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
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The monumental bane of OCD obsessive compulsive disorderThe 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...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, animal, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
STAINS OF DEMOCRACYAh, 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...
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Categories:
africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
May PanAfricanism be our guiding lightLet 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...
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Categories:
africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
A LIGHT, A MAN, KWAME NKRUMAHOnce 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,...
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Categories:
africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
africa, beautiful, mountains,
Form: Haiku
THIS LOVE BETWEEN USWhat is love between two People?
What can it ever be equal? It is, is it
Unspeakable unthinking unthinkable?
Can you think about it before the FACT?
What is the AFTERMATH? After after
You have loved enough? You have enough
Love....
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Categories:
africa, allusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Only GodOnly God
Only God knows my pain
It can't be possible with life
When energy are absorbed
With out gratitude
Courage destroyed by folks
Whose aim are nothing better
Than deeper guilt
I have be coming...
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Categories:
africa, confidence, courage, feelings,
Form: Epic
We are his legacyThis is my continent, our complement
We are soil without component
This are our roots, a superstition
And sky blue cinematic religion
I am you and you are me
So we are his only being...
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Categories:
africa,
Form: Rhyme
MY TONGUESA belief is a belief
Stipulations of the unseen
Catch your breathing
A tear is a salty water
Releasement of the pain
Memories are flooding in
Should be done,
Originality is meant to be original
And truth is a scarce...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, character, courage,
Form: Free verse
The Outward JourneyI was seven when we departed for East Africa
and what a journey lay ahead of us. First the
Suez canal which felt like you could touch the
opposite bank as we sailed through them.
We saw plenty...
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Categories:
africa, journey, sea,
Form: Narrative
-SUNDAY AFTERNOON at KALAHARIGerry leading the weekly walk*
if only giraffe's could talk
' I could show you where to see me'
& 'in which hide to be'...
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Categories:
africa, animal, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
africa, america, bible, black
Form: Free verse
Love and HateLove and Hate
Love and hate, two powerful emotions that ebb and flow in the most unexpected ways. What starts as a flame of passion soon ignites into a blaze of anger, the intensity of which...
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Categories:
africa, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
The beauty and the felonOnce upon a time
Behold the stream of everlasting dote
The fiddle and a young stag
Cute, happy, naive young love
Happiness lighten their infinite world
Hidden deep in those pages of memories
Prompt the deed sad...
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Categories:
absence, africa, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
elephants
feather elephants
pewter clouds chime through forest -
sing saxophone songs
April 13th 2022
Contest: Wild Animal Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
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First Place
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Categories:
africa, animal, celebration, nature,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Africa Poems
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