tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29596112794552398652024-02-18T21:35:58.476-08:00Kingdom of Benin Blogs - Kids Poems Fidelia Nimmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322270698770479832noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959611279455239865.post-70149718000974328302017-07-06T09:25:00.001-07:002017-07-06T09:25:29.872-07:00An Ode To The Benin Chiefs<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;">An Ode To The Benin Chiefs (of old)</span></u><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">You provide an insight into the running of,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the most efficient administrative systems in the world;</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">King and Chiefs working hand in hand with the people,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">To leave a legacy for all ages.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">You flaunt not your riches,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">They lie buried in the dust of age in store rooms,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">In compound wells and on ancestral alters;</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Diamond, gold or silver, appeal not to you.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">You worship your head,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Which controls all your bodily functions,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Your intelligence is held in your head; therefore, </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">You celebrate this annually in the Ague festival.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Your lesson to the world is,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Brains and intelligence,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Are what matter most in this life;</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">All earthly riches not.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">You are an inspiration for,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">All peoples,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">All cultures,</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Through all times.<br /><br />All hail the Benin chiefs (of old).</span></span><br style="color: #3e2616; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="color: #3e2616; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />Fidelia Nimmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322270698770479832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959611279455239865.post-31929592807915192752012-09-28T14:05:00.002-07:002013-12-30T00:09:47.392-08:00Black History Month poems<br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Black History acrostic<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">B</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">rave men and women doing extra ordinary
things<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">L</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ots of love to share with one and
all, is their song<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">lways putting others’ needs
before theirs is their feat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">C</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">hecking that ethics is the order
of the day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">K</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">nowing that time will be the
judge of all <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">H</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">istory celebrating efforts and achievement
of the great<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">nspiring tales which guide others
to keep on the straight and narrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">S</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ometimes easier said than done<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">T</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">omorrow comes with its own challenges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">O</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ther people’s interests weigh heavily
on the mind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">R</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">allying around good causes is no
bother to care about<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Y</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ielding to
inner pressures in choosing between right and wrong and getting it right; doing
the right thing even when others cannot see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What
black champions do with their gifts<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Muhammed
Ali, he had a gold medal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He threw
it in the river to make a point.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Nelson
Mandela, he had strong anti apartheid speeches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was
forced to take these behind bars for 29 years, becoming president after that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Martin
Lurther King, he had a dream of all little children playing happily together<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He gave
us utopia to aspire to.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mary Seacole,
she had bottles of herbs<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">She took
them to the Crimean War to make injured soldiers better.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Olaudah Equiano,
he had a chiefly tale to tell in the slave quarters<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He put
these down on paper for generations coming by. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My teacher,
she has the gift of the jab<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">She takes
it to telling black history from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Me, I
have a colourful imagination<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t
know just what I’ll do with it yet.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Proverb<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Do not
let others dress you in princely robes that aren’t yours. They will surely be
taken away from you in time and the brethrens you betrayed along the way will
be watching.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fidelia Nimmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322270698770479832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959611279455239865.post-87622839761305766642012-09-28T13:48:00.003-07:002013-12-30T00:10:16.655-08:00More Black History Month poems <br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When They
Call<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When they
call to make notes on amazing black world<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll be
there helping.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When they
call to know who is who in the black history hall of fame <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll be
there helping.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When they
call to know which names merit praise singing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll be
there helping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When they
call for list of activities to do with the kids at school</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll be
there helping.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When they
call to collect certificates of achievements for star pupils on black history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll be
there helping.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">...and when
they call for names to put on the certificates<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll
definitely be there!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> <img height="175" id="il_fi" src="http://www.google.co.uk/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://thumbs.gograph.com/gg57216443.jpg&sa=X&ei=2QxmUJ-eHIiRhQe974HICQ&ved=0CAkQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNF8d71HDD2PZjq1qtPwidMxrAKaXA" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="320" /></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Proverb<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Don’t ask
who should be included in the black history most famous list; ask who did the
most for black cause.</span></div>
Fidelia Nimmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322270698770479832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959611279455239865.post-15379944975807763422012-09-17T12:48:00.007-07:002013-12-30T00:10:45.580-08:00Harvest<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest <o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest is a time to remember our
brothers, one and all<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest is a time to seek out anyone
without<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest is a time to remember others in
the community<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest is a time to share our little or
much<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest is a time to be happy as one
brotherhood in the community.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">People give thanks to God for their food<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">People give thanks to God for an
abundant harvest<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">People give thanks to God for the
fertile soil<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">People give thanks to God for the sun,
the rain and the moon<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">People give thanks to God all that they
have<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We celebrate our joy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We celebrate God’s kindness<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We celebrate each other<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We celebrate rewards of our efforts<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We celebrate a prosperous new year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some slaughter a cow, cook and share
with others<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some cook cauldrons of food to share
with one and all<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some party all day even for five days<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some sing pray and decorate their prayer
houses<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some nominate a harvest master.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest time is remembering others and
sharing with them <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest time is about others’ happiness
and well being<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest time is making sure others have
enough to live on<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest time is remembering that we are
all helpless without the grace of God.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest time is this message:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">‘I
am because you are!’</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">an African
adage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FN<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
Fidelia Nimmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322270698770479832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959611279455239865.post-63116005399386841442012-09-17T12:39:00.002-07:002013-12-30T00:11:44.711-08:00 More Harvest poems <br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When the
Harvest Fails<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When the
Harvest Fails:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Misery,
hunger, thirst<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Anger,
distress, cries<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Weakness,
illness, pity<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Kwashiorkor,
death<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Live aid,
charity<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When the
Harvest Fails, agony!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><img height="199" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Fsq5o3YRE5D-ZvKgUPXjDMPumxC90iAoNcquq1lnluwLbTFrVZNK4iKP6u_Zp5YulH4wDkmiD2y9t-xNKeVcxFLJ_O5EhlBtYsUMcEKmMIG8ZPNJkHBvECAWjUAYZNS7IwXJhiyEH0A/s200/breadfish.gif&sa=X&ei=XHxXUOr2J4Wx0QW63IDwBA&ved=0CAkQ8wc41gI&usg=AFQjCNEqJ2RP8Wuj8Uhg1ymLaGV3EMHuDA" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="200" /></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A Good Harvest<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Abundant
food in:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sacks,
bags, shops<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Baskets,
kitchen, pots<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Plates,
bowls, stomach<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Abundant
food for you and me!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<img height="101" id="il_fi" src="http://www.google.co.uk/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site5012/ClipArt-HF2002HarvestBaskets%5B1%5D.jpg&sa=X&ei=zXtXUJnEMceP0AW-5YCYCQ&ved=0CAkQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNGcBMzzI97hm3uEAJwXVqsfAmIfDA" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="150" /></div>
<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Market Chant<o:p></o:p></span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Come and
buy my:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Bananas, kiwi,
melon, oranges, strawberries<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Cassava, garri, potatoes, rice, yam<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Okra,
peppers, peas, spinach, sweet corn<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Beef, chicken,
, mutton, pork, sausages.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One pound
a bag!</span></div>
Fidelia Nimmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322270698770479832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959611279455239865.post-15314370766844032342012-09-15T11:57:00.003-07:002013-12-30T00:11:58.738-08:00A Harvest Poem<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a seed drop onto the soil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a drop of rain fall on the soil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a shoot come up from the ground<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a leaf open up on the shoot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a ray of sunlight fall on the leaf<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a flower grow on the stem<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a seed form as the flower withered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a farmer reap the seed <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a farm hand sheaf many seeds <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a mill grind the seeds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a baker bake a loaf of bread<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied a woman take the bread to the harvest celebration<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied everyone eat the bread, giving praise <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I spied the girl who beheld this awesome sight. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">FN<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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