Poetry of Africa Africa Crowned with the golden Band of sand that is The Sahara. The Nile runs flowing Up her side. She is adorned with Diamond beaches, Gold mines, Silver;  Yet scarred by the Evil arrow of poverty. by Abby Bonnevie ************************ Africa The birthplace of humankind With rivers that flow Through its vast plateaus So much land With so much beauty So many new things to be uncovered Mount Kilimanjaro, the Zambezi River Teaming with life Savannas with black and white Chased by yellow and orange Beautiful valleys and sights In Africa Will the River Valley split? Will the tsetse flies die out? Will people learn to live with drought? Malaria, yellow fever, AIDS, Can Africa ever get the treatment Or find the cure? Overgrazing, poverty, locusts Can people in Africa Feed their families Or themselves? Without perseverance And hope, Where would Africa be? by Miranda McNamara ****************************** Africa Beautiful Land of promise Gold, cocoa, rubber We need Africa’s Resources. Tourism. The pyramids Are teeth.  The rivers, The Nile Are collections Of its tears. So many Bad tears And happy tears Africa. I am Africa I am the Nile. I am Kilimanjaro I am the beautiful land I am a mandatory merchant I am the home To tears bleeding with history I am the Sahara I am the trees I am the animals And the people. I am the land Of promise. by Colby Allred *************************** Africa, you are shaped like a skull With a big, pointy nose That dips into the Indian Ocean. With a mouth that’s ready to swallow Madagascar. Your chin is South Africa And your ear is Nigeria. by Evan Campbell **************************  I am Mt. Kilimanjaro Nothing stands higher than I. From my peak I can see The many wonders of Africa. The beauty and the splendor Of the Great Rift Valley, The Nile River, a great, swift snake, Coursing through Egypt and Sudan, Halting in the powerful Aswan Dam. I behold the great, green, marvelous Band of rainforest And the grasslands are alive with animals. I am the seer of them all. by Anna Dedon