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Mogadishu Poems - Poems about Mogadishu


Tribute To the Lion of Mogadishu
...TTribute With many echoes I step my boot out, To go and make our country a better place. I smell smoke, hear war drums and see fatalities I do it for you, myself, our predecessors and descendants......

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Categories: mogadishu, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
African Queen Wake Up
...In Kampala African queen lives In Johannesburg African queen sleeps In Nairobi African queen smiles In Lagos African queen sings In Kinshasa African queen dances In Addis Ababa African queen d......

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Categories: mogadishu, africa, beauty, metaphor, song,
Form: Lyric



Global Dystopia
... Mogadishu ... Black Hawk helicopter down Caracas ... Riots burning everything to the ground New Orleans ... Katrina tears has gotten many more drowned Manila ... ......

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Categories: mogadishu, death, pain, truth, war,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Gaza of Africa Rejoices In Ruins
...I mourn for the Gaza of Africa stripped naked Innocent women, children regret being alive Cities, villages sit in ruins with broken bones Vehicles sleep with broken backs, burnt bellies But anger......

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Categories: mogadishu, conflict, metaphor, music, war,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Parting the Med
...parting the Med {for refugees and exiles} the accounts passed down through the mouth and page no refuge for the refugees on the angry world's stage staffed "saviors" Kalashnikovs met on m......

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Categories: mogadishu, africa, conflict, discrimination, leaving,
Form: Quatrain



Africa Unite
...From the “jungles” of Soweto To the “lakes” of Kalahari Come! Let us adopt grey children Call them Mogadishu or Benghazi. Donate your second hand underwear To the west Stand up! Let’s g......

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Categories: mogadishu, social, symbolism, vanity, world,
Form: Prose Poetry
In My Fatherland
...Flowers of peace are now magnificently blossoming In the gardens of the battlefields of Khartoum and Kinshasa. And roses of tranquillity and order slowly blooming In the flower pots of Kigali’s s......

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Categories: mogadishu, peace, poverty,
Form: ABC
Be Creative With Your Vacation Choice
...Why don’t we go For a vacation to Mogadishu This year If you know where to find it on the map You can raise vegetables In a minefield Or attend the birthday party of a warlord Machine gun fi......

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Categories: mogadishu, holiday, imagination, peace, philosophy,
Form: ABC
Thirteen Takes
...When caught mid-flight End to bloat against gravity Thanks, rejection is not of the earth My eyes are welling I won’t hold back with shame Even warriors often times loosen, weeping A good ......

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Categories: mogadishu, introspection, philosophy, me, me,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Reflection on the Important Things