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Zambezi Poems - Poems about Zambezi

AFRICA'S SACRED ARK
...Soon, The sacred black ashes and dark disfigured, but resilient bones of our enslaved, enraged and estranged ancestors, Will awake from their centuries of dazed, polluted and denigrated slumber, t......

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Categories: zambezi, africa, corruption, humanity, independence
Form: Free verse
The River
...The river When the river is pure, They throw gold and silver, They throw their mud there, When the river is dirty, They come to drink with us, Little by little, they defile the water, I......

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Categories: zambezi, metaphor, nature, river,
Form: Free verse



'Current' Statements on Kariba Dam
...Zambezi's strength rules who can harness our river? electricity from water? Nyami, Nyami Kariba Dam damaged by six decades of water the Tonga tribes celebrate Nyami, Nyami May 10, 2022 ......

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Categories: zambezi, 11th grade, courage, god,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Lonely
...My Mother, like many saints, is compassionate, Though lion-like, my father is considerate; Like banyan tree, my family is well-branched out, Grandmas, Grandpa, Uncles, Aunts - all are good; no dou......

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Categories: zambezi, life, lonely, loss, love,
Form: Rhyme
I Look Through the River
...In the realm of the mighty Chobe-Zambezi, Where once we thought blessings flowed freely, I used to look through the river, deep and dazzling, Its currents whispering stories untold, Mild and bold......

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Categories: zambezi, death, death of a
Form: I do not know?



Call Me Africa
...Call me Africa, The land of the ancient chiefs That lie in ruins. Iam the sun-scorched plains And the roar of Mosi oa tunya. Iam the rolling hills And the lush green valleys Where rainclouds ......

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Categories: zambezi, 12th grade, africa, depression,
Form: Free verse
My Beautiful Africa
...By Parizo Van Thulare I was born endless miles from the town Where tales are told about the king in his crown Where plates are treated same glass So fragile respect is of the erything So be......

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Categories: zambezi, beauty, celebration, culture, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
No To Xenophobia
...HEAL THY SELF O WOUNDED AFRICA (no to XENOPHOBIA). Wake up a voice shouted You slept like a pregnant woman While the drum beat of my assagil sounds like trumpet Wit......

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Categories: zambezi, africa, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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: zambezi, africa, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member To the Heavens For Hope
...Back again ... Her daily hour of hope ... She came every evening to The Hem ... Just a big hole in the earth, really, a barren canyon of dust, Perched on the south edge of the C......

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Categories: zambezi, absence, adventure, africa, animal,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Birds No Longer Chirp Peace
...With these winds of July ever sweeping the earth, How should I follow the footprints of men that believed that no man shall auction another? ... Here, dawns are graceless, birds are no longer early......

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Categories: zambezi, africa, anxiety, conflict, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Mosi Oa Tunya
... 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: zambezi, nature,
Form: Ballad
Wood With a Mellow Breath
...With palms so chaste and a grip so pure She wraps her fingers around the mallets Letting them sit in the space between her thumbs and first fingers; When she makes her first few strokes Hammering......

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Categories: zambezi, africa, nostalgia, poems,
Form: Free verse
Africa
...The black panther; no spots for fear, Accustomed by the frails of the forests, To the long stretch of the Nile, Such beauty, I marvel at. Grazed fields, wetting bullock's appetite For the sa......

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Categories: zambezi, africa, appreciation, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Chant Royal
Odyssey From Africa 3a
...CHAPTER 3 The River While they paused to rest a moment Han gazed suddenly behind them To the south a long way distant Faintly rose a hazy ribbon From the grassland; Han spoke quietly, "L......

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Categories: zambezi, adventure, africa, fantasy, history,
Form: Narrative

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