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	<title>Mashada Blogs &#187; Mshairi</title>
	<subtitle>Mashada Blogs &#187; Mshairi</subtitle>      
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        <updated>2009-11-21T10:01:03-05:00</updated>
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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/thank-you-2/</id>
		<author><name>mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: Thank you</title>
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		<updated>2009-08-06T08:01:37-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-08-06T08:01:37-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Due to distractions of all sorts, I have unfortunately ignored this blog. I have been reading and enjoying  recent comments left by kind readers nonetheless and wish to apologise for not responding to these.
Thank you…
 Sokari
Donald Kihuga
Gayuganda love your poem
Nakeel
Gish
Sarah
Ntyatyi
Jara
Mandi
Stephen Bess

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		<author><name>Amani</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: Long before</title>
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		<updated>2009-07-02T10:35:09-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-07-02T10:35:09-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	The resolve in my heart was&#8230;..has been steadfast&#8230;&#8230;.
Forged in time &#8230;&#8230;..long before i laid eyes on you&#8230;&#8230;
Long before our first walk together&#8230;.long before the words escaped
my lips&#8230;..
If you wonder why i look at you with childish abandon&#8230;&#8230;
Why i do not get upset&#8230;&#8230;
My eyes had seen all the wrong that would come&#8230;&#8230;.
Still the resolve to see [...] ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/7-hours-in-twitterland/</id>
		<author><name>mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: 7 hours in Twitterland</title>
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		<updated>2009-06-28T14:23:20-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-06-28T14:23:20-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	About 6 hours ago in reply to mamajunkyard
Trying to be as cool as Jean-Luc Picard
About 5 hours ago from txt
Twitted…but followers perplexed
About 4 hours ago from TweetDeck
Gotta stop twitting without spellcheck
About 3 hours ago in reply to blacklooks
Twitted but really outta be on school books
About 2 hours ago from the web
The twitting verve never seems [...] ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=656</id>
		<author><name>Mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: Twitter</title>
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		<updated>2009-05-31T10:34:10-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-05-31T10:34:10-04:00</published>
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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=650</id>
		<author><name>Mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: Adrift…</title>
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		<updated>2009-04-14T11:30:47-04:00</updated>
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		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	he comes to her
as she stands
on the shore
he stares at the sad sea
of what could have been
the sky witness
to the farewell
begins to shed tears
reflecting her desolation
an unsettling
love with no rhyme no reason
came suddenly
with a headless rush
swift and flowing
like a spring
from an endless source
swept them overboard
and left them adrift

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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=647</id>
		<author><name>Mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: Haiku</title>
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		<updated>2009-04-01T01:46:49-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-04-01T01:46:49-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	The nights lengthens
Sleep disappears; 
eyes stay open

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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=640</id>
		<author><name>Mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: If they asked…</title>
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		<updated>2009-03-31T05:00:40-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-03-31T05:00:40-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	If they asked
He would tell them
why he allows love to pass him by.
He would not dissemble
but would tell it like it is.
He would tell them
the consequence
of love&#8217;s young dream
is nothing
but
a brimful of broken dreams
He would tell them
about the crushing of hope,
the falling off from pedestals.
He would say
the triumph of love
is not exultation but
corroding
of the heart.
He [...] ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=630</id>
		<author><name>Mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: Unforgettable: Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club</title>
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		<updated>2009-03-25T11:54:55-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-03-25T11:54:55-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	This song from the Buena Vista Social Club was released in 1997. It was delightful then and still thrilling now. The members of the Club may be slowly disappearing but they leave behind indelible cosmic footprints. 
Bliss. ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=623</id>
		<author><name>Mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: Wishes for our beloved</title>
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		<updated>2009-03-24T04:17:08-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-03-24T04:17:08-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	If I could write a poem
I would write about you
I would say your heart is like a flower
That blooms in a desolate wasteland
Beautiful and natural
To bring joy and never-ending bliss
If I could sing a song
I would sing about you
Amazing and extraordinary
I would sing of love
Enduring and intense
Sparkling eyes and selfless acts 
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		<id>http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=619</id>
		<author><name>Mshairi</name></author>
		<title>Mshairi: For Wanjiru.</title>
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		<updated>2009-03-23T06:36:53-04:00</updated>
		<published>2009-03-23T06:36:53-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	We laugh
but the smile never touches our hearts.
We can look you in the eye
but the lids quiver at random acts of kindness.
Our words are two-edged;
what we are saying
and what we should be saying.
And when we dance,
our arms outstretched,
directed at the sky,
we are supplicating
for compassion,
for our splendid one
be returned to us. ]]></content>
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