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Life woud suffice
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Steven Nazanje
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africa, art, bible, cool,
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Loose thoughts in my head
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Adeshina Aladeshawe
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africa,
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If Nigeria was a book
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Adeshina Aladeshawe
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africa,
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needing a tow
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fenyane shadrack
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adventure, africa, america, baptism,
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Aye to eye
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Mark Toney
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africa, animal, fun, history,
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IN HERE
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Elizabeth Adams
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12th grade, africa,
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WHY PLEAD HEAVEN
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Elizabeth Adams
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10th grade, absence, africa,
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Hippopotamus
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arthur vaso
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africa, allegory, animal, christian,
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47 jump
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Leo Mbalamana
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africa, black african american,
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The Black Man
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Michael Barber
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africa, black love, character,
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Gangan - The talking drum
by Joshua Popoola
The stream of music
Has in it an instrument
Talking beats, not singing,
And sending legs into a frenzy
The hook of a Demigod
Knocking the...
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Categories:
africa, music, words,
ELEPHANT'S GHOST
by JENNIFER PROXENOS
ELEPHANT’S GHOST
I am represented as a trinket on a human’s wrist,
I was bought from a vendor,
Sometime last September,
I remember the vendor, he was,
Approached by a...
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Categories:
africa, grief,
HARMATTAN
by Anyabolu Ifeanyi Gentle
HARMATTAN.
The early morning breeze,
That makes us freeze,
On our bed covered with blankets,
As if we lay inside a casket,
Putting on stockings that are anklets,
Being reluctant to...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
africa, environment,
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LIV and LV
by T Wignesan
IF ever I had a country : LIV - LV
LIV
IF ever I had even at an Event Horizon a country
And if ever I were by...
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Categories:
africa, humanity, people, power,
DRUMBEAT
by Anyabolu Ifeanyi Gentle
DRUMBEAT
The early morning silence,
Pierced by the melody of the birds,
And coarse craw of the cock,
The bleating of the goats and sheep for fresh fodders,
Squirrels hopping...
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Epic |
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Categories:
adventure, africa, courage, culture,
Sweet lies
by richard nnoli
sweet lies
I need no help
I have be captivated
by her strength
she is so beautiful
more at heart
her humour
drive me gaga
we are both...
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Epic |
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Categories:
africa, care, feelings, passion,
Don't change me
by richard nnoli
don't change me
don't force me
I will not change
because you push me to
you are not my mind
you are not my ways
I...
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Epic |
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Categories:
abuse, africa, courage, encouraging,
BLACKS HIWAY TO FREEDOM
by kurtis scott aka curtis futch jr
its been long road
reaching there gold
from the slave ship
been beat with whip
this has been long trip
for some many africa american black
some hang...
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Categories:
africa, discrimination,
Imagine
by Phill Thomas Shat
If you said these things out loud.
...
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Abecedarian |
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africa,
Africa's heartache
by Wendy Watson
A poet touched my heart last night, he wrote of deprivation
Of child abuse, starvation's plight, the heartaches of a nation.
This juxtaposing universe so vividly portrayed
Has...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
africa, heartbreak, people,
HOMECALL
by MUNA CHUMA-UDEH
HOMECALL
Echezona, she calls me home
Remember the grounds upon which you suckled
Remember the voice that weaved your dreams
Remember the warmth that spun your wake
I am the...
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Categories:
africa, appreciation, black love,
NOW I LAY ME
by Lyric Man
Now I lay me down to sleep
In my home that's really sweet
Had three large meals and a snack
There wasn't a hint of any lack
Comfortable shoes...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
7th grade, africa, angst,
B28-P4-I MISS YOU MOM
by Jerry Wells
POEM 4 I MISS YOU MOM
I MISS YOU MOM SHE CAME BACK TO US I WANT HER BACK.
I MISS YOU MOM WHY DID...
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africa, anxiety, appreciation, hope,
Quiet Spirit-Angeline Oliver
by Julius Lawrence
My Mother was born on October 3, 1916, and died on August 6, 1997.
She would have been over one hundred one years of age. I...
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africa, age, angel, anniversary,
B28-P2-I LOVE YOU
by Jerry Wells
POEM 2 I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU IN JUST THREE WORDS.
I LOVE YOU IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
I LOVE YOU FRO YOUR SMILE...
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9th grade, africa, age,
Our future
by richard nnoli
our future
our future is on sale
our dreams are full
of troubles
our struggling keep
increasing
our hopes keep
depreciating
cos all we see don't
improve...
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Epic |
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Categories:
abuse, africa, hope, humanity,
Out there
by richard nnoli
out there
I am not born
with a silver spoon
so I know no pain
truly I have gotten
use to it
it hurts me no...
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Epic |
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Categories:
abuse, africa, blessing, confidence,
Unstoppable revolution
by richard nnoli
unstoppable revolution
science
was the revolution
to religion
science gave birth
to our modern
technology
how come
it never better
the third world
countries
so I see a revolution
to science
we can't...
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Epic |
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Categories:
africa, encouraging, inspirational, uplifting,
Used lighters and used condoms
by richard nnoli
used lighters and used condoms
street life oh street life
we are living in the ghetto
we are the victims
of corruption
we are the rejected stones
street life...
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Epic |
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Categories:
abuse, africa, courage, humanity,
Love in the eye of a perfect stranger
by richard nnoli
love in the eye of a perfect stranger
must we keep on in weakness
how long will it take us
to weak up
are we not done...
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Epic |
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Categories:
abuse, africa, confidence, courage,