SAND STORM

Ibrahim "dreezy" IdrisSeptember 11, 2020

SAND STORM written by: Ibrahim "dreezy" Idris   I'll write you memoir of horror Then bury it in a dusty haze As I recount my lifetime as untraceable...

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Joy Rides, At Whose Cost?

Hema RaviSeptember 3, 2020

Joy Rides, At Whose Cost? written by: Hema Ravi   Energy saving cars have come Fossil-fuel cars to exit Toxins passed on to foreign soils Is thi...

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Leopard

Stanley WilkinAugust 19, 2020

Leopard written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk   I The mountain squatted before him Pinned down by clouds, Its jagged fingers tearing at the sky...

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Telling An African Story

Bernard Ebenezer EssagaAugust 5, 2020

Telling An African Story written by: Bernard Ebenezer Essaga   Telling an African story Is to narrate the past times, Of which peace and pride const...

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Laughing Africa

Eve DobbinsJuly 18, 2020

Laughing Africa written by: Eve Dobbins   We know that Africa is not a camera and that the continent cannot steal someone’s soul but we know that word...

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A Letter to Nanna

Mounia MnouerJune 10, 2020

A Letter to Nanna: my grandmother who died the year I was born written by: Mounia Mnouer   Dear Nanna, I never met you. I never hugged you. My fathe...

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Kissing Teeth

Nick GerrardMay 27, 2020

Kissing Teeth written by: Nick Gerrard   Mandala walked home along the shore, his bare feet tickling the lap of the gentle waves. The sun still stood ...

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Our African Grandmother

Vineetha MekkothMay 6, 2020

Our African Grandmother written by: Vineetha Mekkoth   This teacup of mine, I like It’s black with a red inside I love to pour my tea and watch the ...

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Humanity’s Common Enemy

Androvish Berrian alias Poetic PhilosopherApril 30, 2020

Humanity's Common Enemy written by: Androvish Berrian   The news came so sudden, who would have believed that a common enemy would rise up to threaten s...

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The Indigenous Stranger

Mounia MnouerApril 21, 2020

The Indigenous Stranger written by: Mounia Mnouer   When you want to breathe, but can’t find your breath When you want to smile, but can’t find your mu...

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Free Verse 2

Mubangizi EmmyApril 15, 2020

Free Verse 2 written by: Mubangizi Emmy   The songs we sang in the rain The cold green hills The hailstorm The dust and the seasons The herd and flo...

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The Dilemma of an African Child

Eduardo De BoscoMarch 28, 2020

The Dilemma of an African Child written by: Eduardo de Bosco   - You want to know me ? I am kissed by poverty at birth Our golden sun produces gol...

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M.A.L.A.W.I.

Gertrude KadzuwaMarch 25, 2020

M.A.L.A.W.I. written by: Gertrude Kadzuwa   You are a Marble of peace An attitude of resilience the contrariness, harmony’s Backbone of harmony neve...

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Children of Sankara

Mbizo ChirashaMarch 20, 2020

Children of Sankara written by: Mbizo Chirasha   Children of Sankara! Bathing in the river of salt, poetry, and song Beautiful children of a fat revo...

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