Joachim Amoako Poet Lyric

Dark Africa

Mystery
They say it is
The land of wonderful Africa
Where dreams shatter to tears
Souls lost as water of sweat
Our landmarks bordered by wars
We cry to our so blessed destiny
Yet we worship to feed our motherland
The rich land of resources
Basins potent per world fill
When shall we be free oh Africa
When shall we love ourselves?
Our honor we bury in mass with the souls we take
Our streets we fill with blood of innocent mothers
Tension heightened in our political system
Our entire land host chaos
Yet we claim world provider
So why not feed ourselves
Rather than killing ourselves
Breathing gunshots as they blare our skies
So cursed not for freedom
We scream everyday
Yet we are blessed with no disaster
We have killed our bird
And replaced it with a bat
Where are our brave democratic leaders?
Where are the men
To stand up to this bitter trial
And restore the land before our fatal exploitation

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Babafemi Yinka Olubodun May 29, 2014 at 9:34 AM Interesting and lovely

Teddy Kimathi May 29, 2014 at 9:32 AM A writing that reflects the true situation of Africa; your work is raw, fresh and flowing. Congrats for having it featured! :)

Dr.Ram Mehta May 28, 2014 at 6:16 AM Interesting and creative. Congrats on your poem being featured this week,

Poet Destroyer A May 25, 2014 at 9:55 PM Hi James, thank you for the comment on my comment, I hope your dreams come true, and you enjoy this site...Linda

Faye Gibson May 25, 2014 at 6:01 PM Welcome to Poetry Soup, Joachim. I enjoyed this first poem you have posted. I believe you will find much support here. Keep writing; comment on the poems of other writers and most of them will return the favor. Best wishes.

Poet Destroyer A May 24, 2014 at 11:26 PM Joachim,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@ Joachim Amoako May 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM thank u Linda. it is my dream to let people see the potential in me through the art of writing. i just posted a fictitious poem "the spell of Cassandra", hope it will interest u.

Anne-Lise Andresen May 24, 2014 at 3:36 PM - Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Joachim :) - I choose your first great written poem - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :) Joachim Amoako May 25, 2014 at 5:57 PM thanks.

Skat A May 23, 2014 at 9:29 PM Joachim, , Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT