Elegiac Poetry
Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982
TIV
Ka yemen yam neoo
Baba kendemoo
Ka yemen yam neoo
A wegh waseoo
ENGLISH
This is my exit
Father has left me
This is my exit
with a hand on my chin.
EDITOR’S NOTE
First published in Nigeria Magazine, Friday, January 1, 1982.
Source: Archiving.