Alotau
28 July 2019
DIANE MANDUI MIRIO
| An entry in the Crocodile Prize Poetry Award
I read the paper
What was proper
The once beautiful
With people dutiful
Alotau
The people so kind
The culture so fine
The villages pristine
The ocean divine
The land fertile
The environment fragile
Alotau
We ask for peace
But where is our peace
We seek justice
But there is no justice
Alotau
Come say a prayer
There is power
There is hope
Don't you mope
If you can't cope
Alotau
Take them guns
Take them punks
Show them face
Alotau
These are very clipped and sharp verses Diane.
Your word choices are well made in the second verse.
It would be nice to think of this being said by a local of Alotau, with their distinctive intonation, accent and phrasing.
Is "Show them face" a local phrase?
Posted by: Michael Dom | 02 December 2019 at 05:52 PM