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Cassava Poems - Poems about Cassava

Third World Urbanize Mind
...Where are the bamboo Banana husk, dad's stone chair Mom's vegetable pots. Where are the rice fields Peanuts, peas, potatoes Corn, cassava, sweet and tamarind. Where is my childhood place I......

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Categories: cassava, happiness, perspective, political, success,
Form: Free verse
Tower Of Babel
...Those chairmen are in the tower of babel again Painting and repainting the future of our land with crooked hands Laughing at things as the world pass us by. Those chairmen are in the tower of ......

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Categories: cassava, africa, black african american,
Form: Blank verse



RICEPUBLIC
...Tell them we are working hard They will soon afford to buy rice Show them our graphic evidence Of rice pyramids. We are self-sufficient. When they complain of hardship Give them rice! When ......

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Categories: cassava, betrayal, corruption, humanity, leadership,
Form: Free verse
Dainties
...Boiled kasha Steamed cassava Sell at plaza.......

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Categories: cassava, appreciation, desire, food, perspective,
Form: Than-Bauk
NOTORIETY OF PENNILESS
...SAPA: THE NOTORIETY OF PENNILESS Their ambition grew higher, Sapa, blew out of proportion. Their expectations grew higher, Sapa extend its wings. Sapa, the Invincibly diabolical. cri......

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Categories: cassava, adventure,
Form: Free verse



Are You Traveling to Oron?
...Are you traveling to Oron to be lost In the mysteries and secrets of Ekpe, the Bermuda triangle lban Isong, a land deeply rooted in the ocean With queen of the coast, daughters of mermaid Of the ......

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Categories: cassava, adventure, beauty, black love,
Form: Free verse
Beautiful City of Goma , Drcongo
...As I was in national park virunga  and I saw a zebra which was giving birth and one black and white cobra passed by there. I admired their colours and took some pictures to show my kids a......

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Categories: cassava, africa, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Homemade
...Homemade How happy we were while eating  homemade foods in some  Congolese and Nigerian restaurants in different places of  Pretoria. some longtime friends enjoyed different fried fish......

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Categories: cassava, africa, friendship, love, memory,
Form: Free verse
Traditional-Modern Kitchen
...Reeds and dry mud walls, Into whose crevices, weaving needles and knives are fixed. Iron sheets of rust on top, (The only modern feature!) With leakages through which we can even visualize the su......

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Categories: cassava, africa,
Form: Free verse
My Destiny
...I have a destiny, That most of you look down on, As being poor and backward. That many desire to change and have me assimilated, But I'm surely destined to be African. When you meet me, I've g......

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Categories: cassava, africa, culture, destiny,
Form: Free verse
It Will Rain
...It will rain today and NEPA will seize the light The firmament is dark, the cloud is enormous The singing birds have fled Everyone to its home It will rain today, I’m worried I have neither ro......

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Categories: cassava, rain, sky,
Form: Free verse
Environmental Pollution
...The release of the naked sword of marine oil spills From the window and door of offshore platforms drilling rigs, From the arena of natural oil sips to execute our living meals. Petroleum hydro......

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Categories: cassava, africa, earth, environment, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Life
...Life... It is like a cassava Full of potentials Potentials are only realized by those that take their time to explore it maximally It is like a roller coaster Full of ups and downs Shouts of......

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Categories: cassava, inspiration, inspirational, life, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Count It With Numbers - Gulf of Guinea, September, 1839
...Dropped anchor off the Fever Coast ‘board a rake-masted schooner Spooked by Ahab’s ghost. Lamps glowered through the yawning blanks Casting bone-twisted shadows Over teakwood planks. Salt bi......

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Categories: cassava, slavery,
Form: Ballad
My Wish
...Happy birthday, Sister Loida, A very good health is my wish; Here's a cake made of cassava, Just savor this delightful dish. Topic: Birthday of Loida M. Decano (March 13)......

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Categories: cassava, birthday,
Form: Quatrain

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