Best Addis Ababa Poems
Ethiopian Eyes...
Addis Ababa pulse,
Blue Nile passion flow
into the heart of a Mtoto midnight
Tropical forest desires,
soft Harari waves moving
at the tidal touch crescent height
Jijiga sepia leg......
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Categories:
addis ababa, culture, love, romantic, spiritual,
Form:
tristich
Mother Africa...Oh! Mother Africa!
From the East to the West, from the North to the South of
Africa is strife, killings, starvation and poverty
Brothers killing brothers
And innocent bl......
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Categories:
addis ababa, courage, peace, mother, africa,
Form:
Light Verse
The Greatness of Africa...When I look at the Nile or Niger
My heart overflows with joy for such a wonder
As currents daringly flow on each iconic river
Every fountain has wealth embedded in its waters
Each mountain, sea......
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Categories:
addis ababa, africa, bird, blessing, books,
Form:
Rhyme
Black Africa Still In Chains...Its creation’s simplicity still stands as a difficult puzzle
head is twisted backwards while in a forward motion
still looking behind at the chronicles of some centuries ago
long before th......
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Categories:
addis ababa, abuse, africa, black african
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Night Is Young...In the night when I can not sleep,
when I dream about dreaming
when even God is sleeping
and the devil is out looking
for lost souls.
I think about silly things,
I think about the b......
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Categories:
addis ababa, desire, dream, how i
Form:
Blank verse
Africa...A place to be; a home to live,
Full of cultures and traditions,
rivers of live.
In crossing the Mediterranean,
‘criss-crossing’ the continent, you see…
A mountain of rivers,
running the Nil......
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Categories:
addis ababa, nature, people, places, song,
Form:
Epic
African Queen Wake Up...In Kampala African queen lives
In Johannesburg African queen sleeps
In Nairobi African queen smiles
In Lagos African queen sings
In Kinshasa African queen dances
In Addis Ababa African queen d......
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Categories:
addis ababa, africa, beauty, metaphor, song,
Form:
Lyric
The Beginning...The Beginning
By Joji Varghese Kuncheria
Four decades ago my sojourn started,
In my mid - twenties, as to be precise,
A journey of a lifetime so joyous,
By a lad daring, bold and determined,
......
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Categories:
addis ababa, 12th grade, africa, career,
Form:
Sonnet
European Sauna Marathon...
The European Sauna Marathon does take place
during the coldest winter afternoons in each year
in Otepää in southern Estonia with no fear;
That place called the "winter capital" race t......
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Categories:
addis ababa, endurance, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Roasted Faraway, For Pius Adesanmi...By Izunna Okafor
Beyond the shrubs of Sahara
Lifted a munt of brainy bond
Over the Mississippi of Ethiopia
Lofted a penner with his hunky thoughts
Across the bridge of a foreign land
......
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Categories:
addis ababa, africa, death, life, tribute,
Form:
Elegy