Addis Poems - Poems about Addis

... The European Sauna Marathon does take place during the coldest winter afternoons in each year in Otepää in southern Estonia with no fear; That place called the "winter capital" race t......Read More

...The Beginning By Joji Varghese Kuncheria Four decades ago my sojourn started, In my mid - twenties, as to be precise, A journey of a lifetime so joyous, By a lad daring, bold and determined, ......Read More

...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......Read More

...By Izunna Okafor Beyond the shrubs of Sahara  Lifted a munt of brainy bond  Over the Mississippi of Ethiopia Lofted a penner with his hunky thoughts Across the bridge of a foreign land ......Read More

..."THE PACIFIC AND THE SPEAKER" $260.00 in my bank account. 34 years old. 240 pounds. 2 failed relationships, well there were more than 2. what I’m referring to is the ones that produced c......Read More

... Addis Ababa pulse, Blue Nile passion flow into the heart of a Mtoto midnight Tropical forest desires, soft Harari waves moving at the tidal touch crescent height Jijiga sepia leg......Read More

...In Kampala African queen lives In Johannesburg African queen sleeps In Nairobi African queen smiles In Lagos African queen sings In Kinshasa African queen dances In Addis Ababa African queen d......Read More

...“MAGDALENA #6” today I returned home from work and hung my coat up on the coat rack. I took off my hat and set it on the hook right next to it. Magdalena came to the door and asked m......Read More

..."MY DEATH" when it comes for me there won't be a sound but I'll know it when it gets here because it won't be here to take me for the first time. I met Death the day Eddie and Robert were ......Read More

...Its creation’s simplicity still stands as a difficult puzzle head is twisted backwards while in a forward motion still looking behind at the chronicles of some centuries ago long before th......Read More

... In the night when I can not sleep, when I dream about dreaming when even God is sleeping and the devil is out looking for lost souls. I think about silly things, I think about the......Read More

...1. Calm descends, feathery, misty, settling gently on this city’s breath. Elusive sleep, teases, hiding amongst the clouds, while silver ribbons of moonlight, caress the concrete. 2. Midnight in......Read More

... Oh! Mother Africa! From the East to the West, from the North to the South of Africa is strife, killings, starvation and poverty Brothers killing brothers And innoce......Read More

... A place to be; a home to live, Full of cultures and traditions, rivers of live. In crossing the Mediterranean, ‘criss-crossing’ the continent, you see… A mountain of rivers, running the......Read More