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Metaphor Africa Poems

These Metaphor Africa poems are examples of Africa poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Africa Metaphor poems written by international poets.

ODE TO ELEPHANT
ODE TO ELEPHANT


Elephant Elephant 
enveloping essence of Earth !
             I hear an elevated...

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Categories: africa, animal, color, earth, extended

SPHINX STONE
SPHINX STONE 

I am Sphinx Stone
Sun stationed statue
silent sculptured synoptic 
not marble or granite 
nor black tourmaline or
crystal sapphire quartz
vortex for Void actualising 
sacred amber...

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Categories: africa, age, color, extended
WOMB OF ALL BEGINNINGS
WOMB OF ALL BEGINNINGS


In the delicious womb of all beginnings 
we learnt to giggle electrons
to bear all things 
without nusturtiums, pink lilies or doughnuts 
warm...

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Categories: africa, allegory, creation, extended metaphor,
Oh black African
Oh, you African!
 Of cocoa skin and black-haired 
Like your judgments 

You African!
 The lamb in the elections 
Son of the people, wandering in the...

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Categories: 9th grade, abuse, africa,
THE PIPER and HIS TUNES
At the crossroads
The bald old man
With his gray stricken beards
Caressed his antiquated flute
Perching on his cracked dehydrated lips
With his spindly fingers
As he nonchalantly reeled out...

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Categories: africa, allusion, corruption, extended

Premium Member The Singers Sing of Me
The singers sing of me,
Of my trials and my triumphs,
Of the battles I have faced,
And the victories I have won.

They sing of my journey,
Of the...

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Categories: africa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
BUSINESSMAN 
BUSINESSMAN

Prism of penetrative light
           window into unbuttoned seas, seals 
     ...

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Categories: africa, 12th grade, business, extended
Coups, Elections, and Africa
In the heart of vibrant Africa, where democracy should reign,
Two shadows lurk, two specters haunt, two faces of the same pain.
One a soldier, gun in...

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Categories: africa, deep, extended metaphor, history,
I South Africa I Woman
{August is Woman’s Month in South Africa. August 9th is Woman’s Day. August 8th is an opening of the Lion’s Portal to Cosmic Strength. This...

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Categories: africa, courage, emotions, endurance, extended
Poisoned Milk and Honey
If  he "she"refuses to grab poisoned milk and honey 
He "she"can be called names here and there daily....

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Categories: africa, irony, metaphor,
Life In Jungle
When you meet a  peacock 
                  ...

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Categories: africa, metaphor,
At the Edge
AT THE EDGE

Red velvet I step into the abyss
If I choose 
I see crystal clear at the edge 
Ancient cries of turmoil
Grips of control, men...

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Categories: africa, change, creation, deep, extended
Unswallowed Food
When you force to swallow 
Some contaminated food, 
You putting yourself at big 
Risk and you will blame
Innocent people 
In the future. 

Unswallowed food pushing...

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Categories: africa, irony, metaphor,
In Uvira Flower Boutiques
I am in Uvira flower boutiques, 
Which flower will capture the 
Attention of visitors in my new house? 
A confused question which needs
         An accurate...

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Categories: africa, extended metaphor, flower,
Luck and Lack
I see  some lucky black people
                   ...

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Categories: africa, metaphor, people, political,

Book: Shattered Sighs