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True Love Kwansaba

True Love Kwansaba

Celebration of our Love Kwansaba

When we first met in a dream,
Sparks flew from my heart to yours.
Your love mojo was clearly working overtime.
it was clear to me you were mine,
and i was equally yours, my love.
it was nothing but our karmic fate my dear.
we were eternal soul mates, finding love.

Here's the link to the conversation. "Form of the Week: "Kwansaba" by Please, join us as we honor African-American History Month.

The Kwansaba is an African-American form of praise, inspired by the Kwanzaa celebration of family, community, and culture ( https://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/ ). The structure is based on the seven principles of Kwanzaa: 7 lines, 7 words per line, no word exceeds 7 characters, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/2769-kwansaba/

Kwansaba is an African American verse form of praise. The Kwansaba, (swahili kwan - first fruit / saba -principle) was created in 1995 by Eugene B Redmond, East St. Louis Poet Laureate and professor of English at Southern Illinois University-East St. Louis. The form was developed in honor of the celebration of Kwanzaa . The poetic form adopts the number 7 from Kwanzaa's Nguzo Saba (7 principles) as well as embraces its roots in the South African tradition of the Praise Poem.
• Unity, family
• Self Determination
• Work Collectively
• Cooperative economics
• Purpose
• Creativity
• Faith
Kwanzaa is a 7 day celebration of the African-American family encompassing African-American heritage, culture and principles. The celebration was introduced by Dr. Maulana Karenga, African-American educator, following the Watts riots of 1966 with the intent of bringing the African American community together. Kwansaba, the birth of a poetry form The 7 principles of Kwanzaa are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. Each day of the celebration focuses on one of the principles.
The defining features of Kwansaba are:
1. a celebration of family and African-American culture, a praise poem.
2. a septastich, a poem in 7 lines.
3. measured by 7 words in each line.
4. written with no word exceeding 7 letters.