{"id":8366,"date":"2013-01-24T01:40:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T01:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/01\/poem-lest-we-forget-who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2013-01-24T01:40:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T01:40:34","slug":"poem-lest-we-forget-who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/01\/24\/poem-lest-we-forget-who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: Lest we forget who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"story_text_1\"><strong>I<\/strong><br \/>\nOur breed is not the lowest stock,<br \/>\nA blessed nation no one dares mock<br \/>\nIn our diversity lies a unified block.<br \/>\nTo the sceptics, our rise shall be a welcome shock<br \/>\nAll these we must be proud of<br \/>\nLest we forget who we are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II<\/strong><br \/>\nAt bay must we keep our petty jealousies<br \/>\nAnd reckon our lives and others are precious.<br \/>\nTo the refiner\u2019s fire our straw animosities<br \/>\nIn exchange for golden virtues<br \/>\nWhich are eternally priceless.<br \/>\nAll these we must crave<br \/>\nLest we forget who we are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>III<\/strong><br \/>\nTo the nation the best of our service<br \/>\nThough great is the price of sacrifice,<br \/>\nDetermined are we without prejudice<br \/>\nTo forge a nation of great influence.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s limit the excessive dependence<br \/>\nFor the sake of our independence.<br \/>\nIn progress we must dine with peace<br \/>\nFor in war we perish without global presence.<br \/>\nAll these we must strive to achieve<br \/>\nLest we forget who we are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen tribalism embraces strife<br \/>\nAnd our hearts seek counsel without love<br \/>\nThen in doom our lives are signed off.<br \/>\nLittle can we achieve<br \/>\nIf elected leaders appear deceptive.<br \/>\nIt is too late to make an archive<br \/>\nOf failures. We must thrive<br \/>\nDevoid of corrupt tendencies to survive.<br \/>\nAll these we must in heart resolve<br \/>\nLest we forget who we are.<\/p>\n<p>AUTHOR\u2019S NAME: Okofo-Dartey Samuel<br \/>\nE-MAIL: sodesq2000@yahoo.com <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"story_text_1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Our breed is not the lowest stock, A blessed nation no one dares mock In our diversity lies a unified block. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}