Hunger's Influence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFGHIJKILMFINOL P| On weekly sacred days | A |
| grumbling stomachs like | B |
| stranded thunder assemble | C |
| yet foxes in shepherd's | D |
| skin keep whispering | E |
| like Lagos whispering | E |
| palms in his presence | F |
| is the fullness of joy | G |
| Is this not amnesia of | H |
| the highest order What | I |
| has befallen the portion | J |
| of the poor littered on | K |
| the faces of the holy wirit | I |
| scribbled for this latter | L |
| If alleluia is chorused by | M |
| stomachs under the influence | F |
| of hunger anger would dictate | I |
| the tune between and among | N |
| brothers and sisters | O |
| before during and after | L |
| the assembly of empty stomachs | P |
Ayodeji Oje
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Poet's note: The poem is about most religious gatherings in Africa. Such gatherings in most cases are assemblies of those who are in dire need of food but this need is in some quarters ignored.
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