Long Kwanza Poems

Children are always bringing me something great.
One time a little girl said “I made my mom buy you this.”
It was the glitziest, cutest, most colorful dress in the world,
Size 2.
I wear a 16.
Um….
Crap.
I made a...

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Having been born in ghetto in Mathare, 
twas' my best place to have ever fallen for
Experiencing a short motherly love, 
that led to total absence  between the two of us
Fatherly love,  never ...

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Swahili verse

We, bwana
Kaw kweli
Kwa kweli
Hebu ngoma yaani HIM
Kwa kweli
Kwa keeli
Kuja juu sasa
Hebu kuimba, sifa
Kuimba kwa sauti nyimbo na
Sauti kwa mfalme
Mkuu mimi ni
Baba, Mungo wa Baba
Njoo sasa, njoo sasa
Hebu kuabudu kwanza hapa duniani
Silaha na mikono aliinua...

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My room is a mess - it's an archaeological record of boredom.
Christmas, Christmas, come on Christmas.
It's 4 days 'til Christmas. Why don't I go to my room and do NOTHING??

The clock ticking sounds like a...

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September gone, October here, November in our sights.
Fall magic floats all around in orange and brown highlights.
Prancing sunlight sprinkled on leaves of gold soon delights.
September gone, October here, November in our sights.
 
December now, January...

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We started a move,
With Mwalimu Julius,
The move to paradise,
a promised land,
Full of wine and vineyard.

We declared Arusha,
 As symbol of movement,
Unifying poor and richer,
To live as one forever,
And build the nation together.

Challenges started,
When some dislike...

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Dafina catens

 ```He cheated```
He cheated and said im the liar,
Aty me ni elder wa brothel me ni malaya,
Akapack... madem ni wengi akaishia ulaya,
Sina ubaya bro ulinipata kwa choir,

He cheated on me na madem wa campo,
Aty...

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Just another holiday coming round in the season
  as the weather changes warm to cold.
A chill upon the body cooling the spirits
  to tepid memories long passed.
Thanksgiving full of laughter
  gatherings of...

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(Homage to the Kwanza River
 " Water mother " of Angola)


Largest and only Angolan
Art thou, O majestic Kwanza!

In the central highlands
We see thee rise in Mumbué
And 960 kilometers of undoubted majesty
To the north and west
Since...

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Money, life material
temporal source,
Made for life's
every course, to
earn, win or
Gifted in ways
selected to maintain
the well being
Of mind and body
health, riches and
wealth.

Money in currencies
from different
Regions of the
World,
Pound Sterling,
Dollars, Dinar,
Lira, Escudo, Rupee,
Pound, Kwanza, Euro
Birr or Lira to...

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A name reflective of its traditional kingship
is its identity, showcasing a cultural strength and heritage.
A huge trader with an Asian giant
is this land upholding the Kwanza like the Indian respect to its Rupee.

Indifference is shown...

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Step hatua,  move foward,from hire to there,
Think tambua,trees dont hang around with grasses despite they all start down here,
See tazamia, to envision yourself up there,
through listening,learning collecting all knowledge information and technology...Be smart as your...

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Winter is like a refrigerator gone haywire
Which arrives on the heels
of an Abominable Snowman 
The display blinking as ice crystals
Showing off her freezing prowess
Scaring the timid into calling in sick
Terrified of black ice or their...

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Christmas was always my big season of celebration
Because I taught school, and it was our semi-big break
Unless you count summers, which were terrific at eight weeks
I looked forward to the baking – candies, cookies, fudges,...

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Christmas Jesus alive and well
Santa takes a back door seat
Hanukkah included, swell.
Friends of all persuasions cannot be beat.

December comes but once a year.
Christmas Jesus alive and well.
Decorations all over my dear.
Bethlehem story easy to tell.

Kwanza...

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snowed in to your home cocoa in hand dreams of flurries dancing in your mind perfect time 
to put up decorations and a tree and listen to christmas music and watch the mocie a 
christmas...

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