A POEM FOR A SENIOR IN THE PROFESSION OF JOURNALISM

THE TASK AT HAND

(For Peter Esoka)

By Tikum Mbah Azonga

(I wrote this poem in in 2009 in appreciation of the Veteran JournalistMr. Peter Esoka . That was  one year afterI left CRTV to become a lecturer of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Buea. In the seven years I spent at CRTV before quitting, he was very supportive of me).

You can get it
Yet, you can take it right now
If you really want
But first, let Peter come through
And deliver today`s dose of reflection
Peter and us are now like finger and nail
With maleya in the background
And the tune that made them
Shoot to fame spectacularly
What more can you ask for?

Meanwhile, Ecobank is celebrating proximity
And the weighing bridge is announced
Jumping little girls and boys in green
Stoop along the road
And write their names in the shifting sand
And yell  at the yellow petrol  procession
Is that what you want?
Just that?
And you think you`ve had your fair share
When you can go the whole way
And pick up the jackpot

Come on!
You can get it
If you believe you can.