Zia Werelo: Feast Of Equals Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDB EFGH DIB B JKLEK BMNO MPQH RBST U GVWX KYZBA2 BBB2HB HC2MD2U| Each year when yams are full and fires dance | A |
| the people gather for Zia Werelo | B |
| Love Feast they call it | C |
| where no one owns the pot | D |
| and the kitchen belongs to all | B |
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| Mothers wear white wrappers | E |
| fathers clean the compound floor | F |
| The children sing | G |
| We eat as one we live as one | H |
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| One pot | D |
| One stew | I |
| One scoop for every soul | B |
| - | |
| But not every bowl came equal | B |
| - | |
| At first no one noticed | J |
| how some plates steamed heavy | K |
| and others barely warm | L |
| How one family licked their fingers | E |
| while another still waited empty | K |
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| Eyes turned to the woman with the ladle | B |
| She smiled wide but her hands betrayed her | M |
| scooping deep for her sister s sons | N |
| shallow for the rest | O |
| - | |
| They changed her | M |
| The next disher came with soft words | P |
| but her friends' plates overflowed | Q |
| like flood in planting season | H |
| - | |
| She too was changed | R |
| Another came humble quiet grateful | B |
| but gave more to those who whispered | S |
| We made you who you are | T |
| - | |
| And so the feast lost its song | U |
| - | |
| Old men stopped clapping | G |
| Children began to fight over spoons | V |
| Even the pot once proud | W |
| seemed to simmer in shame | X |
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| Then the elders gathered by the iroko tree | K |
| and asked | Y |
| Is it the dishers who fail us | Z |
| or the hunger for control | B |
| we pass from hand to hand | A2 |
| - | |
| Next Zia Werelo | B |
| they made a circle | B |
| Each one came with a spoon | B2 |
| no throne no special apron | H |
| The pot sat in the center quiet and full | B |
| - | |
| And one by one | H |
| with open hands and watching eyes | C2 |
| they served each other | M |
| That year the feast returned | D2 |
| And with it the song | U |
Gilbert Sordebabari
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 05/23/2025
Poet's note: Motivated by Ogoni traditional yam festival call Zia Werelo basically hosted annually by Okwale community in Ogoni.
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