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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BE A SOMEBODYWrite! 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....
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Categories:
absence, africa, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The SulliedOn the streets of Lagos,lumbasa , Kigali,
Cairo and their environs ,
Shame etched his name on your skin
You’ve become a site for dumping
For all willing to dump
Gone is thy once-proud stature,
Now a harlot to Pitiable...
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Categories:
africa,
Form: Free verse
from here to therefabled desert land
mere whisper of what once was …
humble Timbuktu...
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Categories:
africa, history, mystery, time,
Form: Haiku
A MAN CALLED BAI BUREHIn 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...
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Categories:
africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
I broke a heartShe 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...
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Categories:
africa, anger, appreciation, art,
Form: Free verse
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
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