In the face of the rainbow shawl Where the sun's shone like the sky And my skin grows black and dull Like an aged's hair: hued with dye
In the midst of our three worlds Where trends, silver-gold drives mind And urge for fun,ford flows in bloods Like baby, a witch, powerful has bind
Still, I will rove all the thirty-six corners In my kaftan under the scorching sun Sweating stream like a Kenyan runner Pushing my sells, on a metal in the sun
Selling my onions,pepper and cheap grains Cool with my job, hard, without much gains
POET Oluwatimilehin Adejumobi Alabi
This poem is about strong commendation on hardwork rather than obscene wealth and interest for materialism. Its imagery is of an industrious northerner of Nigeria. And the title rainbow shawl is an allusion of Dereck Wallcot's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl which heavily implies poverty.