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The Slopes of Kilimanjaro

From the lofty snowcapped peaks
of Kilimanjaro
The morning mist envelopes its verdant foothills in a tight embrace,
No need to hurry, this is not a race,
Beads of sunlight dancing across the glistening dew.

As the plains of Amboseli reveal their golden hue,
There's movement spied where none existed moments prior,
A herd of Zebra lounging in their elegant attire,
The lush

Categories: kilimanjaro, adventure, animal, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Rhyme

TANZANIA'S BEAUTIFUL MONSTER

At above 16,000 feets,
Stood a beautiful monster of nature.
Its majestic head— a beauty from distance
Kisses the endless expanse blue sky
Crafting a captivating spectacle
That ignites morethan just the imagination.

Oh, Kilimanjaro, you're morethan just a mountain 
You're a beacon of wonder
A symbol of grace
An eternal treasure 
A gift for all — not just Tanzania but the world.

Categories: kilimanjaro, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

On Mountain Kilimanjaro Drafting

On the point of mountain Kilimanjaro with my paints, pencils, rulers and brushes  looking at the entire Africa. Many pictures of more than fifteen millions innocent christians Congolese killed in the wars  
from 1996 to today 
and the World is so silent. 

On my first drafting big board, dead bodies of innocent children, men

Categories: kilimanjaro, 12th grade, africa, art,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Kilimanjaro

Far
Away
in space
and time, yet
fixed in memory
we wake in the dark
and climb the spree by
flashlight reaching Gilman’s
Point where we watch the sun rise
in the east over the Indian Ocean, just 
like Hemingway, then past Leopard’s Point
where in 1926, Reusch found a frozen feline at 
the edge of the receding glacier and no one knows
why was it

Categories: kilimanjaro, memory, travel,
Form: Shape

Kilimanjaro

Serene in silence 
nature's solemn dignity
inspiring passion
inexorable to time
barricade of permanence


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Categories: kilimanjaro, beauty, passion,
Form: Tanka

Kilimanjaro

Damn your rocks
And slippery slopes
And the ice that clings
To your sides

Damn the way
You challenge my skill
Or the way you 
Entice me higher

Damn the sound
Of your laughing clouds
And the rains 
That beat at your heart

And damn the winds
And the ice and snow
That hold me here
And won’t let me go

While I wait for the sun
To set night

Categories: kilimanjaro, life, mountains,
Form: Rhyme

The Slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro

To the many hills that provide the most beautiful scenic views
To the people whose speech only provides melodic tunes of Bongo flava 
To the heat, that make every night a celebration 
To the cool waters, a swimmer's paradise, a fisherman's goldmine, a local's daily gift and a tourist's eternal camera shot
To the food, a signature

Categories: kilimanjaro, beautiful, beauty, dedication,
Form: Verse

Kilimanjaro

I traveled and see
The mount of glory
Where animal and person
Live as friends
The mountain of peace
Caries two peaks
Home of wonders
Guests be keen on

Mawenzi is the smaller
Kibo is the taller
They all have snow
Melts to life juice

The mountain is splendor
Tanzania must celebrate
sheltered colonizers and travelers 
Kilimanjaro is the mount
Where lord was worshiped
A mount of glory where glory lives
Dare

Categories: kilimanjaro, mountains,
Form: Free verse

Kilimanjaro

KILIMANJARO

Almost lost.  Scanty  ice below equator,
Trackless wilderness of ice and fire.
Africa’s king.  I’ve climbed none  higher.
Kilimanjaro  with majestic  crater

Like the  long-gone  dodos,  -    somnolent
Before  this white man
Saw such  ground of  black  obsidian -
Kilimanjaro  -  not  extinct,

Categories: kilimanjaro, adventure, places,
Form: Quatrain