<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21510200</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:18:06.066-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Haiku - Shina Olusanya (Sina)</title><subtitle type='html'>Haiku blog etc of Adeshina Olusanya (Adesina)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ileanujah - Shina Olusanya</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07827102075074058829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yUJhLGZT9eY/SK7Qit7dZ9I/AAAAAAAAAFg/9HUT-Pfcb0A/S220/Olusanya.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21510200.post-3501954629234275808</id><published>2008-07-22T02:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T02:59:33.495-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HAIKU SAFARI</title><content type='html'>FROM THE &lt;strong&gt;HAIKU &lt;/strong&gt;COLLECTION OF &lt;strong&gt;ADESHINA OLUSANYA&lt;/strong&gt; (POET)&lt;br /&gt;(Published &amp;amp; Unpublished)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://adeshina.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://adeshina.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Haikus&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Too late!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;“Sparrowhawk! O hawk!&lt;br /&gt;How I fear thee,” sobs poor chick…&lt;br /&gt;“Ah! Mother warned me!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Light&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;All the world’s turned dark,&lt;br /&gt;Heaven, shine your light! Earth, Lord’s&lt;br /&gt;Angel passes by!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parrot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;“Pieces of eight”, you&lt;br /&gt;Bird on Treasure Island say,&lt;br /&gt;Pray, Bird, what is that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This Weather&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s been cold all night –&lt;br /&gt;Dew drops into daffodils&lt;br /&gt;Thay Sun may come lick!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This Peace!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The dove comes perching&lt;br /&gt;The eagle hovers on high&lt;br /&gt;Hen, chicks hide in cage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rhinoceros&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Slave turns king! Trump! Eh,&lt;br /&gt;Now rhino comes to town, could&lt;br /&gt;Outcries stay afar?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Trip to Earth’s Edge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The sky sprawls onward&lt;br /&gt;Oh! Far off, clouds kiss earth still!&lt;br /&gt;Is the trip this long?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Turns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Morn. Doves, sparrows, quails&lt;br /&gt;Meet, kissing gently in rows.&lt;br /&gt;Night. Bats, owls take turns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Thanks be to the lord&lt;br /&gt;Who has made His book for us&lt;br /&gt;That everyone can read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEPA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bill n aim NEPA&lt;br /&gt;Sabi. Light no dey. Na wa&lt;br /&gt;For this NEPA o!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Breezy Sunset&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Swinging tree leaves lull&lt;br /&gt;Sun to sleep. See! See! O! Just&lt;br /&gt;As Moon’s half awake!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Worker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;He toils till sunset&lt;br /&gt;So his family could eat,&lt;br /&gt;God bless the poor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That Roman Emperor&lt;br /&gt;Caesar, Caesar, have&lt;br /&gt;Back your things! Oh! Nero, Nero&lt;br /&gt;We give God His due.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be Good&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loyal to owner,&lt;br /&gt;Holy, diligent at work. Yes,&lt;br /&gt;Be a good fellow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Long?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O for a nation!&lt;br /&gt;For a reign of witty ones,&lt;br /&gt;How long shall I wait?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sea Wind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;O mighty sea wind,&lt;br /&gt;O Atlantic Ocean's waves&lt;br /&gt;Spread my thoughts earthwide.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21510200-3501954629234275808?l=sinaolusanya.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/feeds/3501954629234275808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21510200&amp;postID=3501954629234275808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default/3501954629234275808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default/3501954629234275808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/2008/07/haiku-safari.html' title='HAIKU SAFARI'/><author><name>Ileanujah - Shina Olusanya</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07827102075074058829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yUJhLGZT9eY/SK7Qit7dZ9I/AAAAAAAAAFg/9HUT-Pfcb0A/S220/Olusanya.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21510200.post-503440465228920441</id><published>2008-07-12T10:13:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T10:16:16.188-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Basho &amp; Haiku</title><content type='html'>"The moon glows the same:&lt;br /&gt;It is the drifting cloud forms&lt;br /&gt;Make it seem to change."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21510200-503440465228920441?l=sinaolusanya.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/feeds/503440465228920441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21510200&amp;postID=503440465228920441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default/503440465228920441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default/503440465228920441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/2008/07/basho-haiku.html' title='Basho &amp; Haiku'/><author><name>Ileanujah - Shina Olusanya</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07827102075074058829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yUJhLGZT9eY/SK7Qit7dZ9I/AAAAAAAAAFg/9HUT-Pfcb0A/S220/Olusanya.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21510200.post-114026915430415211</id><published>2006-02-18T05:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T10:08:40.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Not Haiku, just motivational! this singular post...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ileanujah/100831883/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/26/100831883_24714a7fde_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ileanujah/100831883/"&gt;pic1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ileanujah/"&gt;Adeshina Olusanya&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - think of it , ALWAYS!" - MAHATMA GANDHI&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The chains of love are never so binding as when the links are made of gold." - Royall Tyler&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br clear="all"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21510200-114026915430415211?l=sinaolusanya.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/feeds/114026915430415211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21510200&amp;postID=114026915430415211' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default/114026915430415211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default/114026915430415211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/2006/02/alams-alarmsalams.html' title='Not Haiku, just motivational! this singular post...'/><author><name>Ileanujah - Shina Olusanya</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07827102075074058829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yUJhLGZT9eY/SK7Qit7dZ9I/AAAAAAAAAFg/9HUT-Pfcb0A/S220/Olusanya.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21510200.post-113822392397068180</id><published>2006-01-25T13:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T09:56:07.374-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rhinoceros (haiku poem)</title><content type='html'>Slave turns king! Trump! Eh,&lt;br /&gt;Now rhino comes to town, will&lt;br /&gt;Outcries stay afar?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Sina Shina&lt;br /&gt;Adesina Adeshina&lt;br /&gt;OLUSANYA (Blog)&lt;br /&gt;(from: Hues Lane, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/olusanya"&gt;http://www.myspace.com/olusanya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://spaces.msn.com/members/poetadeshinaolusanya/blog/"&gt;http://spaces.msn.com/members/poetadeshinaolusanya/blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21510200-113822392397068180?l=sinaolusanya.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/feeds/113822392397068180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21510200&amp;postID=113822392397068180' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default/113822392397068180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21510200/posts/default/113822392397068180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/2006/01/rhinoceros-haiku-poem.html' title='Rhinoceros (haiku poem)'/><author><name>Ileanujah - Shina Olusanya</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07827102075074058829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yUJhLGZT9eY/SK7Qit7dZ9I/AAAAAAAAAFg/9HUT-Pfcb0A/S220/Olusanya.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
