Best Illiteracy Poems
Barren Land of IlliteracyBarren land of illiteracy ,
Soil never having been loosened,
Not fertilized by education !
Prejudice from heart difficult to eradicate,
Aspirations vacilitate, soon disheartened,
Barren land of illiteracy !
Comforts and bad money marionette ,
End of the day, lie disillusioned,
Not fertilised by education !
Howsoever doodads may shipshape,
Barefaced soul eventually feels...
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Categories:
illiteracy, desire, education, hope, prejudice,
Form:
Villanelle
IlliteracyIlliteracy
A world full of
Too many intellectuals
Too many scientists
Too many geunious
Too many smart technologies
Yet find it deficult
To live among
each other
With love
Is equal to a doom
Called
illiteracy...
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Categories:
illiteracy, africa, earth, humanity, image,
Form:
Epic
Ignoramus Life LimboMwizi! Mwizi! Mwizi!
Shika uyooooo
2am habitual
I toss my sheets stand by the window
They all speak at once
''Achomweee....''
I wear my walkies and switch my lights
I scrunch my nose
Freezing outside
Ni nani?
My anxiety grows
I join the mob
Fury is forehead engraved
Rusty smells of pangas and rakes and jembes
Ticklish breeze...
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Categories:
illiteracy, africa, anger, betrayal, conflict,
Form:
Burlesque
Hard To BelieveTrusting almost got me killed,
Love hurts more than I can imagine,
And being real still got me hated.
The street has never been rosy,
The potbellied men got money for election malpractices
But can't feed the poor masses.
Today they supply us with guns,
Tomorrow they expect assassination,
Why should I kill...
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Categories:
illiteracy, poverty,
Form:
Free verse