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Also, I am not happy to see that my Facebook now has Nairaland Forum on it - I have not given permission and do not want it there - thank you.

I live in Australia but lived in Kenya for 25 years, and am certainly not the same person as the one who wrote "Set these words free". I think he/she lives in London from what I see. Kilindini is known to all Kenyans, and others I am sure, as it is the main port of Mombasa Harbour, and is (or was) a beautiful entrance to the port. I was so excited to see the "Set these words free" item as I have searched for this poem everywhere. I was beginning to think I had imagined them, but I think we must have learnt them at school in Kenya. It is very frustrating. I wish the people from the Masefield Society in England would reply to my enquiries! Or that someone could come up with the name of the poem! Anyone

"Kilindini, path of waters , " I too have been haunted by these words for almost fifty years. I felt they were from a poem by John Masefield who was the poet laureate. I think he spent time in Kenya (Kilindini is the name of Mombasa Harbour), and he wrote about the sea a good deal, but I have searched everywhere to no avail. Being an ex-Kenyan, I would love to find this poem. There is a Masefield Society I believe, who may know more , ? Any clues, anyone?

"Please set these words free" is so evocative - well done indeed!