9.08.2024

You and You (Ode to Shivaji's Maji) - Amma Donyanhi

Poetry commotion

engulfed in devotion

Thought slowing motion

Action the potion


Painting on dival

letters to the law

A yellow hatter calls

intoxication mauls

A plan unveils John Rawls-


the cherries in the drawers

not in fame but down the halls

To worldwide clarion calls

Not seen but heard in thrall

Whisper Jamaican falls

bat rests in shade of Fall


Trinidadian boring gone

"Don't be scary" of me song

when will you bowl your ball?

you've been running oh so long


here to Cal to Kol

Gardens light we built so tall

unorthodox forward fall

between each leg the wall

willow firm yet sweet in stall

Stands fiending silent awe

feeding not the weeds

but giving to the street

returning home with broken feet

the apple dropped beside the cleats

remaining in the ring,

As the ropes are meant to wring

the Freedom as you sing

so hit a four or hit a six

cross the boundary with a skip

so the kingdom that you rule,

as wise man preaches fool,

remains hidden from their view

known only to the two


You and You








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