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Mother African Poems

These Mother African poems are examples of African poems about Mother. These are the best examples of African Mother poems written by international poets.


Pink Diamond
Is there a possibility 
found ground up homes posted
and supported keeping the world
just the way it is peace or pains
welcome on to the blizzard falls
I...

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Categories: adventure, black african american,



African Night
Mother of stars,
friend of the moon,
it is often quiet but for its own heartbeat?
the rhythmic sentence pronounced
in one benign-hammering syllable,
which pounds away hostile darkness
laid bare...

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Categories: african, africa, community, night,

USPS Stamps Poetry Contest
To have your picture on the face of a stamp,
Is a honor reserved for the ones who cultivated change
Among the mèlange of inspiring faces,
Lays the...

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Categories: black african american, freedom,

Great American literature
Great American Literature

Our bookshelf groaned under the weight
of American Literature, and my mother was
principally a communist.
An American Tragedy, I read at fourteen,
and my fascination with...

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Categories: absence, black african american,

Our Excuses Will Condemn Us One Day
I hung out on six avenue and they teased me all the time.
Saying you're afraid of you mom, but I was more afraid of crime.
I...

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Categories: african, 12th grade, abuse, black



FORGIVE DON'T BE A FOOL
I would like to share a story about the "Unforgiving Fool!"
He let his pride, saying forgiveness wasn't cool.
He even claimed to be a Christian, that...

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Categories: african, 11th grade, anger, black

Some parents need to read Revelation Twenty twelve
To all you parents out there who doesn't have a clue.
God is always watching and sees all that we do.
We will give account to him...

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Categories: abuse, bible, black african

Premium Member SIGNIFICANT
Look at me, I am the same as them.
Eyes like his, eyes like hers, knowing all they see.
Nose wide, skilled, same as his nose, same...

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Categories: africa, beauty, black african

Lady in Red

Mist wraps around her like dreams,  
Smart-girl vibes echo in whispers,  
She struts through rain and thunder,  
New money shines bright in...

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Categories: african, adventure, appreciation, basketball, black

Premium Member My old Church
I stood in the old church,
At the back, near the entrance,
I haven't set foot in that church over the years,
It could be over thirty years...

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Categories: african, allusion, angst, anxiety, black

The Illusions of Love
"Illusions of Love"

Judged at every stage, condemned from the start,
Labelled and demonized—torn apart.
Mistreated, ill-treated, seen as a threat,
Running for safety but never safe yet.

Love, an...

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Categories: abuse, betrayal, black african

Black Ants from Africa
I saw black ants in a big ship
After they were taken from the pits 
(The pits they dug themselves and received schnapps and mirror)
They named...

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Categories: african, anti bullying, betrayal, black

Premium Member Liberating Trilogy: Jamaican Shining Stars!
She is known as Honorable Queen Mother Nanny. The lady was so sweet as sugar candy.
Enhancing the fight, smiling with much delight, knowing her cause...

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Categories: african, adventure, confidence, courage, endurance,

Robert Sherriff black boy

black boy

A black boy in Chicago, barely twelve years old, reached into his pocket, seeking money’s hold. But a white cop’s bullets found their deadly...

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Categories: age, america, black african

Premium Member Grief Unmeasured
Grief Unmeasured

I measure every grief I meet—
knowingly, they’re all related to me.
Some smaller, some larger,
but all carry weight.

Yesterday, a friend’s text arrived:
“Her daughter was shot...

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Categories: addiction, betrayal, black african


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