Analysis of Kyviv Truck Driver
Opiyo Oundo 1982 (Kenya)
Vroom!broom! Truck blast off; tables, beds amid barriers it speeds off
Hush tones, grumpy faces, brooding passengers ;the truck crawls on
To sit up, to listen, the creepy sirens, the air-raid terrors;'that's not my world'
Vrooming the engine, one giggle of joy;quick in a flash, truck lifted to basements
Fear, terror, huddles and whispers; passengers gather together
Vroom! Broom! New lanes, bombed lanes; the driver giggles on
Hard on gas, kindergarten bag on back; belly, knees, dusty with dust
A siren goes on, a wheel goes missing; a suckle for a sleep
Vroom!Broom! No more kindergarten mornings,a sandwich in cold, three wheels on ;the driver giggles on
New day, new joy; driver songbirds the alphabets-freezing passengers too, need hope
Shelling after shells, vroom turns kaboom; terror and dust, peepholes the shelter
From debris and rubble, the driver resurrects ; a wailing face, another wheel lost
'What a journey!' a dusty grin, a suckle for a sleep.
Vroom!Broom! Morning of smoke; from shelter to shelters, from Kyiv lanes to Kharkiv lanes
Cold and freezing, the driver drives on; wondering in confusion; 'passengers asleep , snowed on road-side? '
The world and its bombshells; all this noise , the driver, finds weird
A grin, a giggle with alphabets; a hope to the passengers
Sirens and sirens, gunshots and bombshells ; in between luggage and boots, the driver is hard on gas
Third wheel goes missing; a suckle for a sleep
Vroom! Broom! Morning is hope; a newborn screams, driver halt in haste
A look at passengers, a glimpse at a bundle of joy; the driver giggles on - 'hope is bomblessy'
Kaboom! Kaboom! The last wheel crumbles, the shelter crumbles, the driver crumbles
Covering the truck, tiny hands gripping the wheel; the last grin is intact
The bundle of joy cries, assurance to driver; the truck will vroom on
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110101100111 111010101000111 111110010100111111 101011011001110110 1101001010010010 111111010101 1111001111011011 0101101110010101 11110011001111010101 11111010110100111 10101110110011010 1010100101010101011 10100101010101 11011110110111111 1010010111000010100011111 0101111101011 01010110110100 1001010100110010101111 11110010101 111011010110101 01110001101011010101111 0101011100101001010 100011011001011101 01011101011001111 |
Characters | 1,861 |
Words | 325 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 60 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 360 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
About this poem
A 2022 poem about traumas of bombings and hope that time heals all wounds.
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Written on March 01, 2022
Submitted by OpiyoOundo on September 12, 2022
Modified by OpiyoOundo on September 12, 2022
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