Africa Poems - Examples of all types of africa poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Twisted worldWe live in a world
Where all things are moving
Where nothing halts
Where nothing turns back
Where all that it is is noise
We live in a world
Broken souls grace the streets
Hopeless lives is all that it is
Drive...
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Categories:
africa, anger, anxiety, christian,
Form: Prose
MESSAGE TO MY WHITE BROTHERS AND SISTERSWELCOME HOME
FINALLY, YOU KNOW
THAT YOU ARE BLACK
WELCOME BACK
ADAM'S CHILDREN...
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Categories:
africa, america, bible, children,
Form: Free verse
MARRIAGEI did not marry
you for sex
I marry you
because
I LOVE you
Your HUSBAND...
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Categories:
africa, america, bible, black
Form: Free verse
On your birthday, you I blessWe mark a milestone in your life
Not a room-mate, actually my wife
You bring me daily grief and joy
Feelings that no longer make me coy
I am grateful that I found you
One beat, now in hearts two
Three...
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Categories:
africa, birthday, blessing, wife,
Form: Rhyme
THE SO CALLED FRIENDSDo not call me your friend in my absence
As you know we do not get along
Do not pretend to love me for the sake of getting something
As you know I am not blind folded
Do not...
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Categories:
africa, betrayal, birthday, confusion,
Form: Free verse
THE MANIFESTATION OF MY FATHERAs the holy spirit rise
Rising up, eventually
It will accurately fall
Unexpectedly, expectedly
A soul is reborn
The awakening of senses
Vigorously in tune
Leaves the body grasping
The gifts has been presented
A path has been chosen
As the tongues have been spoken
The...
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Categories:
africa, blessing, celebration, change,
Form: Free verse
ReminiscenceUnder the moonlight, the voices chant.
Young voices, and nearby, the old men rant
Over kegs of fresh palm wine and kola nuts
Spitting out proverbs and some, with coconuts.
The locust chirps purifies the atmosphere
Mingling with the scent...
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Categories:
africa, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
THE ASSASSINATION:13It is unexpected to the victim
A planned deed it is
And the murderer is a murderer
It is death, that is the outcome
What a cruel deed it is was
Remembering as if it was yesterday
How could this happen...
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Categories:
africa, bullying, discrimination, hurt,
Form: Free verse
When You Fall Down Get Back UpMale and Female fell down.We fell down,and this was "Time # number 10: We did not want to loose:We wanted to some how win!We made the attempt to get back up again even though we...
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Categories:
africa, 11th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
MY MANHOODSaying it, it is mouthful
Coming together of things
That were meant to come together
It is a miracle
Is this a destination or a beginning
Both, yes it is
Open your eyes
Happiness starts within
And ends with the one you love
Experience...
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Categories:
africa, appreciation, blessing, character,
Form: Free verse
I'M RAREI am sorry to disappoint you
I could be anything you expect me to be
But you have a better chance to stop the war inside you
Than to try diminish my own personality
There's a saying that say's
"Misery...
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Categories:
africa, character, self,
Form: Free verse
HOME COMING OF THE SANUSI:79A man of many talents
Nobody knew
Until he made a choice of choosing
Until he formulated the decision
What a creation he had made
Be grateful for the love that is given
As love is a rare commodity
Say I love...
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Categories:
africa, age, blessing, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Let me rephrase thatFirst Corinthians
chapter twelve verse twenty-five:
Care! (undivided!)
in tilling a field,
there's as much dignity as
in writing a poem!
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Adapted from quote by Booker T. Washington:
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is
as much dignity in...
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Categories:
africa, america, bible, farm,
Form: Haiku
BLACK CIVIL WAR: BOOK 1-3I saw a thousand guns
Numbered like the sand of the seashore
Bowing down slowly
To the half of a yellow sun
Staring at them with gestures
That spoke silent words of praise
In an unbelievable future of hope!
(Book 2)
The sunrise...
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Categories:
africa, anger, conflict, freedom,
Form: Free verse
LifeHappiness is to the life
A thing of beauty
Each of us has his own duty
So we must never behave petty...
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Categories:
abuse, africa, age, animal,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Specific Types of Africa Poems
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