Names In The Dust Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI BKKL MNON PKMK QORO KSKS| They fell not as criminals | A |
| But as voices too bold for silence | B |
| Their tongues like flint against the wall | C |
| A truth the tyrants feared | D |
| - | |
| The gallows swung with heavy shame | E |
| But not for those who died | F |
| The guilt like smoke still chokes the halls | G |
| Where justice should reside | F |
| - | |
| Years have rolled their mournful drums | H |
| And now the state extends its hand | I |
| A pardon draped in woven praise | J |
| Posthumous proud and planned | I |
| - | |
| But pardon speaks not innocence | B |
| It only whispers peace | K |
| It soothes the guilt of distant thrones | K |
| But leaves the wound beneath | L |
| - | |
| Honour comes with laurels late | M |
| Placed gently on the grave | N |
| Yet names in dust still cry for light | O |
| Not flowers or flags they crave | N |
| - | |
| What of the truth What of the lie | P |
| That crowned them with disgrace | K |
| Until the law lifts off the weight | M |
| Their chains remain in place | K |
| - | |
| Exoneration is the dawn | Q |
| That breaks the long dark night | O |
| The word that writes them back to life | R |
| In justice flame and right | O |
| - | |
| So honour them with sacred words | K |
| And pardon if you must | S |
| But dare to cleanse their sullied names | K |
| From memory stone and dust | S |
Gilbert Sordebabari
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 06/13/2025
Poet's note: Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni nine deserves exoneration and not presidential pardon. This poem is to the Nigerian government and judiciary to review the judgement that sentenced Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni to death. That judgement is one of the worst in Nigerian history and it's high time we right our wrongs. Exonerating Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni nine will clear the gaze for both Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni nine and the federal republic of Nigeria.
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