People Africa Poems

Like twins, we share markers of a common history,
Civilization, and knowledge; a call for unity.
The carcasses of slavery and the slave trade
Are lost in the...

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The ancestral savannahs of my people
Are still alive in the unseen horizons
Our grandparents have told us many
Wonderful things about our tribe
Before they arrived, we were...

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Oh, Africa, a vast and varied land
Yet overshadowed by IMF's hand
Structural adjustments they decree
Yet bring nothing but misery

Forced reforms they demand
Leaving nations bound in financial...

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I am a child of war, misery, anger and suffering.
 I grew up with sadness, uncertainty and anxiety.
 I took refuge in solitude to avoid...

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To think that raindrops are the sight of dreams,
For countries parched forever in a drought,
Scarce rainfalls are an awe to blissful beams,
Of people used to...

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In the realm of shadows, a ghost did appear,
With a body of mist, she drew near.
Playing chess alone, I was startled, you see,
But she joined...

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Valhalla 

rest day
Sunday is the day of rest for most people
except for cooks, servers, and housewives 
They have Mondays
that day hasn't got many customers ...

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Happiness is 

I this what I wanted, writing for no one in particular 
a few readers here and a few readers there
happiness is in what...

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Spring
the first winter, after a long war, was cold
today snow was slushy, the beginning of spring
a poor street, houses
 had not been painted for years
not...

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Let’s be human
Let’s be men and women
Let’s be humane
Let’s be absolutely sane
Let’s not be black
Let’s not be white
Let’s be just, fair and right
Let’s go back
Let’s...

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The wealthy couple

who live on an island in the Far East
but once a year, they visit Europe
every year when I see them, they have changed...

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I can't stop thinking about you, 
how you are and what you are up to?

Did you have eating something for the day?
Are you okay?

Then there...

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In Africa's heart, a painful past. A story told a tale so quality
of slavery's chains of lives laid waste of people torn from their native...

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Speak loudly
 as you wish, 
When the International community
remains silently ,
Football players speak loudly
 " Stop genocide in DRCongo"
Church  ministers and believers
sing loud in the churches
"Why...

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Birthday feelings
Another year is back no longer can leapfrog this day
Where my body squeals on me from time to time
Melanin, flawless, caramel skin transparent
for you...

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