A Book of Poems ✔

Pickni a Pickni / Poem Six

Run up an dug,

Nam, nam, nam,

Jump di fence,

Throw stone affa,

Man, dawg, cow ah goat,

Sleep, gi trouble and have fun,

Dat's all in a day's work fi di pickni dem ino

No sa! not fimi pickni,

Him tek him book,

An is humble,

Mi na seh sometime him nuh gi trouble ino,

But im nuh gi talking like som ada pickini,

Yes! him run up an dug,

But him nuh namy; namy like ole foot son,

Him nuh gun man so him nuh jump fence,

So weh yuh a say now big mout' ben,

Mek mi tell yuh someting sista pen,

Pickni a Pickni!

Dem look all good and spanky in front a yuh,

An as yuh tun yuh back, 

Heheyyyy! dem tun dem self ina all sat a sinting mi dear,

Well, Masa ben,

Mi grow mi pickini good ino,

Mi nuh seh him nuh show up him colas sometimes,

But if mi know,

Mi get peice a coconut bow,

A mi nuh tap wap him till mi feel statisfied,

Yeah man a suh yuh fi deal wid dem behind,

When dem gi trouble or tep outta line, Mi na seh you fi kill dem wid lik or abuse him,

Just mek him know a who run tings,

Yes masa ben a suh i if go, 

mi agree one hundred percent,

sista pen but yuh know seh mi still 'ole on to wah mi seh

Run up an dug,

Nam, nam, nam,

Jump di fence,

Throw stone affa,

Man, dawg, cow ah goat,

Sleep, gi trouble and have fun,

Dat's all in a day's work fi di pickni dem ino,

INCLUDING FI YUH SON!!!!!!!

AUTHOR NOTE:

THIS POEM WAS A BIT DIFFERENT YES!!!! I KNOW.. LOL

So I wrote this when I was practically in grade 8, because like it was summer break but the next grade I would be in when I go back to school would be grade 8... soiiiiiii. I was reading a book (I forgot the name... well I remember the name but I forgot the spelling... lol). So I was reading a book, which gave me inside information about Jamaica, back in the 1900's. I learnt what children could do what they couldn't do and some other things.

The idea of writing a prose about the things I had learnt came to my head, but I would need more information to write such a thing right? I didn't want to do a survey with my family members and friends who were like over 50 at the time, because I was like they are going to say a lot of irrelevant stuff, and I can't be bothered with that right now so why not just go with a poem... And that's what I did! :)

I know if there is nothing else common in now and then Jamaica it's that parents aren't afraid to discipline their children when they misbehave. I also know that some people behave like their children are the best, when they are not. I also know that children can be desciving cause like I'm one daaaaaa... lol. So I just wrote the poem based on my knowledge about long time Jamaica... lol sorry for the inconvenience it may have caused to those people that might not have know how to pronounce some of he words I used.

Hope you liked it until next time,

Hasta luego