Best Europeans Poems
THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANSAt the wake of their economic turmoil
Destitute sailors with battered ships
Set sails to seek fields of greener pastures
Aided by Indian Ocean winds, they drifted north
Welcomed with open hands at the Moroccan fort.
Seen as lost souls in need of aid and care
They were embraced, unaware of...
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Categories:
europeans, africa,
Form:
Rhyme
MY BOY ASKEDMy great grandfather sighed in heaven
As I told my son the story
As told by my father as he was told
About how wealthy his father was before them.
Daddy, he says, something is on my mind
You said great grandpa was rich and kind
But he never went...
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Categories:
europeans, 12th grade, abuse, africa,
Form:
Free verse