Christmas Africa Poems

THE DESERT'S GIFT

On a cold Christmas morning
the dusty harmattan breeze blew 
from the Sahara all through West Africa
unto the gulf of Guinea 

The wind howled...

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You been gone to lone
Your still in my bones
Honey I feel you inside
My feeling can not hide
Please come holidays come and go 
Please don,t say...

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OLD AND NEW 2 : BOARDROOM 


Jackal preyed on dimpled dolls
smiling gold on slender wrist
nosing down a slippery path
scowling schoolboy promoted
beyond his mediocre castle


Mammals sat...

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Parades on the street
African hearts that tweet
Carols in the street
Feasts of continent meet

Christmas time of gifts
Songs and dance so sweet
Praises to God that lifts
Christmas joys...

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Black Christmas
Spread your gifts beyond boarders
This season if you care 
Let the brightest of you be 
The gift to humanity
End the year with gratitude
And remember...

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I went to observe Solat for Eid al-Adha. 
Prophet Ibrahim's supposed sacrifice- his son to Allah--
Such outstanding faith in town, 
That spares every household firstborn....

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The orchard

It was a beautiful apple tree with low hanging fruit
shaped by a gardener whose parents had been Jehovah witnesses 
(His parents didn´t believe in...

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Merry Christmas 
my love
It’s another day we sing God’s blessings 
Distance may separate us but 
God’s love is the same everyday
Distance memories occupy my mind
Distance...

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Who shall
deck the hall
With Santa's 
favourite pall?
When he shows 
with his shoulder store
Ours, he shall bless 
from his finest stall.

Who shall tell 
the king's course
That...

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I
Wishes that you find peace, the Hebrew Shalom
For it includes well-being, being WHOLE-some
One need not have religion when one has Shalom
So my deepest desire this...

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January third; almost an afterthought
The post Christmas and New Year sort
My thoughts are with you, in heaven above
At the right hand of the Father, Son...

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A call from a nephew here
A text from children, not near
It takes so little, these days
Be grateful always, He says

Another day on planet earth
Forget the...

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The exodus is on course
Homeward bound, full force
Christmas and New Year cheer
Of the pandemic, we have little fear

The well heeled among us, lead the pack
Who...

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Today's headline: Mass vaccination in Africa begins in mid-2021

Wildfires do not pause for water hose, their seething pain not soothed by
a retard, life's full of
pose...

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A brilliant sunny day
Though death holds sway
Life rolls on for the rest
Haven't yet, been put to the test

T'is dark before the dawn
The dew still rests...

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