I- Calypso
Lyrics to make a big man cry,
Sassy women to whine,
And elders' stories to narrate,
Calypso sweet sweet calypso.
II - Steelpan
And; ah likyting likyting likyting,
That's how the whole thing start,
Then the tuning and the styling,
Now steelpan is world class.
III - Doubles
You can leave your house on empty belly,
Stand up under the doubles vendor's umbrella,
Breakfast with - hot mild or sweet sauce,
Nothing like a doubles to start a trini day.
© gillena cox 2024
BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
CHALLENGE:choose your own, a well-known, or a random location from the website what3words.com
use your three words to write a 3 stanza poem
each word as topic per stanza
each stanza numbered or subtitled with the reference word
MY WORDS
calypso...steelpan...doubles
REVISIT TO READ
Your three words were fortuitous, Gillena, to coincide with calypso history month! I love the way you describe calypso as ‘lyrics to make a big man cry’ and the steelpan stanza has such rhythm!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Kim
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Love how this talks both the music sense and dancing as well as my tastebuds.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Björn
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What a wonderful amalgamation of music, dancing and food! Nice, Gillena. ❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Punam
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I love it. Great choice of words!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Dwight
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Nice selection of words in which to work with. You certainly took me to that location. I would enjoy listening to the steelpan.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Truedessa
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