Short Nelson Mandela Poems
Short Nelson Mandela Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Nelson Mandela by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Nelson Mandela by length and keyword.
Today I’m grateful for Nelson Mandela…
Who understood when all is said and done…
the main purpose of freedom
is to create it for everyone
Categories:
nelson mandela, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme
Unfamiliar flag,
It's up and down
Today I saw it
Weeping on its knees.
Murmuring students
Hold tears, someone
Else is dead again
The university mourns.
Death, why in our abundance
Is your harvest so rich?
Categories:
nelson mandela, death, funeral,
Form:
I do not know?
Limerick: Once Lucy met Heidelberg Man
for Nelson Mandela
Once Lucy met Heidelberg Man
Then Neanderthal and Peking Man
Tortoise said to the Turtle:
“Where’s your doggone girdle!”
“What a disgrace to my race,” said Bushman!
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013
Categories:
nelson mandela, race,
Form:
Limerick
Courage
Haiku: by Tom
2/21/2021
Being courageous
isn’t the absence of fear,
but controlling fear.
“I learned courage is not the absence of fear,
but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who is unafraid,
but he who conquers that fear.”
Nelson Mandela
Categories:
nelson mandela, courage, fear,
Form:
Haiku
NELSON MANDELA
N-National
E-Endearing
L-Leader,
S-Society’s
O-Optimum
N-Nostrum
M-Mythical
A-Apostolic
N-Negotiator,
D-Divinity’s
E-Emissary,
L-Liberty’s
A-Apotheosis!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
07 DECEMBER 2013
GREAT MEN NEVER DIE!
Dem. Trifiatis
Categories:
nelson mandela, freedom, light, love, world,
Form:
Acrostic
Terrorism Explained
Nazis
KKK
Epsteinists
Zionists
common denominator
white men
who professed superiority
Nelson Mandela de bunked them all
a little man in front of Fox news
laughs at the truth
spews illusions
who could possibly be
attracted
to such monsters of hate
Archie Bunkers still exist!
Categories:
nelson mandela, africa, america, racism,
Form:
Free verse
As the most impenetrable darkness
It is dissipated by a single ray of light
So
An army of evil men is defeated
By a single virtuous man
For
He has Good on his side! *
© Demetrios Trifiatis
30 July 2019
* One has to think of Mahatma Gandhi and of Nelson Mandela among
thousand of other men in history!
Categories:
nelson mandela, dark, evil, light,
Form:
Free verse
There was once a MAN;
An Iroko in a forest of shrubs,
A dew pond in a desert.
There was once a MAN;
A moral compass in a world
Where power is noble,
And greed a creed.
There was once a MAN;
He silenced the gun,
Shattered prison bars,
Ascended the throne, armed
With love and forgiveness,
And made despots jelly.
There was once a MAN:
NELSON MANDELA!
Categories:
nelson mandela, death of a friend,
Form:
Elegy
People attending the London premiere of a new film about Nelson Mandela were told of his death as the closing credits rolled, on 5th December 2013. My new poem is written in honor of the anti-apartheid icon and I invite you to read it here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lights-Madiba-Action/345492948926266 .
Like it, share it and get privileged access to my writings.
Iulian-Anton Brudiu
Categories:
nelson mandela, africa, patriotic, political, strength, visionary,
Form:
Epic
A man of free will
A visionary soul
Gulps down the misery of discrimination
Climbs a great hill with compassion
Breathes over hurdles
Uses time wisely
Don’t wish but go get
Don’t only dream but pursue
Money won’t create success
Freedom will
It doesn't matter where one is from
A heart matters
Unite to create establishments
Because there is a Nelson Mandela in every true spirit
Categories:
nelson mandela, change, community, dedication, desire, devotion, dream, encouraging,
Form:
Sonnet
By applying policies of apartheid
Or practising racial discrimination
Who want themselves or their clan
To be seen above than the rest of the world
People of this globe throw them down
But the man instead of pulling himself up
Bring up all in the line of equality
People of this globe push his stature above
Much more than the rest of humanity
Showing for him unprecedented respect and love.
Categories:
nelson mandela, black african american, inspirational,
Form:
I do not know?
THE LATE HUMOROUS MANDELA
The late former President Nelson Mandela,
Was known as an extremely humorous fella,
A respected freedom fighter and leader,
Referred to her Majesty as Elizabeth, amusing many a reader.
ENTERED FOR EDUCATE ME WITH HUMOR – LEADER CLERIHEW POETRY CONTEST
24/1/2019
Dear fellow soup readers and judges. Having realized that line 4 did not adhere to competition rules I have edited and changed it.
Categories:
nelson mandela, humor,
Form:
Clerihew
Nelson Mandela
by most accounts was quite a fella.
But sometimes he was dissed and dismissed,
said to be a card-carrying Communist.
Nelson Mandela fought segregation
in South Africa, his beloved nation.
With keen awareness,
and a great sense of fairness,
he encouraged reconciliation.
With characteristic robustness,
he was a champion of social justice;
and as the events of his long life unfurled,
he became a hero for all the world.
Categories:
nelson mandela, africa, appreciation, hero,
Form:
Clerihew
Mandela, Mandela,
You are South Africa
South Africa, South Africa
You are Nelson Mandela
You suffered deeply for her
Your body language
Express it
So clearly and
The world
Knows that
You are
So happy
Inside your
Own skin
Well, its
So clear in
Your eyes
Black man
You know
Who you are
You know
How to ask
God for wisdom
You know
How to seek
His knowledge
You know
How to pray
Nelson Mandela
Freed South Africa
Show us
The way
Categories:
nelson mandela, imagination
Form:
Free verse
Every day is a page to write a new story.
It doesn't matter how many typos there
are in your story. History has a lot of typos
not only done by hap hazard folks,
but also people who were deified and given
sainthood. It doesn't matter what writing
style you use; John Lennon, Nelson Mandela,
Mahatma Gandhi....all had their own styles.
Blessed with a new day to live each sunrise,
is a moment to write a new story. A page
has to be written something....
Categories:
nelson mandela, deep, imagery, inspirational, life, meaningful, metaphor, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Giant of justice has visited Baba Umkulukulu
The lion that gave in to wolves like sheep
To be sheered for our own freedom has died
Father of the black and white
Mentor and hero of freedom
Our own Madiba has died
Anti apartheid hero sleeps with grey hair
As we dress in sackcloth to mourn the great Lion
Rolihlahla Son of Thembu has rested
Though We mourn millions with pain
But for the son of Xhosa
We pray for
Instead of mourning
We praise
Praise our own
Rest in peace Mandela
Categories:
nelson mandela, africa, death,
Form:
Elegy
You lead this nation to hold hands;
You inspired peace, even on foreign sands.
You are the world’s most respected man;
You’ve encouraged dreams, and the words: “I can”.
Now that you walk on Heaven’s shores;
And live in a home with God’s hand-made doors;
We pray, that we can make you look down and smile;
As we pass on your legacy, through the generation aisle.
Dear Nelson Mandela, may peace now be with you;
And thanks for your love;
From: A global family, missing You.
Categories:
nelson mandela, emotions, farewell, heaven, love, miss you, peace,
Form:
Rhyme
Many born will choose paths in search of glory and fame
And after the dust has settled, not much value remains
Nelson “chose” with open eyes and a passion-filled heart
Despite physical pain and degradation, love kept his soul apart
Evil, he shunned when it would've been easy to embrace
Love, he championed throughout the marathon race
And now at last, peacefully, touched the finish line!
~*~
Note: In Honor of Nelson Mandela 7/18/18 - 12/5/13 +RIP
Categories:
nelson mandela, death, dedication, grief,
Form:
Acrostic
He fell in the world like dripping rain
He shone in the land like a moving star
He walked the way that was full of pain
The journey was tough but he walked far
The song he sung in his callusing chains
Is the same that broke our prison bars.
And then like a farmer he sowed his seeds
Upon this soil by the river that flow
And some said the field was full of weeds
Growing quickly and the crops slow
But for he said his field was a string of beads
With diverse colors and beautiful more.
Categories:
nelson mandela, africa, farewell, thanksgiving,
Form:
Ballade