Paradise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEF GH IJKL MK NOPONQONO| I'mm the pot | A |
| Once upon a time I was found in the kitchen of every family | B |
| Whether rich or poor | C |
| The kitchen was usually accessible to everyone including visitors and neighbors | D |
| I usually had a cup placed on top of me | B |
| Anyone who was thirsty simply scooped water drank and placed the cup back | E |
| Come to think of this | F |
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| Was the cup washed before or after drinking | G |
| For where It was only washed in the morning and never again until the next day | H |
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| The Indomie generation will not believe this That was possible because there was no Nollywood that gave people the impression that Society especially the villages were occupied by evil men and women looking for whom to poison | I |
| It was a time when churchgoers were not told from the pulpits | J |
| That their predicaments were caused by their family members neighbors and friends | K |
| I am talking of a time when it was unheard of for chalatants to brag about possessing the powers to make one rich overnight | L |
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| The time I am talking about was a time once upon a time | M |
| When uncles were known to be the best friends | K |
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| During the holidays children were moving from one uncle and aunt to another | N |
| It was always joyful to see an uncle or an aunt | O |
| Today there is hardly any die by fire prayer without mentioning wicked uncles | P |
| Every misfortune now is tied to either an uncle or an aunt | O |
| I am talking of a time when children played together | N |
| When it was difficult even impossible to identify the children from wealthy or poor homes | Q |
| When it was extremely difficult a task to identify the orphaned and the parented | O |
| I'm talking of a time when the extended family superceded the nuclear | N |
| Unfortunately we traded our paradise for a parasite | O |
Peter Nchumba Biligrini
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 01/19/2025
Poet's note: The poem is written in the year 2024.
It portrays how we once lived happily as a people but today, allowed irrelevant things tear us apart.
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