Africa Poems | Examples of Africa Poetry

He stood at the foot of the hill and gazed at her watching from her window sill with the night light shining in her face and particles of hope running all over the place. Her...Read the rest...

A rage at air Poem Lionel Derbyshire A rage at air where a fly, a sparrow and an ostrich collides airborne goes .. Why all the rage .. Fly asked the sparrow Your temper is full of bad anger This...Read the rest...

At the wake of their economic turmoil Destitute sailors with battered ships Set sails to seek fields of greener pastures Aided by Indian Ocean winds, they drifted north Welcomed with open hands at the Moroccan fort. Seen as lost souls...Read the rest...

Left-handed dexterity  I was naturally left-handed but was at school  by terrible hand forced to write with the good hand hence my terrible handwriting  I hated my clumsy writing, so I switched to write in a foreign language, namely in...Read the rest...

On the west coast of Africa Stood a relics of ancient civilization A golden shore, a light at the end of the tunnel A pillar upon which the freedom of Africa is built. Blessed with so diverse a...Read the rest...

I look meticulously at the lines and know that something lies behind the deep; I could not tell form where but something bigger than my mind was pulling me there. There was a peculiar light...Read the rest...

Write! Anything. Be a dream writer Write poeticly. Be about a spree! Take Vacation from mundane. Be Astounding! Astonish YOURSELF! HAVE WORD WEALTH! I am LONELY COME AND SEE. Visit me! Be just Like me! This me....Read the rest...

On the streets of Lagos,lumbasa , Kigali, Cairo and their environs Shame etched his name on thy skin Thou art become a site for dumping For all willing to dump Gone is thy once-proud stature Now a harlot to...Read the rest...

fabled desert land mere whisper of what once was … humble Timbuktu...Read the rest...

In the olden, amidst an era where valor defined men, a towering figure emerged, Bai Bureh, the epitome of courage and leadership, a beacon of hope to his people. Hailing from humble beginnings in a small...Read the rest...

She gave me all Made me stood tall Like an iroko tree She stood by me I could remember her smiles As we walk under the gentle moon for miles She dried my tears And helped...Read the rest...

The monumental bane of OCD - obsessive compulsive disorder As origin of *****Sapien species surged ahead, harboring nascent predominance asper said primate reproductively bred, (albeit via incremental fits and starts) evolutionary forebears didst dread Tom Tom Club former members an American...Read the rest...

Ah, Democracy, that grand charade Where every voice is equal made. But think, what chaos this has bred With common folk so widely led! A vote for every man and Bio? Come now, let's be serious, still. Why trust the masses...Read the rest...

Let the paths of our ancestors remain in sight, Their struggles, their dreams, their fearless might. Nkrumah's vision, Sankara's spirit, Lumumba's grace, Mandela's legacy, a beacon for our race. Ghaddafi's resilience, a lesson to embrace From Cameroon's plains to Sahara's...Read the rest...

Once upon a recent time not long ago A beacon shone, its brilliance aglow. With a vision as vast as the starry sky This light embodied, Kwame Nkrumah, our pride. Dreaming to free Africa from colonial shackles His resolve unwavering,...Read the rest...