#africa poems - Hello Poetry

#africa poems

304 poems containing #africa

Sort

African WomanAfrican woman / Mother of civilization. / Oh beautiful woman, / Thou are beyond description. / Afric

@Vanguard-Poetry23124

36.1k

Africaour destination is the journey / edged with culture / curved with meticulous attention / infested wi

21.6k

black eyes & silent sighsWent to my magwinya lady today, / she's contained at the canteens on north campus, / As she rose up

16.6k

gym(haiku)up down thirteen up / down fourteen up down sixteen / up down up down down

15.5k

XenophobiaNarrow minds plague our streets / Ignorant views and empty arguments / Hearts filled with hatred for

13.2k

The Spirit Of UbuntuLost is the African pride / Gone are those who could ride the tide / Left are those who drown beneat

12.7k

HomelandI travelled to the homeland / to reconcile with my past. / I flew over miles of identities / to find

@betweenthelines5

11.5k

Africa, oh AfricaAfrica, Oh Africa! / Africa, Oh Africa! / My Motherland, / Why not take pride / in who you are? / Wh

@constance-van-niekerk75

9.6k

THIS IS NIGERIA!!!-This is Nigeria, / Where Cattle’s fly their terrorism flag, / Stumping on humtydumpty green white g

9.3k

The Peak Of SuccessThe Peak of Success / The reason / My professor loved me / So much, / I thought there was / Somethin

8.9k

ATANGA’S GRANDPA’S LAST ADVICEEPILOGUE: / When wisdom fills the old calabash, / It overflows and seeps in / The sun dries it to be

@amoafowaa-sefa-cecilia217

8.9k

We are Proud Transgender People (a poem by a trans refugee)We are who we are / We love who love us / We love who hate us / We love our Gender / Call us Girls /

@etherealtherapy111

8.8k

Speak African child.Speak African child, speak. for you poses a mouth that heals nations. It is in thine voice in the vi

8.8k

Six years a nightMr *Jonah* was sent to Nineveh / He head out but took a detour / Now in the belly of the beast. / Mr

8.3k

WolkeKyk! Kan jy dit sien?! Dis wolke. / Dis waar! Dit is gemaak uit spoke. / Mamma roep ons, lyk soos ko

8.1k

"Emerging Economies"Emerging economies. / What they’re emerging from I don’t know. / My guess, the depths of hell. / Fro

7.2k

SOUTH AFRICA - POST APARTHEIDFor 21 days I saw changes wrought / by the freedom of 22 years / Secrets of razor wire straight and

@gwen-davis-feldman39

7k

June 16th.Home is where the heart is but the heart is a broken place. / I hate / how loud I must barely scream

@tawandamulalu58

6.8k

Every African knows JesusThe day I opened a Bible was a tale of two cities, / The best and the worst of times, / I could no l

6.4k

Unfollow MeTo those who protest on why they should say the word Nigga / Unfollow me / To those whose heart does

6k

FORSYTHin this world / the drums of scrap / steps leading / CIA man nodded / neutralize it. / *"So we under

@david-john-mowers16

5.9k

Ebola in MotionThe bleeding has no bias / From the Congo to Dallas / The days of waiting, the Fever-soar / The Afri

5.4k

Africa rise upSometimes its a shame to be black / We claim we're in it together / But the unity we lack / We belit

5.2k

SardinesOur eyes filled with wonder / Our minds twisted in change / Much like hobbits going afar / Then retu

4.6k

Today's ClassicLeonard Nimoy

Hello PoetryVoting