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Africa Poems | Examples of Africa Poetry

Africa Poems - Examples of all types of africa poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for africa.
The voice of my ancestors
The voice of my ancestors The genesis of mankind never exclude my forefathers Cos they were the beginning from the beginning So i am never alone in this cold world The connection between me...Read the rest...
Categories: africa, blessing, dedication, freedom,
Form: Epic



Sean Combs
If you live inside a glass house then don't throw stones or put cameras in your home when you live like Sean Combs some people got it backwards catch him operating drones filming all their parties should be...Read the rest...
Categories: africa, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Mountain of Hope
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...
Categories: africa, america, angel, appreciation,
Form: Narrative
A Rage at air
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...
Categories: africa, anger, bird, conflict,
Form: Free verse
THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS
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...
Categories: africa,
Form: Rhyme



lefthanded
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...
Categories: abortion, africa, atheist, england,
Form: Blank verse
A COUNTRY CALLED GHANA
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...
Categories: 12th grade, africa,
Form: Free verse
The Sanctuary In the Sky
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...
Categories: adventure, africa, books, change,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member BE A SOMEBODY
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...
Categories: absence, africa, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The Sullied
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...
Categories: africa,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member from here to there
fabled desert land mere whisper of what once was … humble Timbuktu...Read the rest...
Categories: africa, history, mystery, time,
Form: Haiku
A MAN CALLED BAI BUREH
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...
Categories: africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
I broke a heart
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...
Categories: africa, anger, appreciation, art,
Form: Free verse
The monumental bane of OCD obsessive compulsive disorder
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...
Categories: adventure, africa, animal, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
STAINS OF DEMOCRACY
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...
Categories: africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

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