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Ode to the Almighty Jah

Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)

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JAH, JAH — Jamaica.
A JAH wah mek Jamaica.
Giv tanks an preiziz.
Outa meni, WAN piipl.
A JAH wah mek Jamaica.

Lord, God, Jamaica.
To God, who made Jamaica.
Give thanks and praises
Out of many — ONE.
To God, who made Jamaica.

About this poem

As an island nation basking in the Caribbean Sea, Jamaica is mightily blessed by the Almighty, and his people eternally give thanks and sing praises.

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Written on May 20, 2022

Submitted by karlcfolkes on May 20, 2022

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Scheme aAbxA aAbxA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 229
Words 53
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5
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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s “Dear Mili” Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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  • teril
    teril
    I love this poem. The gentle Jamaican soul is expressed in your transliteration of the prayer. Jah Jah Jamaica!
    LikeReply1 year ago

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