Three decades and more, he transformed Kenyan politics and governance.
His name and image dominated the front pages of magazines and newspapers.
His actions were the headlines of every television and radio bulletin.
His speeches reverberated across all social media platforms.
He was on the lips of every citizen—
in barazas, farms, marketplaces, offices, and fields.
He fought for the Second Liberation:
freedom of speech, expression, and association.
He fought for multiparty democracy, against the one-party state.
......
Intrepid damsel,
a heroine unsung.
A willing martyr
with courage
unrivalled.
Unransomed captive
with a ransom
infinite.
She gladly faces
death with eternity
......
(Flag Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Veteran’s Day)
The word is out. The word is out.
Heed the bugle’s call.
Listen up! Listen up!
Hail our veterans all.
Now hear this! Now hear this!
Hark to the bosun’s pipe.
Today is a special day, so let’s not have your gripe.
“Oh, yeah, so what; we hear that stuff each and every year.”
......
(Inspired by a Sen. John S. McCain speech about POW Mike Christian in Vietnam)
At the “Hanoi Hilton” in Hao Lo, North Vietnam,
a captive’s life was hard;
treatment of Allied POWs was brutal
and conditions there inhumane.
All suffered years of abuse in a world defined
by the walls of the prison yard.
One day, young aviator Mike Christian found,
in the prison compound’s sewer drain,
......
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Three decades and more, he transformed Kenyan politics and governance.
His name and image dominated the front pages of magazines and newspapers.
His actions were the headlines of every television and radio bulletin.
His speeches reverberated across all social media platforms.
He was on the lips of every citizen—
in barazas, farms, marketplaces, offices, and fields.
He fought for the Second Liberation:
freedom of speech, expression, and association.
He fought for multiparty democracy, against the one-party state.
......
(Inspired by a Sen. John S. McCain speech about POW Mike Christian in Vietnam)
At the “Hanoi Hilton” in Hao Lo, North Vietnam,
a captive’s life was hard;
treatment of Allied POWs was brutal
and conditions there inhumane.
All suffered years of abuse in a world defined
by the walls of the prison yard.
One day, young aviator Mike Christian found,
in the prison compound’s sewer drain,
......
(Flag Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Veteran’s Day)
The word is out. The word is out.
Heed the bugle’s call.
Listen up! Listen up!
Hail our veterans all.
Now hear this! Now hear this!
Hark to the bosun’s pipe.
Today is a special day, so let’s not have your gripe.
“Oh, yeah, so what; we hear that stuff each and every year.”
......
m,.
Continue reading
Intrepid damsel,
a heroine unsung.
A willing martyr
with courage
unrivalled.
Unransomed captive
with a ransom
infinite.
She gladly faces
death with eternity
......