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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

Date: 5/29/2014 9:34:00 AM

Interesting and lovely

Teddy Kimathi

Date: 5/29/2014 9:32:00 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

Date: 5/28/2014 6:16:00 AM

Interesting and creative. Congrats on your poem being featured this week,

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/25/2014 9:55:00 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

Date: 5/25/2014 6:01:00 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

Date: 5/24/2014 11:26:00 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
Date: 5/25/2014 5:49:00 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

Date: 5/24/2014 3:36:00 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
Date: 5/25/2014 5:57:00 PM

thanks.

Skat A

Date: 5/23/2014 9:29:00 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