Short Townships Poems

Short Townships Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Townships by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Townships by length and keyword.


I Love Meadowlands

I love meadowlands
And kasie where africans
Celebrate their
Ghettorization
In the land of their birth

Kasie:townships in south africa
Form: Tanka


Kuiken Little - My Own Baby Chicken

I
Siblings stolen
Why list the nations ills ...
Bring Chicken Little home

II
Kuiken has cage during light
Twilight cheeps, louder -- plaintive --
Back in box, quietest baby
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Cattle

oh, this grinding surge
roaring into battle,
how the air is filled
with the sabre rattle;
how the sky is blacked
by fires in their burning,
how the townships sacked
by counter-strikes returning;
how the guns and shells
through the air are streaming,
how the tolling bells
bleed into the screaming;
oh, the fight for land, 
conflicts over chattel,
how the days are spent
in slaughtering the cattle.
© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Premium Member Flying Down the Highway

Listen to poem:
Eastern townships
Land of settlers
A blur across centuries

The land my father loved
Land of my ancestors
Miles of nostalgia

Farmland at rest
Barns with cows and horses
Hills and valleys stretching for miles

Music to my heart



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~FLYING DOWN THE HIGHWAY~ 2019
Also published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~A SIMPLE MAN~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2022

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