To Menya: Cold Catch Me Like Ice
"My heart talk gidi gbam
Na my own, I don see am!
The fear wey man dey fear...
Na better slap suppose tear
Im face, na disgrace, better tear,
Fall from im eyes...
Cold catch me like ice.
I look your eyes...
Belle turn, my tongue dries..
Wetin I wan talk? Abi, na sign?
E no go be the ogbonge design
Say I come jam you
You self too do!!
Cold catch me like ice!!
Every die na die!
Meself don cast the die!
If e no be you, cold go blow...
I no go ever fit follow another or fit go,
Because even as NEPA take carry the light,
Na your heat the quench the ice!!"
About this poem
This poem is written in Nigerian Pidgin English. Pidgin English (a corrupted form of English spoken by Anglophone speakers in Africa, especially Nigerians) is the language of the streets in Nigeria and a rich source of expressions!!
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Written on February 15, 2022
Submitted by nkemjp on March 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | aaxbbcD cceeffD gghhxd |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 561 |
| Words | 137 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 6 |
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