Mogadishu Poems - Poems about 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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

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

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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 ......Read the rest...