African Pirates Poem by Alf Hutchison
African Pirates
Freedom fighter or terrorist? Depends whose side you’re on,
Africa’s ‘freedom fighters’… proud pirates everyone,
No freedom was ever gained for Black folk’s kith or kin,
Their fight was not for liberty, but to loot now from within.
Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Africa’s pirate supreme,
Thieving and plundering are his passions it would seem;
But in this act he’s not alone, for Grace is worse by far,
They aught now both to be rolled, in feathers and hot tar,
Nestle buys their tainted milk from Grace’s stolen farm,
But a Nestle spokesman says “We are doing you no harm”
Millions of protestors will never eat their produce again,
Tainted now forever more, by Grace’s shame and pain.
Whilst pirates in Somalia, wreck havoc on high seas,
Grace Mugabe sets her sails, to tramp on whom she please,
Africa, land of black pirates, from Suez to Cape Town,
Their thirst for ill-gained riches, is truely world renown.
There is not one place in Africa, that is free of piracy,
From the great Sahara desert to the azure warm Indian Sea,
With license now to plunder, these swashbucklers everyone,
Are destined to destroy our Africa …our paradise in the sun.
We have to go to the basics my friend. There is a saying in Sanskrit. 'Yathaa Rajaa thathaa prajaa' which means the way a King behaves the save way his people do behave. If the king is bad, greedy and selfish, so will be the people. If the rulers are corrupt people also become corrupt.Unlike the British where the King/Queen is considered as the 'fountainhead' of justice, in India the ancient kings considered the 'Dharma Sashtra' or the moral code as the fountainhead of justic.. and the kings were never immune to prosecution........we need to change. If people change, the rulers change.
We have to go to the basics my friend. There is a saying in Sanskrit. 'Yathaa Rajaa thathaa prajaa' which means the way a King behaves the same way his people too do behave. If the king is bad, greedy and selfish, so will be the people. If the rulers are corrupt people also become corrupt.Unlike the British Royal Writ where the King/Queen is considered as the 'fountainhead' of justice, in India the ancient kings considered the 'Dharma Sashtra' or the moral code as the fountainhead of justic.. and the kings were never immune to prosecution........we need to change. If people change, the rulers change.
We have to go to the basics my friend. There is a saying in Sanskrit. 'Yathaa Rajaa thathaa prajaa' which means the way a King behaves the same way his people too do behave. If the king is bad, greedy and selfish, so will be the people. If the rulers are corrupt people also become corrupt.Unlike the British Royal Writ where the King/Queen is considered as the 'fountainhead' of justice, in India the ancient kings considered the 'Dharma Sashtra' or the moral code as the fountainhead of justic.. and the kings were never immune to prosecution........we need to change. If people change, the rulers change.
I like your passion in expressing those words, which are no further than the truth, and it is so that there are thieves and plunderers who claim to have the interest of freedom.
Loved it, absolutely brilliant. Easy to read, which is not a bad thing. 10/10 for this.
This is a nice poem. It gives you something to think about.
your poem is interesting and wonderful.....but it is not good to badmouth the president of your country....even if he is a pirate as you said.......this is my point of view......otherwise your poem is perfect and you are right we have to help our africa.....all of us....even if our presidents are not helpful....thanks for sharing your poems with us.....keep writing
A thought provoking write. written with shear passion. thanks for sharing the contemporary issues of Africa through poetry.
What better way to get a heartfelt political message across than through poetry. A provocative and affecting piece. S :)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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We have to go to the basics my friend. There is a saying in Sanskrit. 'Yathaa Rajaa thathaa prajaa' which means the way a King behaves the save way his people do behave. If the king is bad, greedy and selfish, so will be the people. If the rulers are corrupt people also become corrupt.Unlike the British where the King/Queen is considered as the 'fountainhead' of justice, in India the ancient kings considered the 'Dharma Sashtra' or the moral code as the fountainhead of justic.. and the kings were never immune to prosecution........we need to change. If people change, the rulers change.