When Samuel L Jackson discovered his Lineage in Gabon
...“…. It’s a deep thing to find out that you belong somewhere.”
Roots
Dirt
Black
Time
Roots
Drums
Feted
Tribe
Roots
That you belong somewhere, is a deep thing to find out.
Bill Marable 1...
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Categories:
gabon, africa, black love, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Da Sarig ko Sirig
...Da sa maninai na da sa balakesan
Na lumangkap so tenggao,
Na imanto a gagawii na singayo akn so gagaw
Ogaid na di patot oba pangampit.
Kataya a tentengan nakn so gabon
Sa kapapal iyan na kiyak...
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Categories:
gabon, love,
Form: Free verse
WHAT DO THEY BENEFIT TO KEEP THEIR TREASURES THERE
...What do they benefit to keep
their treasures there?
As seeing some Africans
passing through serious challenges
which were made by some people
who hate them secretly
and remain silently
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Categories:
gabon, africa, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Truths Facing the World
...how Africa will be if influential leaders
continue speaking the truths
about injustice in the World?
It is always good to speak the truth on earth.
I always pray millions of people to get us...
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Categories:
gabon, africa, encouraging, political, truth,
Form: Free verse
Forced Retirement of Some African Military Generals After the Coup of Gabon Yesterday
...some African presidents forced the retirement
of some military generals and others removed them
from some key posts yesterday
After the coup d'état of Gabon.
Some African presidents
who ...
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Categories:
gabon, depression, fear, political,
Form: Free verse
Military Coup Erupts In Gabon After the Re-Election of Ali Bongo
...Some senior military seized power in Gabon today,
Ali Bongo 's family led the country
in fifty five years under umbrella
of French government as there were protected
The so called French inter...
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Categories:
gabon, political,
Form: Free verse
Golden Key
...In a bizarre way I stood awhile
Watching the unfolding melodrama
Got the hint:
Our Queen's Lady in Waiting
Has misplaced our golden key.
Like an eagle must she fly
From Gabon to Gambia
From ...
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Categories:
gabon, africa, endurance, moving on,
Form: Free verse
Maranao Poem - Muri a Kapagodas
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MURI A KAPAGODAS
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Magodas ako Gadong,
a igagador ko Alam,
na Sagayanan onSnang,
ko Gapa a Simalawn,
a Dayamonthaya ragat,
ko alabat sa Slangan,
a inikarantangadat,
na Piyaladkho Mari...
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Categories:
gabon, analogy,
Form: Ballade
The Blood of Martyrs
...The Blood of Martyrs
“He stood aloof the ***** youth
What of his future?”
Peter Abrahams
When the guns thunder
In Cameroon or Côte-d’Ivoire
In Mali or Burkina Faso
Limitless martyrs
Disa...
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Categories:
gabon, patriotic, peace,
Form: Free verse
African Love Map
...Captured by the beauty of Lillian
I think of her on the coast of Durban.
With her is where I want to be.
So beautiful she could be a Wodaabe.
There's no way I could assign a worth,
Indeed the mo...
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Categories:
gabon, africa, beauty, emotions, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Albinos' Song
...A song of love to all ALBINOS, a song I will sing till my last day.
Let every lung help out in singing
Let every mouth breath the song I air
Let everyone blessed with muscles flex
For this is ...
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Categories:
gabon, anger, devotion, planet,
Form: Free verse
The Pipeline
...absolutely nothing stops the pipeline.
it penetrates all ways of life
all borders, all villages & towns---
the pipeline kills everything in its path if it dare stand in the way
of its progress...
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Categories:
gabon, life,
Form: Free verse