Best Kente Poems

The Kente Rug

Yet not time for me to say, say mine of thoughts
Another rug has been dump into the mud of our thoughts
Never to find...

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Colored checkered patterns
Dashing vibrant colors
Hand woven cloth strips
Dazzling geometric shapes.

Characterized weft designs
Vivid eye appealing texture
Ghana’s national cloth
Royals favorite outfit.

From coast of western Africa
An indigenous local...

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Soft autumn rain ...
cascading over brightly colored cherry blossoms,
releasing a sweet scent of aromatic aphrodisiac
A fragrance of springtime love blowing in the gentle autumn wind

Our...

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Parade of ideas in word or phrase
Onyx thoughts like chocolate cake
Eager emerald ears listen to hear
Teal thrill words like happy new year
Riding licorice lips like...

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I am....
An Ashanti warrior A Bantu dancer 
I am a Yoruba royal clothed in my Asooke 
Dancing Adowa and kpalogo to tunes from wulomei and...

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In youthful exuberance I become a culture bandit
Well exposed, but never really learning.
Modernity taking a toll as Papa and Ante chased the goods
For my sake...

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Hello there !
Black or white 
A mixture of yellow or green 
Blue eyes or thick lips 
May be Short or tall ,fat or slim 
A...

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In the fading august sunset 
I walk out of my mud house  
In my checkered coloured kente
And dazzling wooden slippers.
As the sounds of the...

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In youthful exuberance I become a culture bandit
Well exposed, but never really learning.
Modernity taking a toll as Papa and Ante chased the goods
For my sake...

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Tell them!

Look on to my face
And let fall the secret
We hided in the invisible bier 
Of eternity
When all eyes and ears 
were blinded and deafened
By...

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Alluring beauty and soul-lifting smile on her face; Glittering natural hair coiled inside her golden kente scarf.

Her perfectly shaped legs in her stunning faded blue...

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"Super credence...!"
Coming from the west,
Known by many;very popular and people's figure, 
Qualified with soft speech,modified with prominent smile,
Dressed with simplicity,but very focal, 
The complexion is...

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From Wisconsin the American walked the streets of Lagos
To black Africa welcome! To the pearly continent
Cradle of creation, primordial of civilizations
To the thickest jungles, haven...

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From the Kente' cloth﷯﷯
etched into the fibers﷯﷯
like your knitted embryo﷯﷯
when I carried you﷯﷯
﷯﷯From the Yoakum cloth﷯﷯
torn in places﷯﷯
woven with brightly ﷯﷯
colored yarn﷯﷯
﷯﷯From the Third Ward...

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He feels lonely at heart
He feels absent from his surroundings
He weaves himself like the kente
He wanders like a running stomach
He shrinks himself in the comfort...

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