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Harmattan Poems - Poems about Harmattan


Harmattan
1 Autumn, harmattan —forest everywhere births green or rust hue 2 Harmattan —my lips are eager to map the season 3 Fog-ensnared ocean: fishermen gasp in the net of harmattan ©Nket Godwin...

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Categories: harmattan, 2nd grade, africa, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Cattle Egret
CATTLE EGRET Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi Silken, snow-white feathers Slender, elegant legs Lovely long sinuous neck Beautiful and benignly noble head Stout, straight, sharp beaks The cattle egret Seen in the dry season In symbiosis With cattle and the wild Visitors to the quiet countryside Feeding on ticks and insect Migrating with the arrival of the rains To distant arid land The cattle egret Harmless as a...

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Categories: harmattan, animal, nature,
Form: Free verse



Callous Harmattan Clutched
bounty body blushing heaving hoisted hankering under tainted touch callous harmattan clutched felon feelings fostering damped desires drooling smoggy soles scrunching gaunt hands groaning laced lips whitening la-de-da limbs lurching voluptuous treachery vying indifferent services squashing damped faces drying nocturnal nature smirking.      20:01:04:11:17 ~Note~ Dedicated to this crazy...

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Categories: harmattan, weather,
Form: Sonnet
Curse of Harmattan
The icy talons of nature Claw for my soul Leaving my body A broken home First, my sense of smell Then, my power of speech. Left distraught I was, Incapable of roaming the earth Wreaking havoc vengefully, The dust of the earth did Slither into my nostrils And down my spine And like gods against a man The frost of stars fallen And that which man was born...

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Categories: harmattan, death,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Harmattan Is Upon You
Harmattan Is Upon You When cooler nights delay arousal from the peace of sleep's blindfold and the joy of a monthly paycheck is blurred by the inertia to rise up The Sun remains robed in a haze even long after daylight's first glow and her regal radiance is enfeebled into a wretched imitation of winter Leaves, each, in prayer for the next As they smell...

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Categories: harmattan, christmas, holiday, weather,
Form: Free verse



Harmattan
HARMATTAN. The early morning breeze, That makes us freeze, On our bed covered with blankets, As if we lay inside a casket, Putting on stockings that are anklets, Being reluctant to wake up, And not considering to dress up, For the day to start off. Wet garments easily dehydrated, As if it was stiffened, Glasses covered with dust, Wind raising dust, As strong as elephant tusk, Fires warming in...

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Categories: harmattan, africa, environment,
Form: Rhyme
The Harmattan
THE HARMATTAN Prepare,prepare,O prepare The white breeze is invading The sun is winning the race The rain is in coma The dust is dancing and ringing its whistling alarm Mothers covering their children with their Hijabs Young ladies no longer enjoy the nunu trade Shepherds and nomads leaving the northern game for the grasses are beginning to fade Bring the Vaseline for anointing...

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Categories: harmattan, 3rd grade, africa, earth
Form: Epic
A Harmattan Letter
As the dust settles on your windscreen I appear I’m here! I’ll write you a harmattan letter Yeah, that’s me! If I wish to be naughty, I’ll draw you a caricature I’ll write you a love message Or maybe I’ll instruct you, “Wash me!” “Dust me!” “Clean me!” Or “Please, love me!” Hehehe… I’ll write you a harmattan letter And then, I’ll run away! Far enough to watch you scream To see you...

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Categories: harmattan, africa, december, earth, nature,
Form: Free verse
Harmattan Is Here
As cold dry wind blows all over, Skins get cracked like hole with no cover, Several white faces move sluggishly, Harmattan is here. Throats request for soothing water, Babies need warmth which is better, Flu and cough mingle constantly, Harmattan is here. Whistling wind that makes cherries blossom, With falling leaves which is now a custom, Sweaters and coats appear colorfully, Harmattan is here. Vaseline and menthol...

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Categories: harmattan, nature, weather,
Form: Quatrain
Harmattan
Chalk-white faces, chapped lips and infected footsoles, Harmattan, she has come again, announcing her presence like a proud royalty's entourage. Mothers clad their infants in thick clothes like north pole elves, motorcyclists cruise around town with watery eyes mourning the chill of the early morning continental trade wind. Dry tree leaves dance to the rhythm of the wind, the...

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Categories: harmattan, change, earth, environment, weather,
Form: Free verse
Harmattan
Harmattan is here again! The air is cold and dry Gone for the while is the rain The children are cold, hot and so they cry. Their parents themselves are on the brink Of frustration cos everywhere is covered in dust And scarcely available is water to drink Cos the wells are getting dry and they have to thrust And tug at the...

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Categories: harmattan, nature
Form: Sonnet

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