Short Cameroon Poems

Dear fatherland

the cradle of races
you lie among the many
with great sight of differences
in this mulatto of western languages

Oh great triangle!
you rise and fall
like ocean tides
in landscape and beauty
in patois and culture

Tell me you're not corrupt 
deny racial discrimination
country of peace
river of prawns, Africa in miniature

Cameroon....

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MY COUNTRY LAND

Oh my Cameroon,
From the colors of a desiring mind,
Hums from an ancestral hands,
The Switzerland of an African land,

It true nature, beauty of it kind,
Footage from it Holy mount,
Memorable of Her outstanding sounds,
Falling unto its Historical towns,

Oh thou flow at two fathoms,
Seized from her master tongue,
Sparkly remarkable it Unity star,
Drawn down peace, love and fatherland....

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Like wrappers on a carnival street,
So bodies litter Bama Town;
As time deflates these body balloons,
Flies gyrate in their flowing fluid.

Above them wafting their flag
That shred them like potato chips
And mindful of why? And why?
‘‘Infidel must die’’, they post.

Then comes afar a zombie voice,
A retreat voice from Cameroon:
''Blame us not mother land;
If only we had airport armoured cars.''

Seek not Bama in map tomorrow,
Vorbei ist vorbei,gone is Babylon....

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Take a little bit of me
And a little bit of you.
Add an entire decade,
And all that we've been through
 
2 Cups of loyalty
generously sprinkled with trust
A pinch of forgiveness
And laughter is a must
 
Blend a smile, a kiss and
Holding each other's hands
Add this all together
Between a man and a woman
 
Stir in two hearts
Sprinkled with adoration
Stir it all together
And you get a good foundation for Love.
 
By Julia Mukete


Definition of Ndolo in Cameroon means love....

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