Poems About Africa Seeking Honest Critique
#Africa
Hunterapsych
Poem Published
25th Aug 2023 5:30am
25th Aug 2023 5:30am
Beauty and Bewilderment
The most intense landscape
swallowed in the sweltering sun,
the desert screams in silence.
Sandstorms sprouting and small houses in the distance,
this land of dust and heat demands the strongest will to survive.
On this path you will meet the kindest and most resilient of beings
seeing life from an ancient but timeless perspective.
Determined and confident in each moment of uncertainty
is what you must be in this most unforgiving of environments.
Surrounding mountains sheltered in the shade of the clouds.
Beyond the brutality...
swallowed in the sweltering sun,
the desert screams in silence.
Sandstorms sprouting and small houses in the distance,
this land of dust and heat demands the strongest will to survive.
On this path you will meet the kindest and most resilient of beings
seeing life from an ancient but timeless perspective.
Determined and confident in each moment of uncertainty
is what you must be in this most unforgiving of environments.
Surrounding mountains sheltered in the shade of the clouds.
Beyond the brutality...
#Africa
#spiritual
#travel
#SelfDiscovery
#desert
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5 Comments
Gentle
Poem Published
18th Jun 2023 11:07pm
18th Jun 2023 11:07pm
THE CLARION CALL
Our sire's sight, our mama's care
Our distinct cults and lives we own
Distinct tongues and Distances fair
Left we did, to the land unknown
In cage we stayed in the prison zone
Who will not miss the clarion call!
Earlier we woke than the land to serve
"Under the sun or in the rain" I recall
We stood and sang with skill and verve
The land we have, we vowed to preserve
Fun it was to a thousand and one
Man O War drill and lecture fright
Early waking for just a dry run
The soccer game and the fire night ...
Our distinct cults and lives we own
Distinct tongues and Distances fair
Left we did, to the land unknown
In cage we stayed in the prison zone
Who will not miss the clarion call!
Earlier we woke than the land to serve
"Under the sun or in the rain" I recall
We stood and sang with skill and verve
The land we have, we vowed to preserve
Fun it was to a thousand and one
Man O War drill and lecture fright
Early waking for just a dry run
The soccer game and the fire night ...
#Africa
#school
#learning
#determination
#success
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PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
31st Dec 2022 11:10pm
31st Dec 2022 11:10pm
Haile Selassie Is Not God
Rastafarians will feel animosity towards the author of this composition.
Emperor Haile Selassie was a wicked and corrupt ruler, not God.
He did not care about the underprivileged people of Ethiopia.
Millions of Negroes starved and suffered under his oppressive leadership.
The uncivilized Rastas rejoiced that their god was coming for them.
His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I visited Jamaica on April 21, 1966.
And he needed an interpreter to translate between English and his tongue.
What kind of god does not understand the language of...
Emperor Haile Selassie was a wicked and corrupt ruler, not God.
He did not care about the underprivileged people of Ethiopia.
Millions of Negroes starved and suffered under his oppressive leadership.
The uncivilized Rastas rejoiced that their god was coming for them.
His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I visited Jamaica on April 21, 1966.
And he needed an interpreter to translate between English and his tongue.
What kind of god does not understand the language of...
#oppression
#Africa
#religion
#God
#suffering
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PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
30th Aug 2022 2:17am
30th Aug 2022 2:17am
America
It is time to lift up the carpet of deception and expose the dirt that you swept under it.
We do not care whether you can stand the smell of your own excrement or not.
Your opportunistic forefathers ran away from Great Britain and came to the west as wanders.
They settled in other people’s lands and they reaped what they did not cultivate.
The Americans claimed that they discovered a land, but the land had already been inhabited by people.
So the country that you proudly call your home does not belong to you; it is a stolen land.
Your dishonest teachers and...
We do not care whether you can stand the smell of your own excrement or not.
Your opportunistic forefathers ran away from Great Britain and came to the west as wanders.
They settled in other people’s lands and they reaped what they did not cultivate.
The Americans claimed that they discovered a land, but the land had already been inhabited by people.
So the country that you proudly call your home does not belong to you; it is a stolen land.
Your dishonest teachers and...
#murder
#evil
#America
#Africa
#racism
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DaddyPhantom
Poem Published
26th Nov 2021 3:09am
26th Nov 2021 3:09am
We Us Me Them
Collectively
We can’t manage
While stranded in this indeterminate state of perpetuated hate against…Mirror images
Despite outer appearances and
Contrary to popular belief
We’re not the Meek that shall inherit the planet
We Are;
Accessories to crimes committed against;
Not just Our Own Kin
But every face of destruction and death that exist overseas
To the East where Blood spills
As quickly as the Gold Oil and Diamonds slips into the hands of Foreign Opportunist
Beneficiaries
With Mercenaries
We’ve distance our hearts...
We can’t manage
While stranded in this indeterminate state of perpetuated hate against…Mirror images
Despite outer appearances and
Contrary to popular belief
We’re not the Meek that shall inherit the planet
We Are;
Accessories to crimes committed against;
Not just Our Own Kin
But every face of destruction and death that exist overseas
To the East where Blood spills
As quickly as the Gold Oil and Diamonds slips into the hands of Foreign Opportunist
Beneficiaries
With Mercenaries
We’ve distance our hearts...
#Africa
#money
#greed
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Wordsmith
Poem Published
21st Aug 2021 8:25pm
21st Aug 2021 8:25pm
My African Beauty
Aye
Your glowing smile
Fill my heart
With luminous sparks
that the stars
in the sky
feel mesmerised
by the refulgent stars
in your luccent eyes
Your glowing smile
Fill my heart
With luminous sparks
that the stars
in the sky
feel mesmerised
by the refulgent stars
in your luccent eyes
#love
#beauty
#Africa #passion
#Africa #passion
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da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
1st Aug 2021 00:16am
1st Aug 2021 00:16am
TWISTER
Left hand red
Left foot black
Right foot green
Maybe go back?
Right hand red
Right foot white
Left foot blue
Inalienable right?
Right is white?
Wrong is black?
All about the green?
Except those who lack?
Stop on red
Yield on yellow
Go on green
Hearts now hollow?
What's the color of sorrow?
Left foot black
Right foot green
Maybe go back?
Right hand red
Right foot white
Left foot blue
Inalienable right?
Right is white?
Wrong is black?
All about the green?
Except those who lack?
Stop on red
Yield on yellow
Go on green
Hearts now hollow?
What's the color of sorrow?
#LifeStruggles
#America
#Africa
#greed
#despair
307 reads
3 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
14th May 2021 7:33pm
14th May 2021 7:33pm
Wakanda 2 Zamunda
You're so angelic that you should be donning a pair of wings
In the meantime, in between time, please accept this ring
As Yohan melodically sings, "She's Your Queen To Be"
Cause I want you to spend forever and a lifetime with me
On bended knee, I'm asking for your hand in marriage
Waiting patiently outside for us is a horse and carriage
You just have to say yes as the song suggests by Floetry
Riding off into the sunset will be you, me, and my poetry
An unstoppable trinity that'll always be as thick as thieves
Eventually adding some...
In the meantime, in between time, please accept this ring
As Yohan melodically sings, "She's Your Queen To Be"
Cause I want you to spend forever and a lifetime with me
On bended knee, I'm asking for your hand in marriage
Waiting patiently outside for us is a horse and carriage
You just have to say yes as the song suggests by Floetry
Riding off into the sunset will be you, me, and my poetry
An unstoppable trinity that'll always be as thick as thieves
Eventually adding some...
#love
#marriage
#Africa
#music
#WritingPoetry
330 reads
2 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
12th May 2021 1:46am
12th May 2021 1:46am
Tethered To Nether
Your mind's been assimilated and that's assassinated your will to be free
Cerebrally castrated and emasculated by what you constantly see on T.V.
Murder in the first degree without ubiety; deteriorating your inner strength
Causing your energy to quickly crossover into a different wavelength
Sending your consciousness into the abyss of the nether regions
No longer wanting to see reality through sobriety's visions
Making the decision that dissonance is as bliss as ignorance
Frustration's got you contemplating copulation as a defense
...
Cerebrally castrated and emasculated by what you constantly see on T.V.
Murder in the first degree without ubiety; deteriorating your inner strength
Causing your energy to quickly crossover into a different wavelength
Sending your consciousness into the abyss of the nether regions
No longer wanting to see reality through sobriety's visions
Making the decision that dissonance is as bliss as ignorance
Frustration's got you contemplating copulation as a defense
...
#LifeStruggles
#America
#Africa
#freedom
#StreamOfConsciousness
331 reads
3 Comments
PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
7th Apr 2021 10:05pm
7th Apr 2021 10:05pm
The Land Called Africa
Oh Lord, I want to go back where I’m from before my hair turns grey
Every day I think of my beautiful homeland that lies far away from here
I miss the foggy mountains, the wide rivers, and the sunny fields
My heart preserves the memories of the peaceful days of long ago
And someday I’ll return to the place of my origin, the land called Africa
Every day I think of my beautiful homeland that lies far away from here
I miss the foggy mountains, the wide rivers, and the sunny fields
My heart preserves the memories of the peaceful days of long ago
And someday I’ll return to the place of my origin, the land called Africa
#Africa
#river
#mountains #memories
#mountains #memories
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PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
2nd Feb 2021 7:37pm
2nd Feb 2021 7:37pm
My Views 4
You fools who are leading us do not know your heritage
Our forefathers fought to liberate themselves from forced labour
They killed the wicked slavers and burned down the Great Houses
You honour some of them as National Heroes for their bravery,
Yet you are preserving the Great Houses that they despised
The Great Houses belonged to the evil-minded British
You foolishly regard the heritage of white people as your own
This is the absolute garbage that you teach in your schools
You display instruments...
Our forefathers fought to liberate themselves from forced labour
They killed the wicked slavers and burned down the Great Houses
You honour some of them as National Heroes for their bravery,
Yet you are preserving the Great Houses that they despised
The Great Houses belonged to the evil-minded British
You foolishly regard the heritage of white people as your own
This is the absolute garbage that you teach in your schools
You display instruments...
#oppression
#politics
#evil
#Africa
#Britain
287 reads
0 Comments
summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
1st Nov 2020 10:15pm
1st Nov 2020 10:15pm
RAKTAKARABI~ BLOOD OLEANDERS: From My Congolese Times… Towards The Light Of Liberation
I am her ‘Madaame’ Of Everything
ingrained in her rarity flashing ivory smiles
to her ever red rising simmering eyeful suns
in delicate armours of tearful hanging glistens
that she unfallibly holds within the kohl
black lashes that yearns to touch
skyhigh liberating flights
Yet, mellowed down rustic
earthen tones of perseverance
she heavily bears forevermore
as weighing down destiny.. in those
simplistic mellowly beaming rays
she sprightly blooms with…
her vivacious pagne’s striking...
ingrained in her rarity flashing ivory smiles
to her ever red rising simmering eyeful suns
in delicate armours of tearful hanging glistens
that she unfallibly holds within the kohl
black lashes that yearns to touch
skyhigh liberating flights
Yet, mellowed down rustic
earthen tones of perseverance
she heavily bears forevermore
as weighing down destiny.. in those
simplistic mellowly beaming rays
she sprightly blooms with…
her vivacious pagne’s striking...
#Africa
#RabindranathTagore
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9 Comments
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