Enough is enough!



The time has come
When we say it's done
And awake are our minds
Which you had canned
Into dark tins of empty slogans
And we say, "Enough is enough!"

We have seen the flicker of light
And we now demand our share
Corruption by high rankers
Stabs at the core of the nation's being
The soul of our country bleeds in shame
And everyone say, "Enough is enough!"

The politician is aware
We don't need history of nationalism
We need bread and butter
Give us your ear, we won't run away with it
We just need to be heard!
Enough is enough!

About this poem

It's a protest poem on the corrupt politicians. Written on the background of political rot in Zimbabwe. This poem was published by Poetry.com in 2002 and won editor's choice award. It was entitled "Enough is Enough"

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Written on February 14, 2002

Submitted by amono.16912 on May 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXXXB XCXXXB CAXXXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 532
Words 108
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6

Amon Olisi

The writer is a ex banker a poet, former editor of a Christian Magazine. He has several poems published online. Won the editors choice awards in 2002 for the poem "Enough is enough". more…

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