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Kofi Poems - Poems about Kofi

The Empty Scrolls of Time -A lament for the Unlearned -The boy who regrets not valuing education
...The Empty Scrolls of Time: A lament for the Unlearned (The boy who regrets not valuing education) ~Jamuel Yaw Asare Kofi’s eyes once gleamed with mischief and wonder, but now they dimly reflect......

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Categories: kofi, africa, anxiety, change, character,
Form: Free verse
Zul-Qarnain these days as a patsy in Babylon
... Tim Horton, Tim Janis Kofi Annan, In a scaffold that knots a shoeless You are mincing me on a cutting board, these days In pounds per pounding heart , with knives and bleesed hone You were a f......

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Categories: kofi, art,
Form: Epic



My Africa
...Africa!Africa My Africa A proud land of our forefathers Africa my jewel Your recipes of courage has been pass from generation to generation A continent carved out of glory A land blessed w......

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Categories: kofi, africa, black love, celebration,
Form: Narrative
No To Xenophobia Ii
...THE REPLY FROM THE PRESENT TO THE PAST (NO TO XENOPHOBIA II) With the paper on my hand I wondered what to do as I stood confused Welcome home, O my son of my pen days for what I h......

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Categories: kofi, africa, anger, discrimination, judgement,
Form: Prose Poetry
My Neighbor Kofi
...MY NEIGHBOR KOFI LOCATION: Mazamaza, Lagos, Nigeria: My neighbor kofi, The computer scientist At 34, He crisscrossed, jetcrosed, redcrossed, And hobnobbed around the globe: Kathmandu, Acapulc......

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Categories: kofi, adventure, africa, business, political,
Form: Prose



Illuminate Sun
...E-arly D-ay W-ith A-pparent R-ay D-oes K-iss O-bscurity F-arewell I-n L-ight O-utside U-sing I-lluminate S-un Topic: Poet (Edward Kofi Louis) Form: Vertical Monocrostic......

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Categories: kofi, poets,
Form: Acrostic
Python Dance
...after Odumegwu Ojukwu after Chinua Achebe after Christopher Okigbo after Dele Giwa after Kofi Awoonor after Kwame Nkrumah after Ngugi Wa Thiong'o after Nelson Mandela after Wole Soyinka ......

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Categories: kofi, absence, abuse, africa, ,
Form: Blank verse
O' Mother Ghana
...O' Mother Ghana O' mother Ghana, how proud am i to be your grand son My skin so black from the burn of the sun For a woman to head a country shows your bravery You won us our freedom from our co......

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Categories: kofi, africa,
Form: Personification
Is There No Place For Us
...Is there no place for us ? In this world of work and fuss ? We came to fulfil our dreams Leaving our noble motherland with goodbye tear streams We are prisoners of a dark dank cell called race ......

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Categories: kofi, race, racism,
Form: I do not know?
The Blind
..."How I became blind" I heard the cock crow so i had to open my eyes,but everything was black instead of white i found it hard to realise why everywhere looked dark instead of bright so I held on t......

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Categories: kofi, africa,
Form: Ballad
Hearts Like Ours With Kofi Amed
...Kofi Amed & Dominic Amozimi Tonal shaded selfies behind open mural walls We were but performers in art galleried halls Between submissive embrace and crazy calls. We danced our way into realm......

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Categories: kofi, love,
Form: I do not know?
Africa the Mausoleum of All
...THE MAUSOLEUM OF ALL Africa is the burial chamber of many, Millions of men and women rested in peace, The deepest hole full of important bones, The bones of *****sapiens are in the graves. It......

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Categories: kofi, grandparents, grave, hero, memory,
Form: Free verse
Road To Damascus
...ROAD TO DAMASCUS Granite faith exfoliated by superguns and sanctions whirls, on this earth succumbing into dry spell of peace, War-crats and confidantes skinning freedom from its people Kofi dr......

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Categories: kofi, africa, age, allegory, betrayal,
Form: Epitaph
The Rhythm of Africa, Collabo With Mo Marugu
...Unsung on the world stage Heroes of the African continent Diverse lingo, diverse souls Capture minds capture hearts Most unappreciated Their rhythm echoes Their wisdom ancient Music unconv......

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Categories: kofi, africa, art, beauty, culture,
Form: Epic
The Sonnet of Our World
...In his dying words, Papa said of all Kofi Awoonor’s Poems taught in school One which still lingers in the chambers of his heart is ‘the Sonnet of our world’ He stuttered, “Son-my son in today’s wor......

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Categories: kofi, age, best friend, bible,
Form: Sonnet

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