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Baobabs Poems - Poems about Baobabs

How Can We Not Have This Conversation

...How can we not have this conversation
where footprints of the poor vanish
beneath the boots of investors, 
and the river sings only
to those who can afford its luxury? 

In Chobe, the elephants...

Categories: baobabs, community, conflict, corruption, feelings,
Form: I do not know?

I AM JUST A POET

...Somewhere in the deep dark night
A child suppresses tears of shame and guilt 
Her spirit crushed, her innocence torn
An Uncle, a family friend
Drank greedily from her well of youth
His thirst, a...

Categories: baobabs, 11th grade, africa, anger,
Form: Free verse

Heritage

...They take me through grasslands
Of the sunny flat lands of home
Dotted by baobabs 
Young ones running up and down
Elders , to and from farm
Changing tunes low and high
As they sing them 
In tu...

Categories: baobabs, adventure, africa,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Sun-Drenched Safari

...The scenery was magnificent, and the morning was slightly hot,
Our land cruiser was windowless, and sitting in a lovely spot.

The giraffes were splendid, and much bigger than I'd expected,
One c...

Categories: baobabs, adventure, africa, animal, fantasy,
Form: Couplet

Etosha Gold

...The lion speaks toThe sunbaked wry windsToast the savanaWildebeest trampleUrging with bellows
Mousebirds,...

Categories: baobabs, africa, nature, together, truth,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse

My Beautiful Africa

...By Parizo Van Thulare 

I was born endless miles from the town 
Where tales are told about the king in his crown 
Where plates are treated same glass
So fragile respect is of the erything
So be...

Categories: baobabs, beauty, celebration, culture, holiday,
Form: Rhyme

Densed Forest Fear

...The owls hoot nearby;

The screech-owl calls;

The wolves howl in the distance;

The beetles tap and tap in an endless charade

The cicada seems like it won’t give up clinging to the trees; i...

Categories: baobabs, miss you,
Form: Blank verse

Lost In the Thick, Dark Forest

...The owls hoot nearby;

The screech-owl calls;

The wolves howl in the distance;

The beetles tap and tap in an endless charade

The cicada seems like it won’t give up clinging to the trees; i...

Categories: baobabs, imagination, lost,
Form: Imagism

When the Trumpet Blows

...When the trumpet blows
Animals take to the stage in turns
Elephants dance themselves dry
Like baobabs swayed by Harmattan 
Their fan-like ears flip flap
As they shake their big bottoms
Spelling...

Categories: baobabs, allegory, allusion, humanity, hurt,
Form: Free verse

Life of a Luna Moth

...Another shot of whiskey.
The moon blurs through
a row of baobabs,
standing like soldiers
with shaggy, afro helmets.

Gentle swaying of leaves
beckons a lone luna moth,
her powder soft wings b...

Categories: baobabs, life,
Form: Free verse

The European Queen Victoria

...I am the queen of geography
I deserve a trophy 
I am the best
better than the rest
this is why I am the queen

In Turkey I swim I skinny dip in the lake
eating some cake
because I am the quee...

Categories: baobabs, allah, bible, bird, black
Form: Burlesque

The Valley of Bones - Chitake Springs

...Lives passing by like a mirage
Stick images move through haze
The view is hard on your gaze

Footprints embedded in the ground
Echoes of the a time when life had a sound 
Rolling in on hooves like th...

Categories: baobabs, adventure, animal, inspirational, journey,
Form: Blank verse