Best Bantu Poems

My mother's footsteps,
A howling wind.


March 29, 2023....

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a butterfly alights upon my hand
an ethereal insight completes my verse

BANTU an imagist couplet Each line a compete idea,the 2nd however constrasts with a complementary description or explanation or metaphor thereof...

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Origin of  the  name Swahili 
Or " Kiswahili" , 
One person  said , " Iswa ile" 
Another person said," Iswa iyi " 
Swahili is one of the  Bantu
Languages 
Like isiZulu , Kifuliru,  
Kinyindu, Kikuyu
Xhosa,  Chewa, Kivira , 
Kinyarwanda Lingala ,
Tchiluba, Kimakuwa,
Kibemba, Kimasanza
Isivenda, Luganda, Kiluya
Kirundi, Kishi,...

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A row of birds on the power line
Workers queue for rush hour buses

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Write Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
         Placed 1st
© 26th March 2023...

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From dawn to dusk, a changing sky,
 A gecko finds another hue

 3-22-2023
 Write Bantus Poetry Contest
 Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney...

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when they reached Cameroun, from the heart of Africa's West
they had no priests; they had no religion; they knew IMMENSITY
they had, too, the fairest of metaphors (no macho patriarchy):
recalling the POTTER who breathed into the first molded humanity
link Woman-Potter-Creators from Asu to Babessi to Zambia's...

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inner city vacant lot
   a diamond in the rough

     3/23/2023...

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Bantu

Enveloped in a veil embellishing the belly dance~
Painted lady butterfly flutters with windswept buoyance...

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Murmuration of starlings 
Drone swarm light show 

30 Mar 2023 
Written Bantus Poetry  
Contest Sponsor: Suzanne Dalaney...

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A nun skydiving in a thunderstorm
Frogs tapdancing on lily pads


written 25th March for Suzanne's Bantu contest...

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Neighbor's gossip carried like stones in the wind.
 Glass houses shatter.

3/22/23
Contest: Write Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney...

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thunder roars from the restless sky
                    homeless man with intense hunger pangs

















03/25/2023...

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The farmer was a famous and creative actor
                         -  fruitful function in the theatre




28.03.2023
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
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Wealth brings many friends , but a poor man 's friend deserts him. 
Proverb 19:4

Who cares for you? 
When we separate with good people 
We feel to cry, 
        Remembering 
              The good times 
                         With them. 
When we separate with bad people, 
We feel...

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Spider Plants
Twirling, striped summer dresses....

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