Memories i
Emmanuel Karibi Obuala 1994 (Port-Harcourt)
Each passing day like a courier,
comes with picturesque
souvenirs of the past—
with bitter-sweet memories
of memorable moments
lost to the ironic winds of time.
O' what wistful bliss pricks
the heart of man in remembering
the sun-soaked memories
we made in our time
Indelible memories
as keen as the perpetual rising
of the sun at break of day
& its selfsame setting at eve
Which is between us now
crossroads of nostalgia
one cannot feign to forget in a lifetime,
to which lovelorn,
I ache to return
like a weary voyager
to the soothing air of home,
when like a crab, I crawl
my way back in retrospection
down memory lane
to the good old days
of rainbows and starry nights
when we kept dusk at bay
with passionate eyes
brighter than sunrise
when the soothing sun
daily beamed radiant and gay.
Alas how dreamfully
I crave those sunny days
and wish, like wretched beggars
for steeds they may never ride
that the sun does not set today
and deprive me of this vintage.
About this poem
Here's a nostalgic poem which takes one down memory lane to the good old days of 'rainbows & starry nights.' The poem reaches out to the happy memories we had in the past, that we grow melancholic over when recalled, especially because the present times are rather different & unpleasant for us.
Written on June 20, 2020
Submitted by obualaemmanuelkaribi on July 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXB XC XDBC BDEX FXCFX AXGFX HXEII XE GHXX EX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 975 |
Words | 191 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 2, 4, 2 |
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