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  Network Africa: The morning programme for Africa

Poems of Africa • Poems sent in by listeners
Today's poem has been written and sent in by Rose Umelo, Ibadan, Nigeria
  Poetry Competition Winner for 2001 - After The War

Sitting round palm wine
The men again outshout the storm
To celebrate their lives
Their wives
Too weary to weep
Under the machine gun rattle of the rain
Make songs for dead children
And rock them to sleep.
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