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Shaka Poems - Poems about Shaka

Racism in the Vatican

...Woe to you… whitewashed tombs!
You glitter in gold vestments,
swing incense in marble cathedrals,
chant Latin like sacred thunder—
but your silence
is louder than the bells of Rome.

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Categories: shaka, christian, dark, god, hate,
Form: Free verse

SHAKA ZULU

...When they play hide and seek
And memorize your words
Watch them
When they adjust the truth
And do not know what is occurring 
Smile at yourself
These,these are the revelations,

Sometimes the...
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Categories: shaka, adventure, africa, appreciation, black
Form: Free verse



UNBEARABLE DARKNESS OF NEAR VOID

...UNBEARABLE DARKNESS OF  
NEAR VOID

Unbearable darkness of near 
Void
when my Heart sits indigo 
at the back of my throat  
I see no endearing 
vacant eyes of guides
grit in joints scream 
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Categories: shaka, 12th grade, allegory, change,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLiberating Trilogy: Jamaican Shining Stars!

...She is known as Honorable Queen Mother Nanny. The lady was so sweet as sugar candy.
Enhancing the fight, smiling with much delight, knowing her cause was right.
She was the awesomely true Westward ...
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Categories: shaka, adventure, confidence, courage, endurance,
Form: Other

NANDI OF THE ZULU KINGDOM

...A mother is a springboard, strong and sure
From which dreams soar, and spirits roar.  
She launches hearts with boundless grace 
Lighting the path toward life’s embrace.  

Nandi was Shaka Zulu’...
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Categories: shaka, 12th grade, africa,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberCool Beans

...Sip…sip…w’zup
sippity-doo-da day
robust bouncing
cool beans with a shaka sign
super-duper gee whiz jiff
by golly ding-dong
it’s gonna be the best

D    D    D              D    D    D...
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Categories: shaka, drink, joy,
Form: Light Verse

Premium MemberChapter 154-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Time To Go --Eventually

...Date:  April    2051

Next day:
Fresh air in the middle of  paradise morning!
"Yeah"  everything is fine. Alright every 
Time."  Damian was thinking out loud
And Dolly being the inspector she
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Categories: shaka, africa, allusion, black love,
Form: Alliteration

Premium MemberChapter 152-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Honeymoon soon GROOM?

...Next day   2051

Molly Holly were on their honeymoon 
With Damian and privately disagreeing at their
Table, about who was who and was
Unknown to them and Dolly broke
The Contention, "Maybe we s...
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Categories: shaka, absence, allusion, birth,
Form: Prose

INTRODUCE ME !I AM THE KING

...If you could see what I am seeing 
Mesmerized,speechless,amazes,intrigued 
What a man of statue
His words say it all
Royalty in its raw form
A monster in the making 
Yet his love is so deep,

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Categories: shaka, adventure, africa, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberChapter 151- Pt 3 same day - DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: The Wedding PLAN

...Date: April   2051

Dolly was beginning a slow panic.
"Alright this can not fail! "Where are
They now? The wedding is tomorrow!"
I wanna call Virginia make sure their
On the up side at home. I ...
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Categories: shaka, absence, africa, allusion,
Form: Alliteration

Premium MemberChapter 151-- Pt 2 DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: The wedding planners Surprise

...Date: April  2,   2051

NEXT DAY:
3:10 afternoon
 the family held a secret
Family conference in adjourned rooms of
Holly's family. CJ  and his wife Amaliah 
Desharah Dolly were present in
Fat...
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Categories: shaka, allusion, beach, best friend,
Form: Alliteration

IT IS TIME TO STOP THE STUPIDITY!

...IT IS TIME TO STOP THE STUPIDITY! 

 
The notes of a Shaka flute float to my ears 
like an Arabian midsummer night’s dream 
it flows through me like dinars in a Banshee’s pocket 
in a food mark...
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Categories: shaka, god, hope, murder, war,
Form: Free verse

May You Remember My Name King Shaka Zulu

...As the reasons starts to unfold
And the culture takes its formation
May you accept it
You were born to lead
Warrior you are

Decisions were made before your time
Now, a living proof of those
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Categories: shaka, adventure, africa, appreciation, change,
Form: Free verse

Who Am I

...Who am I?

I am a lion who comes out as a goat
I am an ocean with waves big enough to drown
I am a child of Mesopotamia 
A descendant of Shaka Zulu
Baptized in the Nile
I depict the sword of M...
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Categories: shaka, absence, adventure, africa, anger,
Form: Free verse

No To Xenophobia

...HEAL THY SELF O WOUNDED AFRICA 
                (no to XENOPHOBIA).
      
Wake up a voice shouted 
You slept like a pregnant woman 
While the drum beat of my assagil sounds like trumpet 

Wit...
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Categories: shaka, africa, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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