Long Savanna Poems

The scenery was magnificent, and the morning was slightly hot,
Our land cruiser was windowless, and sitting in a lovely spot.

The giraffes were splendid, and much bigger than I'd expected,
One could hardly gaze at the vast...

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There was a brave,
A sage of his age,
And there was rhythm.
Men United in the hunt,
Women united in the spiritual sounds of songs of the Shaman,
And ships from the east,
Came with the Glory of God,
And between...

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Sometime ago, I was fat in the land of Plenty.
I lived on the Savanna, and worshipped the ancestors.
Sometime ago, a horde of barbarians came to the Savanna,
They called me “Savage”.  Yet I had no...

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It's quite good that one looks before one leaps 
My darlin Lovelin, 
What unfortunate this great trip have kept me, 
Long away from you. 
In our land i could remember that day vividly, 
When in...

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A beetle races from its deep hiding
To gather more food for the morning!
Amidst its fields of fruits and bananas,
In the open plains of African savanna.

A tiny black bug, glowing in the sand
It shoots across the...

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"And the times of this ignorance; God winked at;
 but now, commandeth all men, everywhere,
 to repent! (Acts 17:30)

 Interesting it is, what gets printed
 in the fine print on the other
 side of a...

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"And the times of this ignorance; God winked at;
 but now, commandeth all men, everywhere,
 to repent! (Acts 17:30)

 Interesting it is, what gets printed
 in the fine print on the other
 side of a...

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The brook thrums as it vaults over the piled rocks
Rolling on deep into the Zambezi valley
Twisting, flirting with the rigdes that compliment the escarpment beyond 
And the indigenous lass strolled to the rivulet a rose...

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Conceived and born in the rainforest 
I have traversed the Savanna and the Mangrove
I have trudged through its Swamp 
And dwelt I have in its Woodland	
But I only bear tales of 
The Montane and the...

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The savanna is filled with sea of grass color of gold
The baobab trees living there are something to behold
As wind creates waves in grass it whispers stories of old
Every day here there is drama about...

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I am patently smitten 
With utmost contempt ,they treat any mention of its reality
The realm of the illusory is its permanent abode
Its at best transient , an ephemeral indulgence ,
A violet on a morbid pathway...

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I love my country Nigeria,
Though marred by malaria.
I've a bouquet of sweet aria,
Blooming in my heart's rear, 
Which my country must hear,
Else it flees to Rhea.

I love my country Nigeria.
It tilts like the Tower of...

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Where blood is not enough

Blood flows, flows, flows
Competing with Nile waters
Blood Threatens to overwhelm 
Tigris and Euphrates
To make Red Sea, redder
But the head goes crazy, crazy
Where blood is not enough

The people cry, cry, cry
Yet the...

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Steel mountains tower over ancient minds
The mismatched soul anachronism  
Instincts progressively lagging behind 
Primitive brain sees a deep red cataclysm

Ghostly mastodons stalk the fluorescent plain 
A daunting checklist of tasks today 
Frigid rivers to...

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Rhinoceros can not spell its name
African beasts aren't made that way 
No pen or paper on the savanna green
3 big toes get in the way of nature
They squint
Can't see to write with so much sun
Dust...

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Miracle 

It's a long way from Heaven
Such a long way to fall
And the ground is the place
Where things shuffle and crawl 

Where once there was safety
And the comfort of love
Now freedom , it seems
Takes a...

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I am an elephant or Republican I think
After a couple of drinks
If memory serves me I'm pink
When not frolicking on the savanna
Pushing down trees for a snack
I work in a circus act
This place smells like...

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Savannah Night

There was an uneasy feeling that night on the savannah.
The creatures were jumpy as they huddled and grazed.
Startling at each new sound, one stamps its foot and
the vast herd flees, from what they are...

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People will swim murky oceans
with man eating behemoths
free climb sheer rock faces in gale force winds
dive headfirst off a cliff into a windy abyss
wearing nothing but plastic wings,
don't we all cherish the daredevil that teases...

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The sun shines bright and brilliant
In the vast Timbavati of the great Savanna
Where a majestic creature stands
With a mane as radiant as sunrays.

It’s Thor, the mighty white lion
His eyes are like golden topaz
That have a...

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Lying on a beautiful lawn next to me is 
Ever eager and ready for anything is a beauty  
twittering me steadily with charming glances

Doodling with my heart are twinkling eyes
Every glance at her increased...

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My journey is not long but my dream is
I search for the fastest way to reach my destination
But time tells me, “Take one step at a time”
I heed this advice
With patience as  food of...

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Nights in white satin play as I’m looking at Vermont fall
The mesmerizing beauty touches my evolving soul
The trees like poplar, willow, birch and linden stand tall
Their boughs of leaves seem cascading like mountain waterfall

Hawk travels...

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Mankind began as a troop animal.
Living amongst its own kind.
Stepping out of the trees onto the Savanna.
Mankind became a wander, small family bands bound by blood. Millenia past, mankind developed farming and the wanderer settled...

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Sometimes you cruise through life
with blinders on
Completely unawares of those damned
slippery bananas

At every turn and corner they lurk
like a lion on the savanna
and you, in this scenario; a gazelle
Hopping and skipping along
Sipping your Starbucks,
playing among...

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