Rate:0.0 / 0 votes

African Blood

Damião Quilulo Jorge 2003 (Luanda)

Free verse
Root fighter
pain experiencer
And shattered dreams
warrior by nature
Honest for your experience
oh African blood
Guide me to my ancestors
And free me from this torment of life
And these badly broken seals
Oh African blood your sadness
It's my biggest misfortune
oh African blood
I am not guilty of being your blood heir
But yes, just proud to be called an African
Oh African blood your name generates history
And your past remembers memories
Oh African blood come and free me from this poverty
Because I'm proud of your purity.

About this poem

I wrote this poem about African blood, due to the pride that Africans feel for being African and with an origin full of history and culture.

Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Written on May 12, 2021

Submitted by elizeujorge10 on July 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

28 sec read
0

Quick analysis:

Scheme aabacDefghiDjiklkk
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 527
Words 93
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Full analysis for African Blood »

Damião Quilulo Jorge

I'm from Angola and I've always liked to write poetry since I was a child because when writing poetry I felt more and more free and passionate about the world of literature, and I live with my country and my brothers and I'm a nursing student, and I always enjoy to write poetry and even novels. more…

All Damião Quilulo Jorge poems | Damião Quilulo Jorge Books

1 fan

Discuss the poem African Blood with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "African Blood" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/133140/african-blood>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    2
    days
    20
    hours
    53
    minutes
    136 entries submitted — 14 remaining

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Our awesome collection of

    Promoted Poems

    »

    Browse Poetry.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    "It's neither red nor sweet. It doesn't melt or turn over, break or harden, so it can't feel pain."
    A Billy Collins
    B Rita Dove
    C Anne Sexton
    D Marianne Moore