Ode to the Motherland
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Namibia is my most beloved country,
Like it is a marvellous Beulah land
With a mighty will, great glory
So, be glorified, my free Motherland.
From red sand deserts to the...
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Categories:
namibia, appreciation, independence day, patriotic,
Form: Ode
Categories:
namibia, engagement, games, perspective, sports,
Form: Than-Bauk
HUMANITY
...As some Africans continue to voice out
about Palestinians victims of atrocities
from decades ,
it is humanity.
Why continue to kill innocent people?
When I see Americans military
bases in ...
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Categories:
namibia, humanity, imagery,
Form: Free verse
I Am Sam Nujoma
...I am Sam Nujoma
The father and defender of my homeland.
The man who surrendered his youth,
To fight for my youth.
The man who gave birth to a Nation,
And the nation gave birth to my dreams.
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Categories:
namibia, africa, celebration, courage, freedom,
Form: Free verse
United We Stand
...UNITED WE STAND
United, We Stand;
One indivisible African nation,
Nurturing, growing, developing, expanding, impacting, uplifting.
We stand, we tower, we rule.
We are Africa;
Nigeria, Liber...
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Categories:
namibia, africa, beauty, earth, environment,
Form: Free verse
The Greatness of Africa
...When I look at the Nile or Niger
My heart overflows with joy for such a wonder
As currents daringly flow on each iconic river
Every fountain has wealth embedded in its waters
Each mountain, sea...
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Categories:
namibia, africa, bird, blessing, books,
Form: Rhyme
Nauru and Namibia To North Macedonia and Greece - Not In My G List - Pardon Me Dear Jen Proxenos
...LORD, I humbly greet You, early this new day, a Tuesday in May
I return to my prayer list with "N" countries, from Netherlands to Norway
Adoration is the FIRST STEP (one way to PRAY) using "A-C-T-S...
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Categories:
namibia, health, people, places, planet,
Form: Sonnet
Cheetah Conservation Fund
...Namibia is a beautiful extravagant nation
Home to the largest cheetah Population
Thanks to the cheetah conservation
A non profitable organization
Funded by a public donation
Our sole purpose i...
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Categories:
namibia, 12th grade, art, black
Form: Personification
Windhoek, 2000
...Windhoek, 2000
Nabucodonosor! thou shouldst be living at this epoch:
Namibia hath desire of thee: she is a quagmire
Of quiet rainwaters: slab, blade, and cage,
Inglenook, the courageous fortune...
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Categories:
namibia, 12th grade, age, analogy,
Form: ABC
My Country
...Namibia my country my pride
I shall forever be by your side
The landscapes and people are the things I adore
But there is still more to explore in store
Through the pain strain and vain
I still ...
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Categories:
namibia, absence, adventure, africa, age,
Form: Personification
Have You
...Have You
I’ve been around and about awhile
Seen pain cogently hidden by a smile
I’ve seen the concluding moments of the day
Saw clouds roll away as blue turned to grey
Have you?
Felt so dear...
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Categories:
namibia, emotions,
Form: ABC
A Solitary Vacation
...There's a place on the globe that everyone's heard
and the place is 'God knows where',
but instead of a phrase God gave it a word
and the word is 'Solitaire'
At each compass point lies blistering...
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Categories:
namibia, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Spectacular- For Contest
...Stock-still in gold dawn light while many sleep,
perched, scanning, on abandoned termite heap.
Expectant, skin tingles as in cold breeze
contrasting with the stillness of the trees.
The tracking ...
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Categories:
namibia, animal,
Form: Acrostic
The Ghost
...On my way to the Northern of Namibia,
between Kalkveld and Otjiwarongo,
I saw a woman next to the road,
a tall, battered figure, with blood-stained cloths,
eyes glows yellow in the light of moon,...
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Categories:
namibia, adventure, blessing, color, conflict,
Form: ABC
The Land of the Brave
...Drink the Namibia Countryside
Namibia a West African country, on the Atlantic coast
Namibia’s beauty is wonderfully surreal and alluring,
With endless savannah and bushland
With most stunning...
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Categories:
namibia, addiction, animal, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Name
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