Mandela Poems - Poems about Mandela

Today I’m grateful for Nelson Mandela… Who understood when all is said and done… the main purpose of freedom is to create it for everyone ...

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At nine, lost a father Raised by a single mother Had to switch home Not as a prince in a throne Nelson's story lives on Stripped of who he was Forced to take an English name And carry the weight of that shame Made to wear a suit Told to change his voice But deep down he knew He never really had a choice The boy who...

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The "Trilogy of Non-Violence" advocates peacefully uplift humanity Humanity is to behold a peaceful way of overcoming the struggle of life. Life, where all souls are valuable and with love are diminishing hate Hate! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. states, "Driven out by the light." Light of the world for humanity to see shining bright, eliminating darkness Darkness, which...

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So suddenly it appears in my Facebook feed as if it has always been part of nature as if it always made its presence known in all the years of nature shows I've been watching surely a monstrous bird that eats baby alligators and kills its brothers and sisters is worthy of a one hour documentary but no it's as if it crossed a border into my timeline or did I...

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In those fearful time's by memories clear, James McLain, a soul once gripped by fear. Within the labyrinth of my own mind, The Mandela effect, a twist defined. Through unfairly, I faced a daunting fate, Unjustly convicted by the state. Mental tempests, an internal weight. Florida's prisons, a brutish place a primitive place, My resilience endured despite the state. Fifteen years entrenched in strife, Raped...

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(Today is Tata MANDELA’S birthday. Freedom lovers all over South Africa are celebrating his legacy of Compassionate Love. I wrote this poem on his birthday when he was still alive. I am so grateful that I was humbled to serve in his government whilst he was President of the First National Democratic Government in South...

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South Africa is the first  Place in Africa where you  can find more Excellent Roads , rail ways , ports and Airports than some European, Asian, American, Oceania  countries And more best world  wine companies. During apartheid many black people where living In locations, treated as foreigners in their Country No black person occupied the presidency or...

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I On day ten of 2023 I stand but upon my knee To celebrate a rosette dawn It's almost 5 am, heavens open: Give us peace, wisdom, kindness For others: we have hurt enough Time for Ubuntu: human - being Not human doing, doing, doing II LORD, we thank thee A morning of promise in 2023...

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I -- Stopped to chat: at the one store open This second day of 2023 here: Where a month from mid- December Is the usual "holiday" for child & worker -- Mr. L saw me rush off chasing something This new time had crimson skies, painting I had not ever seen. Walked a mile Down near the darkening sky, westward And back as...

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I When my landlord is a slumlord The sermons also mock God "There but for Grace go I" Helps see a plank in my eye II Here, no exposing of hypocrisy Makes a difference to men, women, me: Sex and money, sex for food -- for lazy Is the South African -- post-Mandela's day** Note** 27 April 1994 was the first democratic election in South Africa,...

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My country in Africa - though I am Indian in origin - Lies torn and tattered, corrupt and corrupting No water for weeks, only Mandela's Charity trucked in some (2 trucks today) After a whole week of dry faucets. With electricity, there's LOADSHEDDING Or rationing of power, so one must research the hours each day ... And decide...

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Shall I forget my asking a brother: “Who of The Two has A Much Taller Order?” And Dairy Hand mishandled An Udder, For round spinning to watch Close Adder… Martin Luther and Nelson Mandela, If they were Fidelis - Fidelia, Then Stark Crudity of South Africa Matched Mixed Decency of America And True killers, sometimes reasonable, Same as Searching Eyes for The...

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“Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.” “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.” “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” “I learned that...

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I Madiba, you inspired this world like never before An African George Washington & Lumumba Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela of South Africa Yet crossing borders, bashing down walls Smiling, beaming, with good words for all II Then you said, many blacks were executed In apartheid South Africa, "No more!" That opened the gates to crime like never before Your famed nation leads in many crimes Against...

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I July will forever be "America's birthday" I try to recall why each month or holiday Is special, but did forget, for days now Nelson Mandela had been born 18th July I did work in his government, but sadly For me Madiba would not run again Setting an example beyond the continent That access to office is not license to reign II So from beleaguered...

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