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Douala Poems - Poems about Douala


THE PLAINS OF CAMEROON
...If I ever visited Cameroon I'll aimlessly wander in its vast lands Savouring every moment of its beauty And marvel at the mysterious work of God's hand If I ever visited Cameroon I'll make f......

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Categories: douala, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Why I Weep
...As the Bus with a sight, rumbled along, Its weary cargo slumped, for the journey was long. Babies in agony clung to wretched mothers Oblivious they are without fathers, Their only concern, to suc......

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Categories: douala, betrayal, emotions, endurance,
Form: Rhyme



To My Fatherland: Ambazonia
...There was never a land sweeter than Bamenda Nor a land so full of honey: Buea Full of a consanguineous race A people garnished by love and commensurateness A people though battered to smithereens......

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Categories: douala, patriotic, race,
Form: Narrative
Come
...Come Come For The lights have all disappeared And the torch lamp’s weary To block darkness For Darkness is eternity! Light your red candle O chase lonesomeness The deep lonesomeness By ......

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Categories: douala, bird, birth, love, romantic,
Form: Free verse
Remember Wheatley
...REMEMBER WHEATLEY You called me dear a pagan land When all my big sons in hand In prayers fully drowned Allah they Often quoted in their fated disarray To the New World. Their masters In true......

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Categories: douala, black african american, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse



I Am Africa
...I am Africa I. Distant And lonely I am The barren land Of untoward change, The empty womb, The amputated hands, I am The Maker of new worlds I am Africa. I am The broken voice......

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Categories: douala, africa, joy,
Form: Free verse
Twilight
...TWILIGHT The winds are still blowing It’s so cold inside. When will You come, Maïrama, fresh and hot With your light silk cloth, Pierced and transpiercing? The light with the coming twilig......

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Categories: douala, bereavement, devotion, future, love,
Form: Free verse
The Pyramid
...THE PYRAMID That Night At twilight She swallowed Her lips And shook her… O I soft drew The Eiffel Tour reversing it from the above Like a capsized Pyramid to Hold all the pains and th......

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Categories: douala, love,
Form: Free verse
Blighted Happiness
...Blighted Happiness Our love is like a withered leaf That lies on the brink of the river Waiting for the winds or the waves To swiftly be scattered and driven Or for heavy rains or pearling dus......

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Categories: douala, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things