Then And Now Poem by Tony-Cemaluk Egbuonu

That day, today
It was Nkwo
Nwankwo!

The song erupted
Nne gi gwa gi okwu
Nuru ife
Nna gi gwa gi okwu
Nuru ife
Welu ehihe muru anya
Welu anyasi lahu ura
Oo- oo-ooh, egwu nwa

As transliterated, it was
Newborn on nkwo,
Hearken to your parents
Be of appropriate behavior
The difference, then and now
Before ushering in Nwankwo
That song must be

As simple as that,
For those generations
It worked

#Tony-Cemaluk,04/03/2020#