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Westernization Poems - Poems about Westernization


I CHOSE
...I chose to write, For all those torn-off branches, For all those scarred backs, For all those dehumanized bodies, For all those centuries of persecution. I chose to read, To decon......

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Categories: westernization, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
OUR CULTURE
...Once stood so grand Like Kilimanjaro against the sky Our way of life A beacon, a guiding light, a brand As children, we grew up in its embrace We imbibed its wisdom Mimicked the gestures ......

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Categories: westernization, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Narrative



This Isn'T Poetry
...if I could trace back to that period before it all started some hundreds shameful years ago when, under thatch great men with courageous minds were made Days, when we aim neither for fanc......

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Categories: westernization, africa,
Form: Free verse
I Cant Write Nuttin On a Full Stomach
...I can't write nuttin' worth a damn on a full stomach! Hunger pangs fuel mine poetic juices, yours truly moost best be famished resembling lovely bag of bones beyond irreparable damage wrought ......

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Categories: westernization, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Struggle To Write
...prosaic prologues bewitch feeble minded scribe doth undertakes tend toward lugubriousness ring tone for goodness sake echoing across, a figurative lake woebegone, where quake shu......

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Categories: westernization, assonance, autumn, creation, inspirational,
Form: Free verse



A Form of Rule
...The nervous chatter The haunted stares The muted prayers Their motherland Totters all about Democracy gone bad Democracy a tool Of elites to amass.. Power with a guise Of legitimate rule........

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Categories: westernization, africa, humanity, meaningful, political,
Form: Prose Poetry
Silent Whisper
...There, they are with their scary galaxy of thoughts! Those that wanted us to sing those songs they never sang with the moon and the sun. Those that wanted us to dance the dance they never dance......

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Categories: westernization, abuse, africa, age, art,
Form: Ballad
We Didn'T Care Nigerian Citizens
...The attitude that means great scare And birth sufferings we couldn't bear Thank God he's sick, we pray he lacks care Centuries of "didn't care" land us in misery we now wear We didn't care if ......

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Categories: westernization, africa, community, deep, leadership,
Form: ABC
For Eunice Jossy
...The song about you is love. I have knitted your laughter In the coven of my heart to rest, fondled your smiles to rest in peace, Remembering your defeat to hatred. We'll sing of you in unison up......

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Categories: westernization, best friend, birth, birthday,
Form: Bio
Change
...Colonialism, Neo-colonialism. Independence, Donor dependence. Westernization, Modernization. Feminism, Gender equality. Gay rights, Human rights. Murder, Abortion. Nothing has......

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Categories: westernization, irony, poetry, , western,
Form: I do not know?
Imagination.
...Congradtulation on creation & salvation while the congregation gives explanation of our nation as education to this foundation as frustration rocks the situation and the vibration gives separation......

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Categories: westernization, introspection, visionary, education, ,
Form: Acrostic

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