Berg

River Nile,
River Niger,
River Congo and,
The Orange River of Africa!
How can you bring me closer to my lover?
For i am now lost in the bush of love;
And like Berg in the land of many sorrows.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Pharsalia - Book X: Caesar In Egypt

When Caesar, following those who bore the head,
First trod the shore accursed, with Egypt's fates
His fortunes battled, whether Rome should pass
In crimson conquest o'er the guilty land,
Or Memphis' arms should ravish from the world
Victor and vanquished: and the warning shade
Of Magnus saved his kinsman from the sword.

First, by the crime assured, his standards borne
Before, he marched upon the Pharian town;
But when the people, jealous of their laws,
Murmured against the fasces, Caesar knew
Their minds were adverse, and that not for him
Was Magnus' murder wrought. And yet with brow
Dissembling fear, intrepid, through the shrines
Of Egypt's gods he strode, and round the fane
Of ancient Isis; bearing witness all
To Macedon's vigour in the days of old.
Yet did nor gold nor ornament restrain
His hasting steps, nor worship of the gods,

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poem by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
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Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants.

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The Red Corn Field!

Red Valley,
Red Nile,
Red sand,
Red Mountain,
And the Red Corn Field!
Of the muse of life,
Like the peace of my mind;
But, with troubles all over this field! !
However, let us all seek for peace with each other.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Cookie Crumbs

Cookies will save the world.
Cookies have saved the world.

Thirteen of them landed on the moon
They called them the Apollo 13 of cookies

Chocolate Chip built the pyramids
And Macadamia painted the Sistine Chapel

The Nile runs with milk
Because the sun is an Oreo
And the sun is the Nile's favorite
Favorite cookie

Superman defeated no one
Super Sugar Cookie did all that

Double Chocolate Jackie Robinson
Was the first Afro-American to play baseball in the majors

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poem by Tsunami HiroshiSu
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What About Livingstone

Went to buy me a paper at the local news-stand
And then I heard them laugh and say
Look, theyre gonna go flying way up to the moon now
Hey, whats it good for anyway?
So I said
Fellas, like to ask you a thing if I may
What about livingstone?
What about all those men?
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
Tell me, wasnt it worth the while
Travelling up the nile
Putting themselves on test
Didnt that help the rest?
Wasnt it worth it then?
What about livingstone?
And all of those fellas at the local news-stand
Didnt know what to answer or what to say
So I told them about him, that he was just like
One of those spacemen in his way
And if you laugh at them

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blue Lotus

Beloved:
My blue lotus of the Nile;
With petals ever opening
Vibrant, ever beautiful
Sustained by faith
Nourished by love
Ever present in my heart
I love you

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poem by Ray Lucero
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Heart Is Like A River

My heart is like a river Flowing like the river nile
So many things flow in there
And there are many things to grow there
That blows my mind very much
My taught is like a fish in the river
My heart is deep like a river.

poem by Segun Odukoya
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The Nile

Out of the unknown South,
Through the dark lands of drouth,
Far wanders ancient Nile in slumber gliding:
Clear-mirrored in his dream
The deeds that haunt his stream
Flash out and fade like stars in midnight sliding.
Long since, before the life of man
Rose from among the lives that creep,
With Time's own tide began
That still mysterious sleep,
Only to cease when Time shall reach the eternal deep.

From out his vision vast
The early gods have passed,
They waned and perished with the faith that made them;
The long phantasmal line
Of Pharaohs crowned divine
Are dust among the dust that once obeyed them.
Their land is one mute burial mound,
Save when across the drifted years

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Help The Nile-Crocodile Survive

Eating in a new restaurant where the chips were
sprinkled with spices; I should have sent it back,
but I didn’t; now another sleepless night with my
back and neck in a terrible knot, stomach burning
and my head stuffed with cotton; with cold spells
and fevers; it is the very last time I eat what I’m
offered with strange condiments; in future I’ll refuse,
not caring about offending; given the corporeal
punishment inflicted by food - I feel like dying

I am so tired; the Nile-Crocodile is reduced to
primitive reptilian survival; the Ice-Princess is
crying all life is vain; Cinderella is writhing in pain,
Alice has been changed into a prototype Quasimodo;
maybe the stuff that I eat shuts off part of my brain –
I can’t even do any addition; at school I was branded
a fool; at varsity I was the local dunce; every test
taken under allergic conditions and I never knew
I thought life was supposed to be this painful

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poem by Margaret Alice
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Thinks - Sphinx?

Yes but has anyone tested it lately?
(Or Him. Or Her?)

Well, wouldn’t you get fed up?
You’ve sat there, haunched,
for tens of thousands of years,
all your friends have long ago gone
to that place you could tell tourists about
if they only asked

but no, they take photographs of you
or pay over the odds for them,
make silly rude comments
about your missing nose,

concoct theories about the Pyramids,
eat fast food, Nile style, which goes through fast,
and you’ve waited all that time
for even a half-decent question
which could pass on the wisdom of ages,

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The Crocodile

How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!

poem by Lewis Carroll
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Strewth

You're joking
our Agapanthus
is also called
The Lily Of The Nile
next thing you'll be telling me
bashing a few Indian students
and bunging on a bit
about what'shisname
that Mexican director fellow
youknow the cartoonist's delight
is racist.

poem by Vince Gullaci
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By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student of early culture proposing that the crude contemporary art of the early Babylonians is the product of a civilization earlier than that of the Nile.

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The Snake, The Fire and The Baby

Snake, the baby’s friend;
Fire the baby’s enemy
How the snake become baby’s friend
How the fire become baby’s enemy.

In one cold morning in the Nile valley
The mother put her baby beside the fire to get warm
And went to work on the farm.

The snake came, bitten the baby’s hand
Flinches, hide under log of firewood
The baby cried shrilly
The mother heard it, came and saw it hand bleeding
“Oouw, what hurt your hand? Mine! Mine!
“Fire! Mama! ” The baby answered
.The mother hipped her baby, went to healer

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poem by David Aoloch Bion
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Saved You A Miracle Smile

if your ever sad or blue
please get back to me
I will see what I can do
to set your smile free

a sincere pleasant smile is a Style
my best smile is saved entirely for you
a romantic river ride down the fabled Nile
to ensure all your many dreams come true

poem by Terence George Craddock
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Gone by the Wind

Tell me who will wake
Up the sleeping ancestors
For the past had taken
Time, space, and replaced
As a new cell,
Tell me who will make Nile
Back to Victoria
And not to Mediterranean
He will, not, but, envy
Current, presence of grace!
The past is gone
By the wind, Amen.

poem by Charles Jagongo Ogola
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Albrecht

Your love to me is like the research of the Nile,
And like the expectations of the red sea!
But i am always like the palm trees around you.
Albrecht is your name and i want to know more about you,
And like a tree and its roots;
For i have the flowers of love in my hand.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Mystery Woman

Curves like an hourglass
hair as soft as silk
eyes as deep as the pacific
lovely legs as long as the Nile

The intelligences of a scholar
the voice of a siren
the soul of a poet
a perverted sense of humor

The perfect woman
unreachable by the average man
a dream
a fantasy

A mystery

poem by Kaysen Fraker
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Smile, a priceless Valentine Gift

Smile is gentle breeze on parting lips
Smile is not just a quiver but an unfolding flower
Smile is ageless and never loses its beauty
Smile is expression of heart
Smile is a poem expressed without words
Smile is priceless Valentine gift
Nile has its blue and smile always has its love

poem by Kavin Charalan
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