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Victoria Falls Poems - Poems about Victoria Falls

MY DREAM FOR ZIMBABWE

...I wish I could speak Shona fluently
Trace the paths of old Zimbabwe
From the ancient cliffs of Chinoyi
To Nelson Mandela Avenue’s concrete.

But wishes, like dreams
Are shooting stars across th...
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Categories: victoria falls, 12th grade, africa, children,
Form: Free verse

No Name

...No Name
by Cathrin Stuart

Do you know how it feels
when you say nine months you carried me,
but could think of no name?

Do you know how it feels
when you say you held me for the first time,...
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Categories: victoria falls, birth, child, feelings, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse



The A to Z of Countries

...A is for Australia, full of weird beasts,
Where even the cute ones can bite you at least.

B is for Brazil, where football is life,
And people dance samba with joy (and no strife).

C is for Ca...
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Categories: victoria falls, appreciation, funny, games, history,
Form: List

Premium MemberSanta’s New Baubles

...Santa told Rudolph to stay on the roof 
He’d be delayed for his wife wanted proof
That it’s just she for he
So they’re under the tree
She saw his old baubles and cried, “Forsooth.”

Fro...
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Categories: victoria falls, christmas,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberChristmas Shopping Madness

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'Twas the night before Christmas and I still had gifts to buy.
I procrastinated getting it done; a terrible fault I can't deny.
As I juggled bags of presents that cost far too much money,
A side...
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Categories: victoria falls, christmas,
Form: Rhyme



Victoria Falls

...Victoria Falls
The natural paradise 
Very impressive...
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Categories: victoria falls, beauty, river, water,
Form: Senryu

I AM AFRICA

...I am Africa, the cradle of mankind,
Where ancient footprints in the sands of time entwined,
The birthplace of humanity, divinely designed,
In my esteemed valleys, where life first aligned.

I am...
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Categories: victoria falls, africa, nature, society, visionary,
Form: Quatrain

My Africa Is Free

...In Africa's embrace, freedom sings,
Through vast plains and rivers' springs.
A continent's heartbeat, strong and true,
Where dreams take flight, where hopes renew.

From ancient tribes to modern...
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Categories: victoria falls, 1st grade, africa, black
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberAfrica Dream

...In the forest of my dreams is a doorway,
leading to the corners of the mind.
My heart reached out to dream of Africa,
to close my eyes and see what I would find.

Elephants roam the Serengeti.
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Categories: victoria falls, africa, dream,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhat If

...What if we lost, the Great Pyramid of Giza?
What if it collapsed, the Roman Coliseum?
What if the Great Wall of China, was suddenly gone?
The Hagia Sophia...was nothing but a song.

What if Ston...
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Categories: victoria falls, absence, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWant To Go Where Hippos Roam

...Want to go where hippos, rhinos, and elephants roam?
Want to see some things you will never see at home?
Zimbabwe is the place to travel. Victoria Falls will delight.
National Gallery of Zimbabwe ...
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Categories: victoria falls, africa,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberZimbabwe Here We Come

...30 possible destinations.
Outstanding in a variety of ways.
12 stood out immediately.
Kindness meant we would listen to everyone’s ideas.

25 women thought they might go.
Did anyone think of Be...
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Categories: victoria falls, adventure,
Form: Blank verse

Oh My Africa

...By Parizo Van Thulare 

what have we done this time ?
What happened to together as one ?
Why us?
Why now ?

I thought what we had back in the ages was through
I thought that blood which was s...
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Categories: victoria falls, africa, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse

The Most Beautiful Sight

...The most beautiful sight in this wide world
Is not lovely tints of the Taj Mahal,
Nor the wash and roar of Niagara
And mighty misty Victoria Falls.

Not even  a newborn’s soft sweet wet smile,
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Categories: victoria falls, imagery, travel,
Form: Sonnet

Mosi Oa Tunya

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The mosquitoes were dancing outside net,
Singing their treacherous songs of death;
“Let us in, we need your blood”.

I rose and rushed out of 
The brick and pole cottage
From liquid ...
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Categories: victoria falls, nature,
Form: Ballad

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