Internationals Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Form	Categories
	Ben Jesson	Rhoda Monihan	Heroic Couplets	Heroic Couplets	internationals, sports, strength,
	Natalie Greenhough	Rhoda Monihan	Blank verse	Blank verse	internationals, sports, strength,
	Louis Rolfe	Rhoda Monihan	Blank verse	Blank verse	internationals, sports, strength,
	Jade Jones	Rhoda Monihan	Blank verse	Blank verse	internationals, sports, strength,
	Orlando Rich	Rhoda Monihan	Rhyme	Rhyme	internationals, america, caregiving, film, happiness,
	Showcasing Economic Power in a Commanding Fashion	Funom Makama	Ode	Ode	internationals, earth, nature, society,
	Xenophobia- Target the Bird Not the Tree	Funom Makama	Epic	Epic	internationals, africa, anger, anti bullying,
	My Boss - Part 1	peter Onyancha	Narrative	Narrative	internationals, work, me,
	Belt Driven	charlie Pelota	I do not know?	I do not know?	internationals, inspirational, nostalgiaold, longing, may,

Internationals Poem Example

Xenophobia- Target the Bird Not the Tree

Seems as a country full of saints and carriers of purity
as all crimes are interestingly attributed to outsiders
tagging them the influential teachers of immorality
yet such crime lovers show the capability of posing a threat
through the embarrassment caused on locals due to their industrious nature

Understanding the half-hearted privileges such a partial acceptance offers,
settlers become more creative, hardworking and productive
with limbs running on entrepreneurship, trade and commerce
while citizens comfort themselves
in the exaggerated pride of their home soil 
which results in a war without cause or reason

The government ought to be a job creator
but how ironic, internationals are paying dearly for it.
It is claimed that foreigners are the thrombus in the channel of employment.
Yet these hated people
are self employed with shops, businesses and service centers
which are destroyed as a form of remittance of some sin

Every nation has her share of international mixture
yet a lot do not debase them as foreigners or aliens
the one down south of the dark island of all countries should be the least,
considering the continent’s role in its history,
irrespective of what her excuse may be

Look inwards if strangers are preferred in the national work force,
to find some answers- you angry mob
Examine your home, if passers-by enjoy more of the milk it produces.
Why target and shoot at the tree
when the bird is left alone to dine and sing?

Policemen catch fun while a soul converts to black coal,
humans lynched like a left over meal from vultures,
businesses ransacked and turned into forceful philanthropy,
these are evidences of character built on a very low budget.
If those responsible do nothing about social development,
With or without these ‘aliens’, the economic problems will still prevail

Poem Copyright © Funom Makama