Is Africa your Africa ?



Will Africa be great again?

Out of the ashes from the yester years,
Arose sons and daughters of the former slaves,
Proud sons and daughters.
Industrious, zealous and patriotic offsprings.
Who pioneered the independence of African states.
Mighty men of valor, strong women of virtue,
Who believed in the African dream.

Those days have gone yonder,
And a new era has come upon us.
The fire lit in our hearts has been
quenched by greed, pride and lust.
And the baton handed over to us forsaken,
In pursuit of the American dream;
The modern day slavery.

Ohh cursed unworthy sons of Africa,
That look but can not see.
That hear but can not understand.
Written on the wall,
Speaking through the wind;
Ineligible, faint voices of our ancestors.
Asking," will Africa be great again" ?

About this poem

This poem is about Africa been forsaken by her sons and daughters in search of greener pastures. They have refused to water the grass at their home or live the African dream but enjoys the American dream. It is a call of awareness to be a patriotic African.

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Written on October 21, 2022

Submitted by michaelokonkwom on October 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A BXCBXXD XXXXXDE XEXXXCA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 779
Words 158
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 7, 7, 7

Michael odinaka okonkwo

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