Garnett Silk was merely using the words of a poem that many children in the 1970s and 80s learned at school - including myself, and, obviously himself, later. I can still recite most of the text from memory; such a beautiful poem it was (and IS), from the lips of little children performing choral orchestration in class or at various school events!
The author is Cecily E. Pike. She deserves ALL the credit for her brilliantly descriptive writing. Nothing is wrong in reviving the poem as the lyrics of a song - the more the merrier - but it is Pike's intellectual property, and should be acknowledged as such.
The poem seemed to have been very popular in Jamaican schools, as substantiated by the many Jamaicans (including me) who claim to have learned to recite it. I have recently (today, 2009 April 8) come upon another site that has investigated the origin of "The Sea" and come up with the same conclusion (see related link).
The late great Bob Marley has, in a similar way, been incorrectly accredited with the words of Jamaica National Hero Marcus Garvey, which he has quoted in his classic "Redemption Song." "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery" is a paraphrase from Garvey.
According to Colin Rickards, in Caribbean Facts and Fiction (see related link below), it was the Rt Hon. P. J. Patterson (former PM of Jamaica) who "credited the phrase to Marley, and did not mention the fact that the Reggae icon took it from a speech by Marcus Mosiah Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)."
The exact quote from Garvey's speech, delivered in Cape Breton, specifically in Sydney, then the home of many West Indian immigrants, is:
"We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, because while others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind."
You may mean the song by Garnett Silk, in which case you will probably have to acquire one of his albums to get the words.
Sissy lee hepipe
Cicely e. Pike
Mirna mcclair
Garnet silk
I may be wrong, but I think Deborah Young created The Effervesce Award shaped poem in 2006.
i am asking the same thing, but so far this is what i know.... a concrete poem is a poem which letters or words are laid out to picture a poem's content whereas a calligram is a poem in which the words are tracing the outline of the subject. eg a famous concrete poem is Alan Riddell's revolver poem and a calligram is for example the words for a poem about a cat shaped to outline a picture of a cat. hope that helps.
write a short poem with homonymsor rhyming words about friends.
Improve Diamanté poem: a seven-line, diamond-shape poem based on two contrasting ideas
What is a poem called witch uses the layout of the words to reflect its subject?
Splashing ,dashing ,restless sea, Never still you seem to be : Sometimes angry, sometimes sad, Sometimes you laugh as though you glad. Little children love you well, Love all the wondrous tales you tell; Love to watch you come and go, In the tides that ebb and flow. Though so strong and great you are, Stretching deep, and wide, and far, Tiny vessels safe and keep, Rocking them gently, as to sleep, Wildly and rough though you may be, When you are angry, mighty sea, When the storm has gone, we find You are still our playmate kind.
in summer at the pool splashing together playing with friends and all together
The adjectives in the poem "you are an African child" include proud, strong, wise, restless, and hungry.
The words in a poem are called 'verses.'
I may be wrong, but I think Deborah Young created The Effervesce Award shaped poem in 2006.
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A poem that rearranges the words of another text.
Poetry or Poem
In your own words , describe the central incident in the poem
The poem with sideways words is called "Easter Wings" and was written by George Herbert. The poem takes the shape of wings on the page, with words arranged in a way to visually represent the wingspan of a bird.
When a pattern is created by the placement of rhymed words in a poem, it is called a rhyme scheme.
words of the poem The two whales