Village boy Impressions

The world hit a wall in the spring of that year, School gates were shut, every breath tasted fear. Classrooms stood silent, the playgrounds were still, And private in teaching meant pockets were nil. They halved what he earned just to keep afloat, And he gripped tight the wheel of his shaking boat. But she that he loved didn’t see the world’s pain, She saw some dark secret; she swore he must feign. She drank in whispers from a false pulpit on high, Traded their sworn truth for a prophetic lie. With three little children and chaos within, She opened the door and ushered the devil in— It wasn’t long till he was living a lie, He watched his name slowly wither and die. Her words painted him guilty all over the town, While he fought just to keep from going down. The mistake was not COVID or the money they took, Her heart was a field where all rumours took root. Where trust could not live, and love could not stay, And fault-finding habits just pushed all respect away. But t...

“Tugurika tom-mu! Tugurika tom-mu!  Bai le kuli, bai kan kuli   Piema zik chaab ka dela”!   Ti koma jam pie wiisanga ayi ka dila   Ba le Babatu kpalinsinga dila po dila po   Ate ku teba nyin-biidi, ate ba chiib zaani anag de   Taa me jinla za tugurik ka choa pielim po   Da-bienga a kum fiin fiin, pieminga a feri kak! kak!   Ti mabisa ale ti kobisa alo jata jata a gilim ti,   Ba ziimu a chale tengka meena se benangsa la   Alege kperi san kperi, ti deem ze dachiaka jigiya   Abi ntaamu aweini ka ti tong wa le piema   Yaase ti che wa ale laasa.  Ka jinla le jin.  Have you read:  Village Boy Impressions - Topsy-turvy ?  (“See the armies file forth Some will return, many will not For here, iron meets iron”! Thus, our fathers sang with the flutes In their battles with Babatu long ago Drawing strength and courage to emerge  victorious. In our ...

COVID-19 tuomu [1] ! COVID-19 tuomu!  COVID 19 tuomu ka to-biok paa  Bu lorima a gaam ngam-buloata meena kama.  Bu wei a pagra ka nna yegayega.  Tuomu de bo ka dunia meena  Bu bo Feliteng, abo nurisobsa teng,  Bu bo sagi, abo mwazuk  Bu bo yening, abo kori  Bu bo guuta, abo viak.  Bu ka bain-ya.  Tuomu de kan chali ngoota, kan chali tuulimoa.  Bu a yig felisa, a yig nurisobsa  Bu ze pagroa alege ka nuwoboa.  Bu a yig ngankpagsa, a yig bisa  Ale buloata meena, bu kan kisi. Bu be ako ka dila me Poom ka nipok nisom ale nidoa nisom Ale bai ale ngaam ta tueta ti chaab la Ni te ti ti mwasi chali along corona virusiwa Ale bu ka tiimoa, bu ka garipen ya Tuomu de ka jambaleetieng! COVID-19 tuomu a leeli ka nna A se wonkarik bulim la. A nye ti fu a chesim, a koasi, fi zuk kasim adom Fi nying ka atoling nna yegyega. Alege bu yig nurba gela me kama Ate dila diidii kan nye ba Ba nying a kan nye 'fiin' me ...