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Best Sudanese Poems

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Tears of a Refugee Child
Born into suffering

Born to be malnourished

Born in the bush

Born on the run

Born under the umbrella of poverty

 

Born to be a refugee

Born in the middle...

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Categories: sudanese, birth, conflict, cry, military,
Form: Free verse



The Blame Game
The world wants to attack 
England, for invading 
other countries,
You invaded America,

Again let's play
The blame Game,
Your Ancestors  
Invaded Australia,

Your Ancestors
Invaded America,
your Ancestors
Invaded New Zealand,

Your...

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Categories: sudanese, culture, discrimination, england, humanity,
Form: Narrative
Cry Africa
She 
is 
a 
fine 
damsel,
Fluent 
in 
Swahili,
Walking 
barefoot 
on 
the 
dusty 
streets 
of 
Mali,
Cracks 
under 
her 
feet 
incured 
from 
decades 
of 
strife,
Caves 
of 
filth 
and...

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Categories: sudanese, africa, war,
Form: Prose Poetry
Love and Care
Love and care

It is movables love plus care
Obtained to our mom
It real love I dare
We found from our real mom
It is loved future seen
Given by...

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Categories: sudanese, care, fear, life, love,
Form: I do not know?
My Destiny
I have a destiny,
That most of you look down on,
As being poor and backward.
That many desire to change and have me assimilated,
But I'm surely destined...

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Categories: sudanese, africa, culture, destiny,
Form: Free verse



Relocation
Saw a man at a snowy bus stop

Tall and lean

Black as black can be

Probably in his Sunday best

This Monday morning.

My guess Sudanese.

Here on compassionate grounds

Home...

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© Doug Blair  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sudanese, christian, courage, immigration, prayer,
Form: Ballad
The Last Call
The final call of the last male of a species ,
Sounds a bit like a broken record, 
Or maybe it sounds like choking blood, 
Red,...

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© Merel Vdb  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sudanese, death, environment, eulogy, faith,
Form: Free verse
Sexiness
SEXINESS

Knowing me as a sensitive and caring person,
What I find sexy, as you may have suspected,
(Although by rationalizing the situation it will only worsen)
Is based...

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Categories: sudanese, romance, me, may, me,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Prejudice--The Reality --Part 2
Prejudice--THE REALITY --PART 2

Prejudice

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;
The...

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Categories: sudanese, america, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Bravo For Diversity
The show's leading lady sports a goatee 
  Braided armpits bear her understudy
Times have changed at the university
  The cast now picked for...

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Categories: sudanese, color, satire, school,
Form: Sonnet
First Seen
First sighting

It was an early summer morning when my best friend Edwin 
threw pebbles on my window to wake me up
I like morning slumber, waking...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sudanese, africa, best friend, child,
Form: Blank verse
HYPOCRITE LEADERS
hypocrite leaders continue to bite other Africans daily.
as the rebels M23 "Rwanda defence force" bombed
bases of burudian peace soldiers 
in DRCongo wantonly. 
many people astonished...

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Categories: sudanese, africa, political,
Form: Free verse
voyagers
Voyagers 

The old ship
rust stripped like a Sudanese mule
doomed to carry fleeing people across
a landscape of despair
Why, she floats is a lasting mystery
From one obscure port to another
she...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sudanese, addiction, anger, books,
Form: Blank verse
voyagers
Voyagers 

The old ship
rust stripped like a Sudanese mule
doomed to carry fleeing people across
a landscape of despair
Why, she floats is a lasting mystery
From one obscure port to another
she...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sudanese, allusion, anger,
Form: Blank verse

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