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Biko Poems - Poems about Biko

Premium Member Biko Constantinos'
...Good on'ya Biko, well done there mate..Keep hammering In the results should be great.' Aussie needs us all to work Together 'now more than ever'......

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Categories: biko, community, encouraging, endurance, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
OLUPONNA; MY LAND AND TERRAIN
...OLUPONNA: MY LAND AND TERRAIN. Oh my mother land; wealthy in soil To my grip held so highten; not soiled So cultured and nurtured in legendary To a land whose worth is never lost in form Wi......

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Categories: biko, africa, confidence, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Commemoration of the Death of Our Loved Ones
...We commemorate the death of our love ones We don't celebrate the death of our love ones Today is not a great day Today is a very sad day We don't care about wealth, avarice, money and cupidity W......

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Categories: biko, courage, cry, eulogy, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Figures
...One plus one equals two Let's dance to the tune of figures Boy! Plus - a game of the Littles Shall we strike the ball of tímes then? Times! An event that adds up, you'll say. Nay - times ......

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Categories: biko, abuse, bereavement, corruption, death,
Form: Burlesque
Lincoln, Apartheid, the West
...Minority rule Apartheid We, majority, asked: How? blaming the victims of hate! I heard Gandhi, Dr. King, Biko II Now we who have media, wealth, vote ... Ask Lincoln to police Minneapolice (M......

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Categories: biko, africa, america, angst, international,
Form: Quatrain



Athol Fugard, Alan Paton, John Kani, Kessie Govender, Dennis Brutus
...Athol Fugard is a leading voice in theater of Africa will he condone silence about the street execution f George Floyd? Dennis Brutus was being deported from USA in 1980s, from U. Penn (I helpe......

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Categories: biko, america, hate, political, prayer,
Form: I do not know?
I Cant Breathe Slam
...I can'T breathe John Vorster Square Steve "Bantu" Biko Many a freedom fighter Paid the ultimate price and died in police custody But all poor George Floyd Seemed to be fighting f......

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Categories: biko, slam,
Form: Free verse
Charis
...Charis, a brightly coloured tomato,Out under the sun, playing hide and Seek. With no care in the world.Responsible! I don't want it mom,Or so she thought. Charis, a hardworking student,With a zeal t......

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Categories: biko, celebration, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
Mother Says
...**************...........************** Mother Says Mother says biko hapumaka Je suis fatigué These things keep revolving Maybe not like a revolver If i could only take a sling shot Hit t......

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Categories: biko, child, friend, future, mom,
Form: Didactic
Biko the Woodsy Owl
...Biko came down from heaven brought a message from Jesus to impart the sun comes up every morning in full view of the day one must be humble enough to bow the knee to pray I'm a messenger ......

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Categories: biko, anger, anxiety, arabic, art,
Form: Free verse
Biko Chere Chukwu Please Wait On God
...I can see. Flood of tears streaming down your delicate face. Your rosy life replaced by a topsy turvy one faught with failure. Filled with disappointments that have deprived you of precious sleep.......

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Categories: biko, absence, bible, christian, motivation,
Form: Free verse
I Am Just a Poet
...Stand not there at my door and weep I have nothing to offer you but words I am just an ordinary poet in my world I am not a politician who kill and lie. Go to Aso Rock and meet them in column......

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Categories: biko, africa, art,
Form: Blank verse
Confidential Bars
...He said..... I am Steve Biko..... With a fist; not pointed to the sky but rather aimed at your faced, you see it in the air, the power of a knockout artist... the revolution will not be televised b......

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Categories: biko, addiction, analogy, anger, cry,
Form: Ballad
Confidential Bars
...He said..... I am Steve Biko..... With a fist; not pointed to the sky but rather aimed at your faced, you see it in the air, the power of a knockout artist... the revolution will not be televised b......

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Categories: biko, addiction, analogy, anger, cry,
Form: Ballad
Paint Me White and I Will Still Be Black
...You can paint me white and I will still be black Turn my ebony black hair, make sure the chemicals Touch every strand of my hair, erasing all trace of My pitch black kaffir but I will still be ......

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Categories: biko, anti bullying, deep, discrimination,
Form: Free verse

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