I Am Hustle Poem by Wale Smyle

I Am Hustle

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I am hustle
The calling of the bus conductor shouting from dawn to dusk
I am hustle
The B.Sc. holder working in a kiosk
I am hustle
The Y boy sitting next to the computer striking and clicking keys day and night hoping for the hayday
I am hustle
The punter hoping tomorrow will be a good day
I am hustle
The practical girl waiting along the high way like an hitchhiker
I am hustle
The echoing sounds of the market women reaching out to customers
I am hustle
The voices of the hawkers on the street
I am hustle
The okada man riding from lanes to streets
I am hustle
The words of a young writer longing to be publish
I am hustle
The dream waiting to flourish
I am a hustler
Restless days and night
I am a hustler
Though am weak still I’ll strive
I hustle because life is tussle

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 12 February 2014

The Y boy sitting next to the computer striking and clicking keys day and night hoping for the hayday i think you want to use heyday, not hayday: The practical girl waiting along the high way like an hitchhiker .....here in u.s. i would write highway.... one word - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FROM ONLINE SITE: hey·day 'ha?da/ noun noun: heyday; plural noun: heydays 1. the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor. the paper has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964 synonyms: prime, peak, height, pinnacle, summit, apex, acme, zenith, climax, high point; More day, time, bloom, flowering; prime of life, salad days, halcyon days, glory days during his heyday, he was quite the matinee idol Origin late 16th cent. (denoting good spirits or passion) : from archaic heyday! , an exclamation of joy, surprise, etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The words of a young writer longing to be publish..............i would write longing to be published OR longing to publish [[ i'm only offering suggestions from my point of view ]] I hustle because life is tussle.............i've rarely dealt with the word tussle and it didn't sound 'right' to me. i guess i thought a tussle was not so tough, but i looked up its definition and find that it fits very well in your poem. BUT i would put a tussle instead of tussle. i have sometimes left out little words [like a] in my poems but then added the little words because [for some reason] the line(s) sound better after adding the little word(s) . it was interesting that you switched from using I am hustle to I am a hustler. i think i get it. i like the message and the way you expressed it. is the girl waiting along the high way a prostitute, hustling for business? i have never hustled, in any way. i guess i have been fortunate to get by. it's not that i haven't been conscientious, mind you! thanks for sharing. i hope any (legal?) hustling you do pays off. i hope YOU get your heyday. bri :)

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Siyabonga A Nxumalo 25 November 2011

'the dream waiting to flourish, i am a hustler, i hustle because life is a tussle..' wonderful rhyme on this poem Wale...

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