Africa Poems | Examples of Africa Poetry

Sadly, everyone agrees South Africans will reelect the ANC No matter that it's a tragedy ~ it’s...Read the rest...

Things mostly happen in opposite, It often takes noise, to appreciate silence, Pains and heartbreak to understand love, Absence to value presence... And sadness is require to know what happiness truly is. Such is the irony of life The soul is...Read the rest...

True love? There is something I want to tell you the audience I can't see hidden in the shadow land  I write for you and speak silently cosmic loneliness, unable to reach out to touch and to feel There are not many...Read the rest...

I am the ghost of your journey, Failures of your past, I am a shadow of you, Made of cockroaches of the night , I am a video on silence, Of the uglies in your closet. Can one run...Read the rest...

Such a disaster self-tanning cream the pride of looking sporty the mirror pulls face deep philosophy the poet is in deep water saved by çow tide one type of success when work brings happiness and not endless doubts the loser is a...Read the rest...

Messenger It rained on the day I stood up to my calling The sun was so happy The moon was full at night There was a lot of beautiful stars The air was dancing to...Read the rest...

Beyond I can feel God's presence yet I have never seen his eyes But everyday I look at the devils faces In it different race and colours In it multiple evil genocide His shadows are scattered...Read the rest...

There was once a nation Bound by dreams and unity Every soul proud and free A land of hope and harmony. Then a shadow crept unseen A poison to the nation's dream Leaders, once so bright and true Betrayed the many for...Read the rest...

Somewhere in the land of "riches" Near the birthplace of God A young girl is in bondage Mothering at an early age. Taken from somewhere in Africa Near the birthplace of despair Lured by promises of a well-paying job A lucrative opportunity,...Read the rest...

The voice of my ancestors The genesis of mankind never exclude my forefathers Cos they were the beginning from the beginning So i am never alone in this cold world The connection between me...Read the rest...

If you live inside a glass house then don't throw stones or put cameras in your home when you live like Sean Combs some people got it backwards catch him operating drones filming all their parties should be...Read the rest...

He stood at the foot of the hill and gazed at her watching from her window sill with the night light shining in her face and particles of hope running all over the place. Her...Read the rest...

A rage at air Poem Lionel Derbyshire A rage at air where a fly, a sparrow and an ostrich collides airborne goes .. Why all the rage .. Fly asked the sparrow Your temper is full of bad anger This...Read the rest...

At the wake of their economic turmoil Destitute sailors with battered ships Set sails to seek fields of greener pastures Aided by Indian Ocean winds, they drifted north Welcomed with open hands at the Moroccan fort. Seen as lost souls...Read the rest...

Left-handed dexterity  I was naturally left-handed but was at school  by terrible hand forced to write with the good hand hence my terrible handwriting  I hated my clumsy writing, so I switched to write in a foreign language, namely in...Read the rest...