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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.
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 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...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
May PanAfricanism be our guiding light
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...
Categories: africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
A LIGHT, A MAN, KWAME NKRUMAH
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...
Categories: africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Moon Mountain
moon pretty mountain the highest in Africa Kilimanjaro...Read the rest...
Categories: africa, beautiful, mountains,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member THIS LOVE BETWEEN US
What 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....Read the rest...
Categories: africa, allusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Only God
Only 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...Read the rest...
Categories: africa, confidence, courage, feelings,
Form: Epic
We are his legacy
This 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...Read the rest...
Categories: africa,
Form: Rhyme
MY TONGUES
A 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...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, africa, character, courage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Outward Journey
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: africa, journey, sea,
Form: Narrative

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