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Index of Poems. See also Index of Authors

 

A

Abandoned Mother
Solomon Daniel Kamara

Advice
Dennis Tamba Essequi

Africa
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

The African Family
John E. Kargboson Cole

The Africans A'coming!
Madani Barrie

Africa's Greatest Problem
Haroun Rashid Koroma

Africa My Dear Africa
Roland Marke

Africa My Motherland
Abdul Wahab Seisay

Africana Drumbeat
Roland Marke

Agape Gap
Osman Kamara

Alien Objects  
Claudia Anthony

Alternative Thinking
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Ancestral Palm Tree
Roland Marke

Anger
Fatu Forna

Arise!!!
Solomon Daniel Kamara

At the Bottom of the River
Amara Momoh

At Forty-Two
Maada Joe-sai Squire

Athens of Africa
Prince Hycy Bull

Awujoh in Freetown
Prince Hycy Bull

B

Barbarians at the Gate
Ibsas Bangura

Batmot
Roland Marke

Beautiful Sierra Leone
Abdulai Sheriff

Before I Die
Amara Momoh

Behteh
Osman Kamara

Being & Becoming
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

Bepalmed
Mark T. Jones

Betrayal
Dennis Tamba Essequi

Betrayal
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

BA Birth - Brookfields Stadium
Mark T. Jones

Bleeding Tears
Solomon Daniel Kamara

Blood
Amara Momoh

Blood Diamonds
Roland Marke

Bloody Diamonds
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

Bloody Reality
Solomon Daniel Kamara

Bloodline
Roland Marke

Blow; Flow and Grow...
Askia 'Med Hassan

Bo of THEPEOPLE
Ambrose Massaquoi

Bomb in the Ballot Box!!!!!!!!!!!!
Solomon Daniel Kamara

Brave Lion Mountain
Roland Marke

The Brick Layers
Josaya Bangali

Britain
John E. Kargboson Cole

Broken Dreams
Samuella Conteh

Bunce Island
Roland Marke

Butchery of the Innocent Child
Solomon Daniel Kamara

C

Call Me a Dreamer
Roland Marke

The Camp - Sierra Leone 2000
Mark T. Jones

Cassava
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Casting the Die
Claudia Anthony

Causes of Love
Stephen Tamba Fomba

Celebrated Anarchies
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

Ceremonial Gathering
Amara Momoh

Cheating on the Poor
Komba Sam-Sumana

Christmas
Bassie Basil Samura

Civil War
Amara Momoh

Closed Doors
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Cokorioko
Roland Marke

Come
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

Come Clean the City
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Coming and Going
Karamoh Kabba

The Commentator
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

The Confession
Claudia Anthony 

The Cotton Tree
Umaru Fofana

The Course of Time
Daniel Sahr Kenewa

Crisis
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Curse God and Die
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell 

Cry Not My Love
Madani Barrie

D

The Dame
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Darkness in Heaven
Maada Joe-sai Squire

A Day at a Time
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Dear Friend
Nata Olatunji Taylor

Defining Revolution in My Country
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell 

Democracy
Roland Marke

Diamond
Abdulai Sheriff

A Dirge for Mongo Beti
Ernest Cole

Disappointing Hope / Missing Dad
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Diversity With a Human Face
John Donaldson Sesay

The Dog, the Fly and the Vulture at Dinner
Claudia Anthony

Double Speakers
Daniel Sahr Kenewa

Dreams
Maada Joe-sai Squire

Dreams
Samuella Conteh

E

Earth-Warming Blues
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

Ebony Woman
Bassie Basil Samura

Eight Forty-Six, Nine-Eleven
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

The Election
Rashid Dumbuya 

Elections
Festus M. Lansana

Elections
Gbondeima Gbondo

Elections
Lansana P. Mansaray

Elegy
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell 

Elegy: For the Dead in Mass Graves
Josaya Bangali

Elegy: For Kinsmen Killed Away From Home
Josaya Bangali

En You Ge De Voice
Ambrose Massaquoi

The End of Pain
Josaya Bangali

Enough is Enough
Roland Marke

European Union
Komba Williams

Everything for Everything
Daniel Sahr Kenewa

The Exam
Ibrahim Bangura

F

Face the World
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Farm on Fire
Claudia Anthony

Fat Cat
Fatu Forna

Father to Son
Alex R. Dove Bangura

Fear No More the Sound of the Gun
Boima S. M. Moriba

Feeling the Unknown
Ibrahim Bangura

The Fiendish Imp
Ibrahim Bangura

A Flower That Never Bloomed
Kim Varzi

Food for Thought
Ibsas Bangura

For Lansana
Cindy Lalonde

Frailty
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Freedom
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Freetown
Wissam Hissi 

Friends of Sierra Leone
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

From Rain to Rain
Karamoh Kabba

Funk in Freetown
Ambrose Massaquoi

G

Gang of Bandits
Claudia Anthony 

Genius's Hand
Roland Marke

The Gift of Life
Roland Marke

gods! gods! gods!
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

The Gold
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

The Gongoli
Amara Momoh

A Grand Finale
Bassie Basil Samura

Greener Pastures
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

Guns, Man and Death
Umaru Fofana

H

Happiness
Mariatu Kargbo

Happy New Year Mi Nor Die Oh!
Karamoh Kabba

Have Seen It All
Ibrahim Bangura

He and She
Josaya Bangali

Hear Them All
Nata Olatunji Taylor

The Heart Beats of a Husband
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

The Heroic Canine
Karamoh Kabba

Heroine in My Life
Roland Marke

Her Story
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

History
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Humanity
Ernest Cole

I

I Cannot
Amara Momoh

I Got the Blues
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

I May Have Lost My Hand, But Have I Lost My Soul????
Kim Varzi

I Pray
Fatu Forna

I See Your Tears
Abdulai Sheriff

I Wish For You
Bassie Basil Samura

If God Should Come
Nicholas Bamikeh Godwin

If Only...
Alex R. Dove Bangura

The Impossibility to Believe
Alex R. Dove Bangura

In the Wake of the Pandemonium
Karamoh Kabba

In the Waters of Salone
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

In Your Absence
Amara Momoh

Inevitability
Daniel Sahr Kenewa

Initialdom
Mark T. Jones

International Shame
Solomon Daniel Kamara

It Flows With It
Sheka Kamara Jr.

It is Over
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

J

Jomo Kenyatta
John E. Kargboson Cole

The Journey
Askia 'Med Hassan

Just It!! My Computer
Osman Kamara

K

Keep On Pressing
Nicholas Bamikeh Godwin

King Jimmy Steps
Prince Hycy Bull

Kingharman Road Girl
Mark T. Jones

Kpata Kpata
Moses Kainwo

Kwameh Nkrumah
John E. Kargboson Cole

L

Lasting Peace
Roland Marke

Laughing Drums
David Amadu

The Leaf
Josaya Bangali

The Lesser Evil
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Let It Go
Ibrahim Bangura

Life
Francess Williams

Life & The Living
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

Life in the City
Daniel Sahr Kenewa

Life's Diurnal Course
Ernest Cole

Lion Heart
Abdulai Sheriff

A Little Prayer
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

The Lonely College
Maada Joe-sai Squire

The Lost Sibship
Karamoh Kabba

Love Me for Me
Ibsas Bangura

Luv Always
Nata Olatunji Taylor

M

A Maiden's Advice
Maada Joe-sai Squire

Mankind's Failing Pursuit
James Kabia

Marriage
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Masquerade
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

May 25
Maada Joe-sai Squire

Memorial Day Tribute to Sierra Leone
Aiah Fanday

Memories of the Train to Port Loko
Mark T. Jones

Message From Home
Amara Momoh

Message to Kongosa
Prince Hycy Bull

Millennial Hypocrisy
Solomon Daniel Kamara

My Alma Mater
John Donaldson Sesay

My Child From a Stranger
Claudia Anthony

My City
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

My Dear Mama
Amara Momoh

My Definition of Love (Not)
Francess Williams

My Democratic Pie
Alex R. Dove Bangura

My Eskimo Blanket
Ibrahim Bangura

My Mother
Franklyn Coomber

My Mother Does Not Know...
Osman Sankoh (Mallam O.)

My Nubian Queen
Ibrahim Bangura

My Old Freetown
Wissam Hissi 

My Own Man
Ibrahim Bangura

My Prayer
Fatu Forna

My Question
Abdulai Sheriff

My Solitary Me
Karamoh Kabba

My Trial
Ibrahim Bangura

My Sacred Ballot
Roland Marke

My Venerable Guest
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

N

National Crisis
Ibrahim Bangura

A National Miscarriage!
Solomon Daniel Kamara

Nelson Mandela
Roland Marke

New Day
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

News of My Father's Death
Amara Momoh

Nightshift Workers
Ernest Cole

No Beautiful Woman
Ambrose Massaquoi

No Peace This Side of Paradise
Alex R. Dove Bangura

Nostalgia
Haroun Rashid Koroma

Nuptial Song
Bassie Basil Samura

O

O What a Life
Nicholas Bamikeh Godwin

Ode to Truth
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

Ode to an Unworthy Suitor
Mark T. Jones

Of Africa and Africans
Ade Daramy

Of Earthquakes and Snowflakes
Jo Skelt

Of My Longing to Build Bridges
Jo Skelt

Of Windows and Shadows
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell 

On the Prospect of King Jimmy Market
Mark T. Jones

On a Sad Note
Bandamoi Totangi

One Reason to Live
Claudia Anthony

The Oppresser
Karamoh Kabba

Orphaned
Claudia Anthony

Other Beginnings
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Our Friendship Matters to Me
Francess Williams

Our People
Ana-Delmar Pachanga

P

Paradise Wasted
Alex R. Dove Bangura

Parliament House
Josaya Bangali

Parrot's Beak
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

Patient Love
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Patriotism
Maada Joe-sai Squire

Pee Kin Soja
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

The Pilgrimage
Claudia Anthony

The Plague Advances
Ambrose Massaquoi

Plight
Boi-Lucia Gbaya

Poetic Illusions: Nature's Designs
Askia 'Med Hassan

Poverty Amidst Gold and Diamonds
Karamoh Kabba

The Power of Love
Fatu Forna

The Problem with Peace Education
Jo Skelt

A Promise
Fatu Forna

Protocol
Mark T. Jones

The Pumellers
Ibrahim Bangura

R

The Race
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

The Rainy Season
Ernest Cole

Random Thoughts
Hagar-Mae Godwin

The Rape of the Virgin (An Ode to Sierra Leone)
Solomon Daniel Kamara

Ravage Nation
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Realities
Dennis Tamba Essequi

Reality
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Refugee
Ibsas Bangura

The Refugee
Claudia Anthony

Refugee Woman
Umu K. Tejan-Jalloh

Refugee Woman
Abdulai Sheriff

Rejuvinate Me
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell 

Reluctant
Osman Kamara

Rendevous
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Requiem for Ayp Mo
Jo Skelt

The Road to My Story
Amara Momoh

The Roaming Wanderer
Franklyn Coomber

Rumours of War
Claudia Anthony

Running Into Nothing
Ibrahim Bangura

S

Sa Lone
Ibsas Bangura

The Scars of War
Franklyn Coomber

The Searching Searcher
Ibrahim Bangura

Second Negroes in the Diaspora
Karamoh Kabba

Senses of Sierra Leone
Lisa Rackstraw

Seven By Thirteen
Crispin Cole

Sick Land
Josaya Bangali

Sierra Leone – A Poetic Tale
Hagar-Mae Godwin

Sierra Leone - An Abridged Political Time Line
Hagar-Mae Godwin

Sierra Leone: Forgive
Stephen Tamba Fomba

Sierra Leoneans Unite
Roland Marke

Silence
Aisha Massaquoi

Sleepless in America
Ambrose Massaquoi

So Dark!
Ernest Cole

So: My Love
Stephen Tamba Fomba

Soaked Bat
Abdulai Sheriff

The Song of a Sheep
Moses Kainwo

Song of Sorrow
Abdulai Sheriff

Sons of the Cotton Tree
Mark T. Jones

Sorry
Stephen Tamba Fomba

A Soul for All Religions
Alex R. Dove Bangura

Souls and Spirits
Karamoh Kabba

Spring
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Statistics
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

The Storm
Karamoh Kabba

Stranded
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Stranger in My Own Life
Ibsas Bangura

Summer
Maada Joe-sai Squire

Sun Love
Tichaona Chinyelu 

Sung for Jonah
Ambrose Massaquoi

Sweet Sa Lone
Mohamed Gbow Sherriff

The Symbol and Me
Amara Momoh

T

Tables Able
Osman Kamara

Teach Not War
Alex R. Dove Bangura

Teachers
Dennis Tamba Essequi

Teachers' Voice
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

Tears of the Den
Karamoh Kabba

Temptation
Ambrose Massaquoi

Ten Limmericks
Nicholas Bamikeh Godwin

Thank You
Stephen Tamba Fomba

These Barbarians
Jo Skelt

These Times of Anguish...
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

The Things
Ana-Delmar Pachanga

This Game
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

This Poem
Abdulai Sheriff

This Season's Harvest
Mohammed Lamin Mansaray

This Time...
Aisha Massaquoi

To a Dying Land (Sierra Leone)
Ernest Cole

Together in Love
Aiah Fanday

Tomorrow Shall Be a Better Day
Bassie Basil Samura

The Torch Bearers
Josaya Bangali

Treason
Bassie Basil Samura

Tsunami
Samuella Conteh

Turning Point
Fatu Forna

Twilight
Roland Marke

U

Umu's Passage
Solomon Brima

The Un-get-at-able Land
Ibrahim Bangura

Unique Africa
Hagar-Mae Godwin

Unpleasant Sounding
Osman Kamara

Untitled
Kaira Jawaneh 

Untitled
Tichaona Chinyelu 

V

Vanity
Sahr Emmanuel Siaffa

Variations in a Race
Osman Kamara

Victor
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Violence in Silence
Roland Marke

a visit to goree island
Moses Kainwo

Volcano
Karamoh Kabba

W

Waiting
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

Wake Up Africa!!! "Who Am I?"
Aisha Massaquoi

The War is Over
Abdulai Sheriff

War No More Children of the Lion Mountains
Alex R. Dove Bangura

War of Dogs and Men
Samuella Conteh

We Are One
Ibsas Bangura

We Come
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

We Dance
Amara Momoh

We Light Our Fires in the Village
Ambrose Massaquoi

We No Longer Write Poems in Camera
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell 

Weep Not Sister
Abdulai Sheriff

What About That Love?
Osman Kamara

What a Beautiful Sierra Leone
Madani Barrie

What a World?
Abdul Salam Bangura

What is Love?
Francess Williams

When a Creeping Potato Responds to a Standing Cassava
Osman Sankoh (Mallam O.)

When the Clouds Become Too Thick
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell 

Whether it Is Really Gender That Matters
Jo Skelt

Why?
Fatu Forna

Why Did You Do This?
Stephen Yaya Mansaray

The Wisdom of Our Sanctity
Askia 'Med Hassan

Woman
Mohamed Salaam Kamara

A Woman's Dilemma
Tichaona Chinyelu 

The Wretched of the Earth
Ernest Cole

Y

You and I
Abdulai Sheriff

You Are Mine
Dennis Tamba Essequi

Your Laughter Is Yourself
Bassie Basil Samura

Your Love Scares Me
Ambrose Massaquoi