Preserving Good Calypso
I heard the host of Fireworks saying that it is futile to attempt to rhyme ever line in Calypso. This he believes only serves to lose the essence of the message and the focus turns to the rhyme scheme.
I will agree only as far as this includes the new writers who haven’t perfected the art form but as for the old writers, they are true greats. Some of them work their words so crafty that there is an inside line rhyme too. They managed to get their messages across and wrote some classics that perpetuated our culture. I remember waiting to hear what we emerge from the tents every year to address the economical and social unrest in our nation.. We can learn much from these Calypsos and I look forward to doing so.
If I can scribe this little verse below in 10 minutes, keeping rhyme scheme while at the same time preserving the title down the left spine and the overall message then I know these craftier gurus can achieve much more over the year between tents.
.
Preserving Good Calypso
|
F inding ourselves dealing in things we can solveI s what the King wants us to resolveR ather than dealing with things we don’t knowE ntangled melodies in corrupt CalypsoW ritten by these authors of little reputeO n a culture already marred with dispute.R eactions of our diverse communityK eeps ringing out one vital thing to meS ing again like the songs of past greatsW ith social commentary woven in ambiguous lyricsI am tickled with the cunning of words in verseT he songs well written and diligently reherse’H onors go out to the old monarchs and the Big ShowD elivering genuine, traditional, quality CalypsoE veryone resolute this dying art to protectN ever allowing our people to ever forgetN ationhood is preserved in what Calypsonians sayI n their rhythmic meandering of words in playS uch craftsmen of our Nation’s fateMust scribe their songs with expectations great |
Comments