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Best Kalahari Poems

Below are the all-time best Kalahari poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of kalahari poems written by PoetrySoup members


It's the Kalahari
The sun rose that morning like a freshly baked pie
Warm and golden
Its purpose prepared for the day ahead 
To torch the bald and hat less...

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© Grant Read  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: kalahari, africa, animal, earth, nature,
Form: Rhyme



Identity Apples
Identity Apples

iam a fat skeleton, resurrecting 
from the sad memories of dada 
and dark mysteries of aminism 
iam buganda 
i bleed hope 
i drip the...

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Categories: kalahari, africa, analogy, anxiety, assonance,
Form: Didactic
The Bookcase
In the sitting room by the wall stands
Great Grandfather's pride and joy
The glass fronted mahogany bookcase
Scratched and worn, but still majestic
Housing beautiful old books
The choices...

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© Liz Walsh  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: kalahari, childhood
Form: Prose Poetry
A Garden of Love
I'll bring the avocados
And feed you as you come for safaris
Like my mother did, further beyond the Kalahari
And we can share the dips, the spreads...

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Categories: kalahari, humanity, , sweet love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Translation of Eric Mottram's a Faithful Private - 7 -Excerpts From Notes On Poetics By T Wignesan
Translation of Eric Mottram’s A Faithful Private 7 with excerpts from “Notes on Poetics” by T. Wignesan

(Note: With this post, I bring to a close...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: kalahari, england, poetry, political, power,
Form: Free verse



Patie, My Bestie
An apple in this world of unripe lemons-

distinct and all that a man could desire.

Showers of rain in the Kalahari desert;

an oasis in the Sahara...

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Categories: kalahari, love, passion,
Form: Lyric
The Rhyming
The cost of living collided to the sky and plus claustrophobia minus class of cloud equal to clerk count to countries and Kiribati. I live...

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Categories: kalahari, art, beautiful, inspirational,
Form: ABC
My Lips Touched Your Lips
Sorry..Removed....

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Categories: kalahari, love, romantic,
Form: Sonnet
Africa Unite
From the “jungles” of Soweto 
To the “lakes” of Kalahari 
Come! 
Let us adopt grey children 
Call them Mogadishu or Benghazi. 
Donate your second hand...

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Categories: kalahari, social, symbolism, vanity, world,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Arena of the Brave
Characterized by the early settlement
of the San Bushmen of the Kalahari.
Its patriotic sentiments of profound bravery
echos the nation’s long struggle for independence
well articulated and expressed...

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Categories: kalahari, africa, community, conflict, corruption,
Form: Ode
Roots
Roots
Who are we? Is the quest in nous?
That rings each mos. as I think
Of roots and the traditional trail
Till a muffled loud voice echoed
 ...

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Categories: kalahari, africa, , western,
Form: Blank verse
The Utopian Dream Baby
THE UTOPIAN DREAM BABY

She is in darkness and beautiful
What I dream of my Utopian dream baby

In the future I wish to see her born
As ...

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Categories: kalahari, natureworld, dream, dream,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Moment With You
If only time could for a while freeze
for this rare moment with you not to cease
so I can have more hours to read through verses
of...

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Categories: kalahari, love, relationship, romance,
Form: Free verse
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...

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Categories: kalahari, beauty, celebration, culture, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Charlie Clark
Charlie clark.
Huron high school has Randy as a coach.
Animal. What my dogs are.
Randy, the coach for huron.
Lebanon is a country.
I like pizza. 
Eat pizza everyday.

Charlie...

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Categories: kalahari, dog, food, me, philosophy,
Form: Acrostic

Book: Reflection on the Important Things