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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HARMONYHarmony
Everyone's priority
Calmness yields clarity
Clarity insight to act
In any given situation
Acting without panic or disagreement.
When everything is in tune
Peace is attained
Peace yields wealth
Giving the right mindset
For reasoning and acting
Harmony...
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Categories:
africa, christian, community, dedication,
Form: Pastoral
The OkraIn the sunny day
The okra is scattered
So that it can get dried
For a tasty stew.
©® Muhammad Abdulhamid Kumo
#SpringHearted
2024...
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Categories:
africa, culture, environment, food,
Form: Lyric
FEELING IS EVERYTHINGWhen you wake up
How you feel
Prepare you for the day
Feeling down
Do what inspire you
Some smoke and more
Others pray and more.
Every feeling
A muse or oblivious
Some amaze
Many apathetic
Others bittersweet
Igniting your...
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Categories:
africa, christian, community, deep,
Form: Didactic
IT WAS WRITTENLet it flow with the wind
As the sea is salty
Have a good laugh
Let it flow with the cloud
As the rain is amazing
Have a good look at the sky
Naturally as it lands,
The sweetness...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, appreciation, change,
Form: Free verse
9JAMy country na cruise
Very amazing nation
Plenty things go amaze you
Everybody with their muse
Creating their news
Some for fun and business
Many for manipulations.
Struggle everywhere
Many dey bustle and hustle
While few dey jungle through life
Man no fit...
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Categories:
africa, cheer up, community,
Form: Narrative
cold day and blue skyCold Day and "Bluesky Social"
This morning, pale sunlight entered
didn't stay left behind on a cold day in a blank
a bedroom that has never seen sexual activity
or a hidden ******** under the duvet
in a bed solely made...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, age, america,
Form: Blank verse
A Legacy of Forgotten Feats(The stage is dimly lit, with a single spotlight on the speaker, a wise and weary African leader. He stands, reflecting on his legacy)
My dear Africa, I rose like a lion, with Mandela's heart,
To guide...
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Categories:
africa, history, leadership, lost,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
LONERHe's a certified loner
Very Independent
Always doing everything
Without anyone support
Without confiding in any
Due to betrayals in the past
Always focusing on personal interests.
A self consultant
Always talking to self
Many label him crazy while bullying
From their own awareness...
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Categories:
africa, community, dedication, deep,
Form: Epic
RESPECTFULIt is teachable
Yet it cannot be found
The sequences
It is reachable
Yet it cannot be established
The formulation
Happiness,
Release those feelings
As they would not be needed
It has come
Release that pain
As it would not...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
The Sword of Islam
In the deserts of Arabia, Medina had many Hebrews
And Khaybar Oasis was full of farms run by Jews.
To this day Muslims shout Khaybar, defeating Jews hits a chord
Because Mohammed took both places by the power...
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Categories:
africa, allah, christian, conflict,
Form: Lyric
Eternal Love's CanvasWhen in your eyes my heart finds sacred fire,
Every beat, a love-etching that never tires.
Your laughter, music that my soul desires,
Melting fears, and soothing life's darkest fires.
Your touch, a flame that burns with endless might,
Midnight...
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Categories:
africa, desire, first love,
Form: Sonnet
DISPUTESame people
Different cultures
Different beliefs
Same nationality
Different religions
Different awareness
Different state of reasoning.
One people
Different languages
One earth
Different continent
One Sun
Different deity
One nationality
Different agendas.
Nobody wanna be inferior
Everybody wanna be superior
Nobody wanna...
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Categories:
africa, community, conflict, deep,
Form: Spoken Word
ResilienceResilience
Just because I said
I don't want her no more
All night she chant evil against me
Lighting up candles in different colours
With intentions to curse me
Calling my name to invoke my...
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Categories:
africa, courage, for her,
Form: Epic
BeautyBeauty like the sweet grapes of a grapevine, like a goddess it rises to the call of mother nature, a creation in wonderful sight qualifying the eyes of men into light, a quality endowed by...
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Categories:
11th grade, adventure, africa,
Form: Free verse
THOUGHT OF THE DAYThe values are priceless
Circumstances comes and goes
A tongue is not a weapon
The beliefs are modified
Situations comes and stays
A hand is not a ornament
Rejoice on who you are ,
It is who you are
That...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
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