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Eritrea Poems - Poems about Eritrea


Identity crisis
...I stand between worlds, neither here nor there, Feet planted in Eritrea, yet Arabic fills the air. My father’s tongue, Tigre, I do not know, Nor the Tigrinya of my ancestors, lost in echoes low. ......

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Categories: eritrea, africa, arabic, feelings, identity,
Form: Free verse
The Man From Eritrea
...Around one hundred millennia ago there was a man from Eritrea. “I run like gazelle and can throw, a spear to kill was my idea”. Feed my family, develop a tribe, with teamwork hunger satiated. ......

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Categories: eritrea, humanity, parents,
Form: Rhyme



The Greatness of Africa
...When I look at the Nile or Niger My heart overflows with joy for such a wonder As currents daringly flow on each iconic river Every fountain has wealth embedded in its waters Each mountain, sea......

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Categories: eritrea, africa, bird, blessing, books,
Form: Rhyme
Europe, Blessings I Pray, For E Nations - and the Euro
...OCTAVE: LORD, this morning, thank you. This SONnet will please, tease, release: I greet thee, having access to Your throne by Jesus And His sacrifice on Calvary: We pray against the Virus With a ......

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Categories: eritrea, appreciation, cheer up, education,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Time To Get a Move On
...Oh, to move to Ethiopia Or maybe Eritrea And if they hadn't changed the name I'd move to North Rhodesia There's a bit of heaven in Pakistan Or the balmy life in Turkmenistan But why mov......

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Categories: eritrea, immigration, satire, world,
Form: Rhyme



Midnight Roll Call
...International relations clerk on duty enters In her hand is a list of nations from Africa One by one she shouts out their surnames The assembly monitors gives her feedback confirming presence o......

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Categories: eritrea, africa, leadership, satire,
Form: Personification
Night Vigil Candles
...To my rivers of thinking needles in my heart to the haters’ smile goes to the cake love, I cannot stop lamenting to lemonade. My comrades they were sealed in plastics bags to pontiff to the sponge lo......

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Categories: eritrea, allusion, voyage,
Form: Didactic
Injustice Has a Name
...Injustice has a name! Twenty years in prison, detained because he refused to kill his fellowman in wartime, was against his conscience and will. Twenty years in prison, arrested without real c......

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Categories: eritrea, africa, discrimination, evil, horror,
Form: Couplet
Animal Crackers
...Lions, tigers and bears oh my! The sweet taste of childhood melts on my tongue as I reminisce on the days where there were no consequences or worries – only joy. With each crunch, the animals take me......

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Categories: eritrea, age, animal, childhood, children,
Form: Free verse
The Zulu Crier
...THE ZULU CRIER Where thou thee Sons of Afrika There over the edge is a halo It's coming to crown the world He who stands wear it first So rise up my people, my children For we had long rem......

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Categories: eritrea, history
Form: Prose Poetry
Africa!!!
...She is the mother place of all humanity. From her womb was birthed the first man. The first self aware and inventive beast, Standing erect, carrying tools of his own invention. Science tells us......

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Categories: eritrea, people, placesmen,
Form: Narrative

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