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Desmond Tutu Poems - Poems about Desmond Tutu

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Premium Member Oh Captcha Squares
...Oh captcha squares, oh captcha squares What are these objects in your frames? Oh captcha squares, oh captcha squares Why must they gotta be the same? Cars and busses, traffic lights Bi......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Arm In Arm
... A lizard in a leotard, a leopard in a froufrou, strolled off together, arm in arm, in search of Desmond Tutu. They stopped to drop some laundry off while walking through Ukraine; got ......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Promise Kept
...I When Sidney died I could have died I could have cried But fought to save my flat African 'woonstel,' or 'apartment' Under auction threat By PRETOR, for "levies," Or security gate fees Yet ......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, 12th grade, appreciation, black
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Champion of Human Rights
...Desmond Tutu raised the moral voice to its height In dark times showed his countrymen rays of light Broke the apartheid wall between black and white Nobel winner championed causes of human rights......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, africa, celebrity, rights,
Form: Epitaph
Premium Member Desmond Tutu Born 7th October 1931 Died 26th December 2021
...The iconic Desmond Tutu died, impish humor, feisty Archbishop, so revered, As we lay him to rest, may angels embrace him, a great loss, much endeared, A Nobel Prize winner, spoke out about Afrikane......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, love,
Form: Epitaph



Premium Member Restful Sleep
...Desmond Tutu strove hard to battle desultory extremity? Humanity's hurdle is to sustain and esteem diversity. One day, He saw a "Whites Only" sign on the exterior bath gate. Said, "What i......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, analogy, appreciation, discrimination, meaningful,
Form: Epitaph
Premium Member Desmond Tutu
...Desmond Tutu stood for anti-Apartheid Courageously walked in front as a guide Will ever be honored as a brave knight Here in this tomb lies, he, emanating light 4. Jan. 2022 A Celebrity Epitap......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, appreciation, death, memorial,
Form: Epitaph
Tutu - Archhbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu 1931-2021
...I small father, The Arch is missed even by Dalai Lama, Buddhists this writer loves Israel, but Tutu cried for Palestine, fellow-activists my truth: the Arch gave me permission to be an African, a ......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, america, appreciation, brother, christian,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Crossing That Siberian Desert of Lost Souls
...("" In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present"" -Francis Bacon) Crossing That Siberian Desert Of Lost Souls No joy, no peace, on that darken horrendous stroll......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, appreciation, creation, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
Letter To a Girl Child
...Everything seems impossible when it’s not done Though when dark times hit, people tend to give up and run But to where, it’s still under the same sun This is one of the truth ignored by man. Ye......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, africa, child, confidence, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Silence Encourages
...Silence Is Encouragement Desmond Tutu: "If you are neutral in a situation of injustice, then you have chosen the side of the oppressor". ?????????? A very appropriate quote to describe the sig......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, abuse, angst, betrayal, community,
Form: Free verse
African Children
...African Children they sleep at night with belly's empty rolling in the dirt to comfort their sore's hands, eyes, feet Marley & Tosh sang of their freedom's cry Torn illumination Elepha......Read the rest...
Categories: desmond tutu, africa, allusion, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse

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