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Yaounde Poems - Poems about Yaounde


Why Africa

...Why Africa

Africa! Africa! Africa!
Once considered, the bosom of unity
Often regarded as the mother of humanity
A center for the respect of human dignity
A people embedded with the spirit of i...
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Categories: yaounde, abuse, africa, discrimination, racism,
Form: Epic

Home

...There is no place as better as home
not even heaven is as better as home

He strolled aimlessly in the streets of Amsterdam,
deep in reverie and gnashing his teeth.
Here, he had come for greener...
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Categories: yaounde, emotions, family, home,
Form: Narrative



Lone Gem So Rare

...I tried hard to eclipse you from my mind
When you claimed I disgrace manhood you find
In someone else so different from my kind.

I wondered what you meant not to have seen
In me after I had entered ...
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Categories: yaounde, love, love, me,
Form: Terza Rima

My Sweetest Dream

...My sweetest dream has always been to be 
Lying by you as calm as love can be.

Love can be so calm when by me you lie
And prove truly you dread to hear a lie.

A lie cannot be heard if you can tell
T...
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Categories: yaounde, love, me, dream, prayer,
Form: Iambic Pentameter

Beasts On Two Legs

...I heard a cry,

A lad of four bled

After having quenched

Her Dad's libidinal thirst



I saw the door open,

Brother and sister walked out,

Adam's forbidden apple having been eaten

As instructed ...
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Categories: yaounde, christian, christmas,
Form: Blank verse




Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry