Cowry Poems - Poems about Cowry

Cowry Necklace

...Scattered on the sandy sea shore,
She was thinking of the play of fate,
She could have become a large sea conch,
But the impatient waves left her alone on the shore.

Now she waits to meet her l...

Categories: cowry, beach,
Form: Free verse

African In Need

...Africa is in need, Africa is in need 
Africans may be schooled, learned
they may possess degrees and doctorates
in their bags there may carry any cowries

But Africa wants no mushroom dresses
i...

Categories: cowry, africa, integrity, metaphor, ,
Form: Lyric

Of the 10th Order

...The wind rattles and shuttles leaves into fall
And grass wipes off its tears in the pour of night.
I hear throbbing haunches and tramps of stallions.
Garlands of blinking cowry shells
Ferried lon...

Categories: cowry, angel, blessing, deep, fairy,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Phantom

...Needless of your seduction I have fallen; 
Deep in the ocean of love; I awaken.
Do you know this feeling you have arisen?
Coming forth like a caterpillar from its cocoon

Such, is my sweet sorro...

Categories: cowry, beauty, fantasy, girlfriend, love,
Form: ABC

A Fulani Girl's Complaint

...A FULANI GIRL’S COMPLAINT


I carried water. I did all the house cores. I drove and bred the cattle one and alone, singing songs, running and climbing mountains. I milked, sold milk and bought you...

Categories: cowry, africa, allah, community, culture,
Form: Free verse

Dream Catcher

...Dream Catcher
You hang 
crookedly
from the white plastic hook,
swaying slightly to the west.
Caught to catch.
Five cheaply dyed feathers splayed from winged birds
My dime-store exotic.
Amber,...

Categories: cowry, age, beauty,
Form: Free verse

The Gathering

...The Gathering
It started with the sun
casting colors on the sand,  sun
tanned brown	
pointing cowry shells – golden baked
	
An old seagull by the sea watches me collect
a gathering of shells t...

Categories: cowry, beach, bird, love, sea,
Form: Free verse

I Love Africa

...I love Africa, my beautiful Africa
I can roam in the bushes
I can run up the mountains
Down the valleys
Across the plains
Or get lost in the forests
Or the caves
I can soak the sun
On the sand at the...

Categories: cowry, africa,
Form: Free verse