jZmvtqRSIrxNMJn9tN43hL4xVPNSbsNuINYizCcSngMEhg0wzEHeLek9m-ckWiONMNUYo65wDvrjBwpnvapA45WCBjKwXx4CWm64mKbmEFG_ho8YJ1zJsg7dlZHM/s1600/DSC_5453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHzK5-3IbvT0oSr6jZmvtqRSIrxNMJn9tN43hL4xVPNSbsNuINYizCcSngMEhg0wzEHeLek9m-ckWiONMNUYo65wDvrjBwpnvapA45WCBjKwXx4CWm64mKbmEFG_ho8YJ1zJsg7dlZHM/s1600/DSC_5453.JPG" height="211" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes,
encouragement may be stimulated by self through reading. When one seats down
and engages in the act of reading, they interact with their creative side,
often informing it with a rich exploration of a phenomena based on facts and
opinions. Literature The World English Dictionary defines encouragement as
being to inspire (someone) with the courage or confidence (to do something) or
to stimulate (something or someone to do something) by approval or help. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So go out there,
support someone, encourage them, establish yourself as a support system and
become a source of encouragement. Be the inspiration that boosts confidence by
lending an ear, if it cannot be the words, let it be the action of being there.
Presence is a great present to present a sibling with.</span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Keeping it all together</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<span style="background: white;">Even when you have all fallen apart:</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<span style="background: white;">Bound by passion</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<span style="background: white;">Cemented not by mortar</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<span style="background: white;">But by boulders of faith</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background: white;">
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<span class="textexposedshow">Those turbulent tides of tribulations</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background: white;">
<span class="textexposedshow">Shall be replaced by calm waters of peace</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background: white;">
<span class="textexposedshow">Backdropped by clear skies of serenity</span></span></span><br />
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Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-62324152150460633222014-03-24T11:32:00.000-07:002014-03-24T11:32:00.459-07:00Fast Lane<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past sped by in the fast lane</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surpassed all forms of forgiveness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clinged onto past pain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He looked at himself in the mirror</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And couldn't remember his last name</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paranoia filled his mind, it couldn't trust gain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The road was the sole witness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harbouring accounts of this conflict fest</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Night time came</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Night lights unfazed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He became street crazed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swifter than a QuickSilver in a speed chase</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past sped by in the fast lane</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surpassing all forms of forgiveness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He clinged onto past pain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looked at himself in the mirror</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And couldn't remember his last name</span></div>
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Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-2774770705167083512014-03-18T12:14:00.000-07:002014-03-18T12:14:45.865-07:00Standard Chartered<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chartered by this breathing city<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its Standards are imprinted within me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Withdraw knowledge from its cautious history<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deposit my own difference through this photographic poetry <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Improving it’s image through poetics and pictorially<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Accounting for each of it’s urbane art accounts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensuring each account is accounted for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m it’s teller, counting each of it’s dreams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My voice is a stamp that certifies never ending hope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cause in it’s vault, lies a rich heritage stocked with
Exchange Stock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Potential noticed even by Eric Bloch, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each pavement is an avenue of harmony between swag-chasers
and yesteryear’s folk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harbouring sons and daughters of right now,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterdays hits, one hit wonders and gurus on whose doors
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calm air and clean water, slow at times but never drag your
feet when you hit this spot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slow at times, but not an excuse for your chase to ever stop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slow at times, but there lies future in the truth, haste
your pace, don’t ever flop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bright lights, my city never sleeps, look outside your
window and take a peep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you slow down and look aside you’ll find out its now next
week</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-48178722051996520532014-03-17T10:06:00.000-07:002014-03-17T10:06:00.089-07:00In total<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The moon crusades through tunneling mottles of clouds</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
As if to caution mankind to be cautious;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
"Take heed, in your pursuit to get there</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Do not lose track of what you have here,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Seek not to over value what you are not,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Inversely (tragically)<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> under value what you are</span></div>
</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><div style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
I have see your kind,</div>
<div style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
At night, their dreams light up my view of your world,</div>
<div style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
Brighter than Milky Way stars</div>
<div style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
Fuel your personalities with passion</div>
<div style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
Shop smartly for the gospel in truth,</div>
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In total..."</div>
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I couldn't hear the rest of his ramblings, but in my tracks I stopped, pondered, started to muse... Counted my blessings, and saw that many of them I had abused</div>
</span></span>Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-24911493100145412042014-03-09T12:12:00.000-07:002014-03-09T12:12:11.396-07:00Fly<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">Just like the innocent dreams of a child;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">Fly.</span></div>
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Perch on the prospect of tommorrow</div>
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But, for today </div>
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Nullify your sorrow</div>
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Just like a star;</div>
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Shine.</div>
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In a glistening, brightening way</div>
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Let your presence beam the light</div>
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Amongst imminent despair.</div>
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Wonder of nature</div>
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Humble in stature</div>
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Hearts you capture</div>
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Majestical favour</div>
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Mystical enrapture</div>
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Love will be that mirage</div>
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Your weaknesses camouflaged...</div>
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So strive on, in different life forms</div>
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Praise He who life is from -</div>
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Learn lessons all lifelong</div>
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Don't be alone.... Belong.</div>
</span></span></span>Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-21697621258715675542014-02-01T09:24:00.000-08:002014-02-01T09:24:00.441-08:00Fireworks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmel and Centenary Fireworks Display in Bulawayo.<br />Image © Ernest Mackina </td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Shooting in the
cold night air</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Reaching for stars</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">A soaring dream
sparked to surpass Mars<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Explosive in nature</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Sprinkling over
boulevards<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Avenues of dreams</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Streets of inspiration with anticipation at par</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Our dreams are who we are...</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-71605621596830264972014-01-26T09:09:00.000-08:002014-01-26T09:09:00.844-08:00Letter to #UntitledChronicles<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">Dear </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/untitledchronicles" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px; text-decoration: none;">#UntitledChronicles</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">I remember when you were born out of frustration, when you were a mere idea and were etched onto script to chronicle reflections of self defeat, self pity. You rescued me from pools of anger, whose depths I had come to know intimately as I had drowned in them countless times.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">Today you have taken your own life form, and have given me a voice to air my silent voice, you h</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">ave been the voice for the silent troubled voices that could not voice their own voice.<br /><br />You have been ferried by a gentle breeze, in this silence, You where there when<a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/unclechris" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#UncleChris</a> gave you advice, you even joked about Street Language being the Currency of stupidity on <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/deck" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#Deck</a>. I experienced you skip borders independently to the Sky defying <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yourstruggle" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#YourStruggle</a>. You believed in <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/serviceaboveself" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#ServiceAboveSelf</a> and still kept it all together when you had all fallen apart with losses.<br /><br />You sang of the <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/firstrains" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#FirstRains</a> from your heart and renewed yourself by realising the power of conversation and even gave a verse for harvest. You articulated your expressions well when you wrote a letter to your fourteen year old self and sparked a chain reaction that went beyond the House of Stone.<br /><br />You pushed me to keep hunting further, through it all you evolved into a force that has since brushed shoulders with Zimbabwean Giants.<br /><br />Today, 20,000+ hits later, you are 1,000 likes - and I say, congratulations. You saved me and elevated me, you powered my confidence to scale heights taller than me. I put on shades now because our future together is bright.</span><br /><br />Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-52750783318075399052014-01-22T09:02:00.002-08:002014-01-22T09:03:15.958-08:00Smokescreen<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bulawayo Motoring Club #BurnOut. Image © of Ernest Mackina</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Smoke,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Energy
burnt and resident in dust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cloak,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Adrenalins
choke,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Crowd
screams in awe of the magic reeling off this bloke<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Screech,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Frozen
in time, timeously timing for the moment to embark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-86106579714866209752014-01-20T08:39:00.001-08:002014-01-20T08:39:48.629-08:00The Memory of a Song<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image shot and copyright of Ernest Mackina</td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Harrington; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Frozen in a moment reminiscing about the
memory of a song:</span><span style="color: #37404e; font-family: Harrington; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Character</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Time stood still
and protected underneath the shade of Msasa:</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Aperture</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Building structures of dreams
flawless, designed by hope:</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Architecture</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Harrington; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0Bulawayo, Zimbabwe-20.17219 28.581159999999954-20.651838 27.932966499999953 -19.692542 29.229353499999956tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-50456705189428844012013-11-13T01:40:00.001-08:002013-11-13T01:40:11.639-08:00Standing on the Mountain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: Harrington; line-height: 115%;">Stood
still in a stature</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Harrington; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">At one, in harmony
with nature</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">My mind the statute</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Life the statue</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Limitations
stifling a never ending season of hope<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Cogitations whistling a clever
reason to hold onto life's rope</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">I state, that in this state in my hands is my fate</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">My thoughts stipulating the pace</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Progress is a sign of progression dependent on
faith</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Decisions you make, less haste</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The air we breathe (Appreciate)</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Behold, beauty lies beyond your face</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">His omnipresence is evident beyond your face</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">His magnificence is evident beyond your face</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Harrington; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-1596143162291406702013-11-12T03:40:00.000-08:002013-11-12T03:40:20.254-08:00Remembering the Elderly<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuPT0kwl9aX_RcFgV8ei6asq_eiyCsuU88WoAD5bygD4Gr5HUedWY1qqTlR9uoHSLSsDN5akUr0wVC5bIaegD7gn5AEHnGzm10Wuw3d00NU00oVkTmHmK7p1ZBzLpDa58sfcEpW81N60/s1600/%C2%A9+Ernest+Mackina+Photography+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuPT0kwl9aX_RcFgV8ei6asq_eiyCsuU88WoAD5bygD4Gr5HUedWY1qqTlR9uoHSLSsDN5akUr0wVC5bIaegD7gn5AEHnGzm10Wuw3d00NU00oVkTmHmK7p1ZBzLpDa58sfcEpW81N60/s200/%C2%A9+Ernest+Mackina+Photography+1.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The legitimation of any society is confirmed
by the presence of the elderly. It is said that “indlela ibuzwa kwabaphambili”
which loosely means, the path is asked by those ahead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">In this journey of life,
the elderly are important as they inform a society of known and unknown norms
and values. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">They are mobile libraries and in an African setting, they carry
repositories of knowledge, as their lives are decorated with a massive wealth
of experiences.</span></div>
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is saddening however that, with all this at hand, the elderly have been
forgotten and placed in old people’s homes, with their memories receding into
oblivion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Despite this somber reality, the Rotaract Club of Matopos witnessed
first hand, the joy possessed by the smiles of the octogenarian and nonagenarians
at the Ekuphumuleni Geriatric Nursing Home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the clubs visit to the humbling home, they were introduced to a centurion
whose sharp mind recalled her exact date of birth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">She exclaimed in a clever
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morning, armed with blankets, detergents and foodstuffs they had sourced from
their own coffers and assistance from well-wishers, a short proceeding took
place as there was an a Capella group that performed their piece of beautiful
music that ministered to the grandparents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Immediate
Past President Thandi Bhanda took to the floor and vibrantly kept the elderly
entertained through a series of jokes and comical acts. </span></div>
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goodies, much to the delight of the geriatrics whose faces lit up in pleasure. </span></div>
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residents. It was a bittersweet experience for some, as tears of happiness and
touched hearts rued the atmosphere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Amongst the participants was a certain
Tapiwa Kupfuwa, who disclosed discontent at how the world had become disconnected
with their own grand folk. Everyone scrounged to have an image taken with the
centurian. The official handover of the donations was done and a vote of thanks
was given.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the elderly is very essential and helps them overcome loneliness. It also helps
them remember that they are not alone, and brings joy to their hearts. </span></div>
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half an hour of your time, is enough to show a gesture of love, whether you
have a relative or not in an old peoples home.</span></div>
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Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-59257338954135730272013-10-30T05:09:00.000-07:002013-10-30T07:19:30.103-07:00Preservation of Local Languages in English Speaking Nations<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The
21<sup>st</sup> century has been characterized by the convergence of nations
into a league of economies. Subsequently, cultures and traditions have been
amalgamated, making it a mammoth task to zero-in on what identifies the
different groups making up this gigantic movement called globalization. Any ethnic
group, tribe or clan transmits it’s indegeneology (local knowledge systems)
through codes agreed upon by generations that have existed long before them. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Language is a systematic means of
communicating through the use of sounds. This communication by word of mouth
has ensured the transmission of ideas, information, knowledge and wisdom from
one generation to another, yet today there are threats of African languages
going extinct. The English Language is mastered in order to understand things
in the systems of education. According to the African Holocaust Notes, home
usage of local languages is not intellectual or academic usage and does not
refine and develop the language as a tool of instruction. Local languages are
those languages spoken in an area of a nation state, and may exist in a small
area, or wider region. The use of ‘official’ languages which are predominantly
former colonial languages, threatens local languages and as such, strategies
need to be formulated and put in place to ensure their continued survival.
Minority languages are those languages spoken by a minority of the population
within a geographical area and these tend to be marginalized for a myriad of
reasons such as language preference, the dominance of the language if
instruction and perceived status associated with local and minority languages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Preservation is an action of
protecting any idea, information or tacit knowledge from the loss or danger of eradication.
Measures that prevent the loss of local and minority languages are in line with
those languages’ preservation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> It is very essential that we ensure
that local languages do not disappear as it would lead to the loss of human
diversity as well as all knowledge contained therein.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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should we preserve local languages?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> NOW!!! The time to act is now. If the
current scenario continues to prevail, over time, there will be a cultural
monopoly transmitted through various media such as the television.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> To
begin with, a number of African countries’ indigenous languages are legally
recognized as national languages; spoken by the different groups making up
those nations, whilst former colonial powers’ languages are predominantly used
as languages of instruction and as official languages. In Zimbabwe, the
official language is the British English whilst in South Africa there are 11
official languages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How do we preserve
local languages?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Active
participation amongst concerned stakeholders such as local government, chiefs,
governments, churches and parents holds the key to the preservation of local
languages. According to UNESCO, the
value of indigenous languages can be raised, to their being offered at
mainstream universities as well as their elevation to being recognized as
official and national languages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Structural shifts in pedagogical approaches
could very well save these languages from extinction. In Zimbabwe, information
technology applications and tools such as voice recorders and camcorders can be
used to harvest the languages found amongst elders and historians. Such a move
would lead to local language’s recognition on the global scene as it may be
transformed into publications, shared online as audio books and podcasts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Kirkness
(1998) advises that local languages may be preserved by establishing banks of
knowledge supported by stories of the elders and these may be stored over
servers and shared beyond a nations’ physical borders. The singing of hymns in churches
is one way of promoting and maintaining the use of local languages as well as
the formalization of plays in vernacular language, recording of traditional
folklore and songs rich in idioms, proverbs and metaphoric expression. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Schools,
in collaboration with ministries of arts, culture and education may also
advocate for the teaching of certain subjects in local languages. Parents can
also set aside time to read stories to their toddlers written in vernacular
languages and also ensure that they keep in touch with their roots by having
them visit their rural folk who are still in touch with these languages. Publishers
have a role to play in providing translations to best seller novels and
textbooks as well as the creation of new local publications which are unique to
African myths, legends, fable, song and dance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We
all have a role to play in ensuring that our local languages continue to live
on after us, let us as “<i>MaAfrica” </i>safeguard
them as they are our heritage. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This article was originally published on <a href="http://www.zimlink.org/preservation-of-local-languages-in-english-speaking-nations-by-ernest-mackina/" target="_blank">ZimLink</a> on the 8th of October 2013 .</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Images are a copyright of © <a href="http://www.facebook.com/UntitledChronicles" target="_blank">Ernest Mackina</a> ( Ernie-MacPics) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-71852895592359566852013-10-15T04:55:00.000-07:002013-10-30T08:28:24.503-07:00Junkie Life (reprise) Ft Jason Ross-Lee<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[2]">My life is filled with clouds of white, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[2]">Visions
of twisted tales fill my sights,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[3]" />
<span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[4]">The
drop of the clutch, the beginning of my fate.</span></span></div>
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</span><span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]"><span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0]"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[1]">Fossils
burn at my feet,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[2]" />
<span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[3]">The
world goes round, like an angry lion, my straight six thunders,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]"><span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0]"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[4]" />
<span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[5]">I
am at peace.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[6]" />
<span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[7]">I
am speed racer:</span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bulawayo Motoring Club Burn Out Event © Ernest Mackina (2013)</td></tr>
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<span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]"><span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0]">Poem by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rossleej" target="_blank">Jason Rosslee "Jase Ross"</a></span></span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[5gfx7].[1][4][1]{comment10202055935736904_4125630}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]">Image © <a href="http://www.facebook.com/UntitledChronicles" target="_blank">Ernest Mackina</a></span></div>
Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-9379605331447695382013-10-01T16:00:00.000-07:002013-10-30T08:27:11.590-07:00Junkie Life <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Harrington; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">To life, I'm this junkie</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Harrington; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Adrenalin rush</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Cutting edge
stresses on a duct</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Smooth, screeching
to make the cut</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Don't mistake my
trail for an ordinary huff<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Tis raw energy, released from
limits cuff</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-58492336466319712562013-09-12T08:38:00.001-07:002013-10-30T07:43:01.072-07:00Sinner's Guilt By Nomthandazo Moyo<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">The steaming water burns my body in my attempt to bathe my conscience clean. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">The soap </span><span style="line-height: 24.4375px;">doesn't</span><span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;"> foam as much as it should, nor do my hands rub </span><span style="line-height: 24.4375px;">vigorously</span><span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;"> enough to wash my guilt away.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">More soap, just enough to musk the smell of last nights' </span><span style="line-height: 24.4375px;">transgressions</span><span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Every splash, drop and bubble erases the odour of </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24.4375px;">delinquency</span></span></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;" />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">The towel is far too soft to scour the blame off.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Maybe, just maybe I will feel a little less remorse.</span></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Who am i trying to fool? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">This is just a futile attempt to undo a mistake yet I know I can not. The guilt is one i will carry with me forever.</span><br />
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<br />Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-697251594000306992013-09-11T06:46:00.000-07:002013-10-30T08:28:37.509-07:00Colour of my voice By Nomthandazo Moyo<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">A shade depicting my moods and <b>thoughts</b>;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Or maybe its a entire <b>spectrum </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Artistically painted into a masterpiece of my <b>character</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">The harmony I <b>reflect.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">My joy translated into a dyed <b>canvas</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">My anger paints my<b> bliss</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Shouting, screaming; my volume <b>raised</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Echoes trembling, my texture <b>roughened</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Sulky responses and muted <b>thoughts,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Elation thoroughly <b>masked</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Tainted from deep<b> within</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Question is </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">Is my colour constantly changing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 24.44444465637207px;">or is it different shades of <b>one?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is it the truth?</span></div>
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<br />Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-89176546831508332002013-08-13T03:18:00.000-07:002013-10-30T08:28:50.961-07:00Classic Calendar<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So throw on a smile, it will be alright"</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I would like to know how this classic calendar has stood through time, I asked how it braved generational cases of sadness, and as I looked at it's vintage wisdom, it replied:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Time heals all wounds"</span></span></div>
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</span>Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-59992292915445958182013-08-01T09:47:00.000-07:002013-08-01T09:47:18.801-07:00Crescent Of Dreams<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Crescents that give <b>essence</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">To residents resident in these areas of <b>residence</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">A road sign whose name is so <b>eloquent</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Residual of the ambition once upon a time <b>resident</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Now broken dreams <b>evident</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Solutions can only be heaven <b>sent</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Two minds better than idle <b>thoughts</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Misguided and starved of the fragrance carried by focus <b>scent</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Declare a bright future - one to be a <b>participant</b></span></div>
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</span>Ernest Mackina Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702095899614896197noreply@blogger.com0Bulawayo, Zimbabwe-20.17219 28.581159999999954-20.649259 27.935712999999954 -19.695121 29.226606999999955tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159130185953581545.post-51356428650613281142013-07-23T13:44:00.003-07:002013-10-30T08:31:12.555-07:00Kind Sir Mr Moon<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Dangling in the air</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Without a care</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">There, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Everywhere.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Leaving its graffiti inscribing mark : Find me anywhere</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Tell me, Oh kind Sir Mr Moon</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">What it's like to watch over the whole galaxy</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">it's inhabitants</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">And still be alone?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Tell Me, Oh Kind Sir Mr Moon,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">What its like to be in orbit of Earth,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">To be in synchronous rotation of Planet Earth</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">To show only one face (many others you choose to unearth)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Tell Me, Oh kind Sir Mr Moon</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">What its like to be second fiddle</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">In brightness after the sun;</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Yet you are always there?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Tell me, Oh kind sir Mr Moon</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">How your mere presence inspired many a technological innovation </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">and sparked even more mythology</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Maybe, Kind sir Mr Moon</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">I should not ask you,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">Maybe as I dig into this fish-tuna</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">The answers to the questions I ask</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">May not lie with you</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px;">But with madame Luna</span></span><br />
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