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Rwanda Poems - Poems about Rwanda


ECHOES OF RWANDA
Beauty, they say, comes with time Even scars fade, and what was once ugly Now seems fine. Though torn and shattered years ago Rwanda, like a new moon Glows with a quiet, radiant light. Yet, if you listen closely You can still hear the echoes— The haunting cries of Tutsis, Hutus Lingering in the wind. When the rains arrive,...

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Categories: rwanda, 12th grade, africa,
Form: Free verse
Free-wheeling Through Africa
Just climb onto the back of my Harley And we shall ride to the songs of Bob Marley, In no time at all We'll be in Senegal, Though I might stop for lunch in Kigali....

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Categories: rwanda, africa, crush, freedom, journey,
Form: Limerick



HYPOCRITE LEADERS
hypocrite leaders continue to bite other Africans daily. as the rebels M23 "Rwanda defence force" bombed bases of burudian peace soldiers in DRCongo wantonly. many people astonished and claimed that Kenyan, Ugandan and South Sudanese soldiers of East African Community are with the rebels M23 to divide DRCongo into many countries. It seemed as burudian...

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Categories: rwanda, africa, political,
Form: Free verse
Implication of the French Military In the Genocide of Rwanda
French military in the genocide of rwanda, When African youths claim the departure of European militaries because of atrocities in Africa. In 1994 when rwandan tutsi rebels were in negotiation with the rwandan government ,french soldiers were sent for so called  protection which was a special criminal mission to destabilise central Africa region and ended up ...

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Categories: rwanda, 12th grade, africa, french,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rwanda African Sunset
Rwanda’s African sunset is pulsing with charm The sun glides away in her entirety here Waving goodbye to a lone Baobab tree Could it ever get any prettier? Probably not....

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Categories: rwanda, africa, sunset,
Form: Free verse



God Bless Rwanda
Beautiful land, hills, and valleys and even the lakes, Everything so attractive to fell in love with, My nation so peaceful with the nice people all around, Unity, harmony and understanding each other are our major keys. Our leaders are the kings and queens of centuries, They feel worried when they see us living miserably and suffering, God gave my republic...

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Categories: rwanda, africa, appreciation, beauty, blessing,
Form: Epic
Kigali, In I Am
Kigali! You’re a dream differed An indefinite dream for unkeyed You break too many hearts Heal too many souls abruptly ...

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Categories: rwanda, africa, analogy, character, city,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Gisenyi ,Rwanda
One day, i will fly to the most beautifull hills where all will be as green as natural where the wind will run through my face in a welcoming hymn just to put me at ease i will sit in the sand looking to the sky the one full of stars just near the beach feeling the breeze and hearing...

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Categories: rwanda, adventure, beauty,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
On the Moon of Rwanda
It begins as a melt On the Moon of Rwanda It ends on the Delta of Civilisation 27 August 2014 Poet Destroyer A’s Contest: Solo EPIC Senryu or Haiku- River Walk...

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Categories: rwanda, creation, nature, river,
Form: Haiku
Listening To Rwanda Genocide
In your azure eyes I was teaching myself: how to drown. What a nodal agency to receive the award. The ailing moon will not come to my rescue. The seized cloud had failed to cry – embarrassing the sidewalks. An unfathomable legend. A bloated name becomes the mother of rapes. At stake were all the crutches. The tribal stain had a stark reality. The...

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Categories: rwanda, art,
Form: ABC
Rwanda
Rwanda And man will fight with murder and destruction When peace and negotiation can go no further Heaven shed many tears; to see that man Does not even try to find peace if he can For man has turned against each other Heaven is full of sadness; and brother against brother Humanity await his greatest fall While heaven pray for us all In the...

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Categories: rwanda, war, people, peace, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Remembering Rwanda
Before the blast in April's darkened sky. . . before the electrifying surge of insurgency - when trucks and tanks were used to block the roads, and when men and even boys were sought to aid in one malicious purpose. . . before the rampant slaughter - the raining of machetes down on flesh and bones and...

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Categories: rwanda, history,
Form: Free verse
They Wonder In Rwanda Forest
They mere-go-round in fermented anger like an underground tormented ghost wondering in fomented questions why are they kept under? To undergo a wonder test without rest They get filled with uncooked ego because the thunder why numerous wonder is been performed by western *****'s In the mist of this They limp and mix temper with pamper And get chimp fixed...

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Categories: rwanda, confusion
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Rwanda Wrongs
In 1957, there existed a plan To rid Rwanda of the Tutsi clan Power they had, too much for one side The foundation for, future Genocide 1960, the monarchy was gone Will both sides sing the same song Sadly not as the persecutions start Ripping this African country apart 1973, under a new regime Juvénal Habyarimana promised restrain Progress and reconciliation proposed to...

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Categories: rwanda, black african american, brother,
Form: Rhyme

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