Short Baobab Poems

with singular charm
baobab touches blue sky
in golden noon sun...

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Leaf
looking weary
fell off baobab tree
hesitating , protesting, kicking mid-air
crashed...

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a baobab myth
says hyenas invented
the huge up-side down
bottle tree where "roots" are found
growing deep into the sky...

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We mourn atop skyscrapers
As our forefathers
Mourned amongst baobab trees in Uganda
Because we have been forsaken,
It is judgment day,
And we’re fearful....

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God is this
Wise old Baobab tree
He sits and smiles
He shares this monkey
Bread, you see
I see you from
The corner of my eyes
I know,
He watches over me...

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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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Paradise is a Baobab in Africa
 
where milk and honey flow beneath red -
 
I find her in clay, sun-baked, wearing 

roots from the sacred tree:
 
the final piece of the jigsaw....

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The Willow


Rhododendron,
Baobab,
Methuselah.
Steadfast. Unbent. Pliable.
Wind. Water. Fire.
Arrow. Sword. Brick. 
Cupid’s missile.
Weeping Willow.
Rigid. 
Frigid.
A ladder. 
The tower.
Faithless Leap.
The salt water stings. 
Weeping Willow....

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From the mighty oak
to the redwood tall,
the willow weeping
the maple in the fall
they stand.

Be it the baobab,
the alder or yew
they stand in their majesty
with morning dew
they breathe.

The holly or ginkgo,
the aspen and pine
raise their arms skyward
as in prayer sublime
they live....

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This fat lady in a dinner dress
Raises its crooked fingers up high
On this moon lit night
The moon is full
It shines through the fingers
Like a scene
Out of a horror film
And if a raven came and perched
On one of this fat lady's arms
I swear my heart would start
And I'd run in terror
Away from this baobab tree....

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As Yggdrasil stretches into heaven
Hyperion watches a new Armageddon
As General Sherman towers above
Methuselah cradles a mourning dove

Old Tjikko refuses to bend
The baobab thwarts the wind
The Tree That Owns Itself
Will never, ever be compelled

The Cedars of God remain
Despite any flood or hurricane...

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If not the clipper in the Saharan grasslands 
Then brother be the zipper to fasten the ethos 
Afrika mourns of today. Lamentation the dry
Ingredient to our sorrows that craft dispare.
Look at how they fattens alike baobab fat yet
I'm proudly a street hustler, bustling trickster 
Thins a biltong shred in toils for sustainance......

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The eagle enjoying its prey 
On the baobab tree.
The raven is coming  provoque the eagle.
They both fly 
in the sky.
The raven tries 
 Hard to reach the eagle 
And fails. 
The eagle flies
Higher ,
The raven turn back quickly 
For its safety. 
Heh! Heh!Hmmm!
Hmmmm!
The raven seems 
So lower 
In the eyes 
Of the eagle.  

May 25/2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe
 Mussabwa Chris...

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Zebra,Donkey,Giraffe,Hippo,Elephant
Mango,Hibiscus,Neem,Baobab
Zambezi,Nile,Euphrates,Kafue
Victoria,Ontario,Tanganyika,Bangweulu
Everest,Kilimanjaro,Nanga Parbat
Red Sea,Mediterranen Sea
Pembrokeshire coast park
Victoria Falls
Lochinvar hot springs

chipepo lwele
PS;the reminder of the natural world around us.
     the poem about animals, plants,rivers,lakes
     ,mountains,seas ,waterfalls and hot spring....

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It is my wish, let it be given
a badly needed wish it is
that I become a crocodile
to all animals, no crossing
the river and lakeshores
the homely places of mine

It is my wish, a strong one
that I become a power- saw
all those mahoganies, teaks
Baobab trees that boast
thinking they are strong
down I could bring them

It is my wish, a tough one
to show the world one thing
that I am super normal
super human, super brain...

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To cast an infinite chamber
In certain places of the moon,
To twist and to waltz
Till the black night fades.
Then soften at sultry morning
Underneath a baobab tree
While afternoon stroked the horizon lightly,
Lovingly as I ---
A strange yet, delightful vagary!

To cast an infinite chamber
In the beloved areola of the sun,
Waltz! Twist! Twist!
Till the brisk day is done.
Soften at fallow night…
Underneath the baobab tree…
Night stroking gingerly
Lovingly as I....

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