for someone
...It’s hard to meet someone serious at college. Everyone’s busy,
self-centeredly grinding away at their dreams. So much so that
people tell you to not even try (especially as a freshman).
I was mo...
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Categories:
kudu, anniversary, boyfriend, celebration, humor,
Form: Free verse
Oh Beautiful Africa
...Africa a continent of hope
Paragons of love where overwhelming joy flows.
Your blessed resources make you a source of attraction.
Without you, the world is formless.
oh! Beautiful Africa
A...
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Categories:
kudu, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Kudu
...Once
I roamed the grasslands
Free
Once
Full quick alert vital
Free
Nature framed my existence
Now
Your barbed wire is all
I see....
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Categories:
kudu, animal, nature,
Form: Free verse
Lioness Waits For Dinner
...The best I could hope for was a lame or weak animal,
limping along, not able to catch up with their tribe.
My cubs are hungry, and they like fresh blood meat.
A young antelope or gazelle would be...
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Categories:
kudu, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Personification
Animals Found In a Zoo
...Zebra, Yak, Xenopus, Walrus, Vulture, Urial, Tiger, Snake, Rhinoceros, Quokka, Peacock, Orangutan, Numbat, Muntjac, Lion, Kudu, Jerboa, Iguana, Hyena, Guan, Frog, Elephant, Dromedary, Camel, Bison, A...
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Categories:
kudu, animal,
Form: ABC
Africa Chants
...The beat of the jembe, a pulse of unity between embodiment and self.
The seeds of Ubuntu, our grandmothers sowed in murmured displays.
The grunt of a Kudu, an imprinted bellow of pride in the herd...
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Categories:
kudu, addiction,
Form: Epic
Written In the Sand
...WRITTEN IN THE SAND
The Big Five—Africa’s pride in the vast open wild
Buffalo, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Leopard and Lion
Their prey—scattered Impala, Kudu and Waterbuck
On hardened dust… t...
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Categories:
kudu, analogy, introspection, proposal,
Form: Heroic Couplet