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Kora Poems - Poems about Kora


HETSEX KORA

...I am K O R A
I am K O R A
You wanna shoot up my mothering day
I am K O R A
I know she’s gonna say come see me ok
Cuz I am K O R A
She knows that i coming for that HETSEX
She knows Imma flex if...
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Categories: kora, relationship,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberYou Must Go Away

...In the small verdant village of Kora-Kay
Live peaceful folk who fish, eat and play

At sunset they dance around drum circles and sing
Of yesteryears’ joys and what tomorrow may bring

The words...
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Categories: kora, community, conflict, culture,
Form: Couplet



Premium MemberJoy and Sunshine

...JOY & SUNSHINE

It was the music of Joy
by the AKA Trio,
three men from Senegal, Italy
and Brazil whose lilting play
was the gracious gift, through
kora, guitar and the softest
percussion, of...
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Categories: kora, art, music, sunshine,
Form: Free verse

Sing Africa Sing

...Sing Africa, sing!
Shout to the Lord with your being
Sing to His glory for the great resources He gifted you
Sing like a bird that sings to its Maker, in adoration of His splendour

Sing Africa,...
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Categories: kora, africa,
Form: Free verse

African Rhythm

...I am....
An Ashanti warrior A Bantu dancer 
I am a Yoruba royal clothed in my Asooke 
Dancing Adowa and kpalogo to tunes from wulomei and masekela  

I am proud Masai 
Standing around manyattas...
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Categories: kora, africa, beautiful, black love,
Form: Free verse



I Am Africa, I Am Man

...I am Africa, I am man
Hear my drums, know my heart beat
My sorrow is not metered in iambic lines
Life does not speak that way
So artificial this enumeration of joy
So false this constant rise an...
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Categories: kora, inspirational, on writing and
Form: Free verse

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