Love Acts & Talks

By Abbyan Ali

This lyrical poetry collection - Love Acts & Talks- is an inspiring, joyful book. The poems are written in the Somali oral tradition of poetry recitation and singing technique - Gabey. Renowned as a nation of poets – the author's attempt at writing Somali Gabey in the english language has produced a collection of beautiful texts. The verses are truly striking, giving a joyful, organic feeling, with contrasting yet very harmonious textures as they are written with an intelligent, playful and creative use of the english language. It is this lyrical style that lends the poems a depth and allows the reader to consider possible multiple meanings of many of the poems. The poems have strong vibrant messages, a celebration of life. Discusing serious issues like human relations and values, respects of freedoms and rights, including children's rights. But the artistic and simple story-telling design makes it effective to relate to such strong messages in hopeful and inspiring ways.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abbilen publishers
• Release date: Aug 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9789187475115

Book preview

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Doing right, by some

Of lions with their pride

That are said to have heart

Seen as bold, some with might

At times lesser of sight

Fierce when right

Protecting their pride

Not in slaughter, claiming one

Of the lambs that are wolves

That are known to thrive in packs

Not for lies dressed to pass

Respecting the order of ranks

Theirs is one for life

Of family relations and public ties

Bowing down when not right

Of domesticated dogs and cats

Loyal, friendly, social and liked

Independent, free of minds

Different lives and also kinds

Housed, trained, pretty well fed

Allowing each to prosper and thrive

For suitable, each having their own

Of elephants and mighty matriarchs

With strong, loving family ties

That of size, acted on in times

Keeping own, remembering one’s home

Holding memories of new and old

Time after time

Triumphs the right

Of birds in love, mating for life

Serenading with songs and dance

Loyal, playful keeping the romance

In pairs, a family, two makes to rise

Colorful, bright, different of sounds

Freely migrating, north or south

Abiding devotedly, to nature’s calls

Of humans these stories relates

Not of lions, sheep and wolves

Nor the domesticated dogs and cats

Nor mighty elephants and loving birds

Of dictating loves, the always child

Individual stories, of one mother, once child

Respecting freedoms, having rights

Whose kinds of loves, acts and talks

See my hope

I saw of dark clouds

Worries and frowns

I felt the need

To avoid the reasons

This was not sleep

The reasons were lived

By other’s than me

Yes, I do dare dream

Dream of sweet dreams

And not only in sleep

I hope and I reason

I have many seasons

See my lights

My hope is always lit

The truths with times

These lights do not lie

I give many reasons

The pleasures in life

– And so I dream

I dream as I live

The wakeful, the sweet

This hope that feeds

Makes all life so sweet

So see my lights

With hope’s lights

I dream

I hope and I dream

To live my sweet dreams

So see my hopes

See my lights

To prosper as I live

That love

We love the notion

That one is more than

Where there is love, like and life

Is where there is lust, love and laughter

One is somewhere