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A Walk Into the Woods

by Ola Zikomo

114 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-1879; ISBN 1-4120-1501-4; US$14.50, C$18.00, EUR12.50, £9.00

A Walk Into the Woods is a poetic collection of the thoughts and meditations on life and love. Through a series of personal reflections, the author works to capture the nuances and ironies of everyday events.

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About the Book A Walk Into the Woods is a collection of the thoughts and meditations on life and love. Through a series of personal reflections, the author works to capture the nuances and ironies of everyday events.

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Excerpts

SOHO

When I was back in Soho
you'd look at me and think
I was a hobo but that was
back in Soho now I've become
an exemplary solider

Every morning rain or shine
I'd rise to collect and buy my
wine lay in the gutter act like
a swine sometimes I feel
like dying

One night
while I was sound
asleep I had a dream
that I was a sheep
God was my shepard
he'd watch as I sleep
he told me one day
I'd rise to my feet

The morning
after the dream
war broke out
in Aberdeen
I rushed to enlist
and relive my dream
left Soho and went
to good ol' Aberdeen
became the finest soldier
you'd ever seen

Now I'm back with my chest
full of ribbons
money in my pocket
to buy my own kingdom
pride in the fact that I fought
like a gibbon
God came to me in a dream
now look at my bosom

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A WALK INTO THE WOODS

And the father said to his son
pray with me son
and the son said to his father
I'm afraid to pray
and the father said to his son
I'll pray
and looked up as he prayed

Father

Thank you for the moment
thank you for today
thank you for yesterday

And the son looked up
at his father
and said

Thank you father
for everything

And they continued their walk
into the woods

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