Nostalgia Africa Poems
These Nostalgia Africa poems are examples of Africa poems about Nostalgia. These are the best examples of Africa Nostalgia poems written by international poets.
a glass of waterA glass of water
He got up late and thought of coffee,
he had to drink it in black
Forgot to buy milk yesterday because it was raining
...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, adventure, africa,
Nana Baking Pan my memoriesMy Grandmother’s Baking Pans
I remember peering through Nana’s broken window countless times on my way to St. Augustine’s Girls’ School in St. George. But that...
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Categories:
africa, america, anger, appreciation,
Song of the RockUpon this rock, was my fate etched
By the hands of Akooke Olemo.
I lingered on her laps like mummy’s boy,
Though my own blood at me,...
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Categories:
africa, emotions, goodbye, nostalgia, passion,
Oh What a Day In the OldOh what a day in the old,
The African sun rises, shining bold,
Father leaves at 5am, to tap palm wine,
Mother goes to the...
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africa, family, father, morning,
Easter-Wester and ResurrectionI
A few hours after April 9th began
My puppies yelping woke me, helping
Me be thankful for this holiday -
Easter day! Better yet: Resurrection Day
For Easter was...
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Categories:
africa, america, gospel, humanity,
Remembering Who We AreREMEMBERING WHO WE ARE
Spiralled rainbows !
burnished tapestries of trials
Birth, love, death ripen
Winds of Change for our country’s call
Battles in a corner buried, we...
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Categories:
africa, courage, emotions, endurance,
NostalgiaWhen the snow falls,
Stabbing my heart with cold,
I long for my mother's hearth
That shielded us from the harmattan.
I perceive the aroma of burning logs
And the...
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Categories:
africa, feelings, longing, nostalgia,
Absence 2 and Hrms CommonwealthII
I was thinking ... Absences
Used to make hearts grow fonder
Or so the proverb said, in my youth
True in some ways ... Untrue in another
Some...
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africa, america, international, nostalgia,
Needs and Seeds1.
I need courage
To live CHRIST-ian
I tasted intimacy
In Triune Communion
2.
At my age
With second family
I cannot complain
Except for spirituality
I wanted visions
Of Jesus, Trinity
3.
Can't see Face
God's. And live?
I...
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Categories:
africa, bible, identity, missing,
The Carpenter's SongsOld melodies,
Old tunes,
Belting out from the radio,
They were my father’s favourite,
He danced to it with my mother,
He...
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Categories:
2nd grade, africa, family,
Giving Thanks: WaterSome people believe in taking it to their Lord in prayer
I on the other hand believe in tipping it into the seas in tears...
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Categories:
africa, appreciation, blessing, creation,
My HairMy hair has always
had a mind of its own
Stays doing whatever
it wants whenever
it pleases
Just never bothers to do
any of it, at my...
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Categories:
africa, beauty, culture, hair,
Those DaysThose days.....
When men didn't attempt to cage the lion,
Domesticate the cobra or try to play god
Those days when men didn't dog breed, cat breed,
Moon walk...
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Categories:
africa, appreciation, art, beauty,
There For MeLooking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.
I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...
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Categories:
africa, 12th grade, character, hope,
At the Foot of the Unknown SoldierAt the foot of the unknown soldier
I heard them speak about the past
The generation born after the war
I heard them sing of warfare
Like children recite...
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Categories:
africa, angst, betrayal, metaphor,