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Rhodesian Poetry
Compiled from various resources

Poems

Jenny Andre
Rhodesian Poetry Page

Pete Barlow
11th November 1965
African Rain Storm
African Saga
Another African Sunset
The Bay
The Bushveld
Cheetah
The City
City of Mauve
Daydreams
Feelings
Flame
Gwelo
Home
Kariba Birth
The Lake
Land
Leopard
Mapleleaf
Memories
A Vote for Peace
Norton
OH' My Country
Out There
The Pine Forest
Que Que
The River
Rhodesians
Rhodesian Scents
Rhodesian Sky
Sable
Seasons
Solitary Gnu
Solo 4x4 Tour
Thirst Land
Time
African Tranquillity
Treasure
Troupie Blues
The Majesty of the Rhodesian Trees
The Real Trust of a Friend
Under the Mountain"
The Valley
Water Weekend
Whenwe
Zambezi
Zampopo


Diane Bell
Africa


Dave Blacker
Reflections
B.S.A.P Centenary


Julie Blick
Fading


Sandy Botha
African Storm
Dads African Dream
Cape Town-My Adopted Home
Memories of War
Rhodesia My Home
Rhodesian Sky
Umtali So Brave
Zimbabwe Betrayed


Clive Cooke
A Mukiwa reflects on another time


R.H.P. Cornell
A Rhodesian Garden
Beautiful Rhodesia
Beitbridges and Strip Roads
Drought
Farm Days
Farm Lands
Flamboyant Time
Jacaranda Time
Mermaids Pool
Petrol Queues
Springtime in Rhodesia
Sunsets
Telephone Calls
The City of Flowering Trees
The End of the Way
The Lover's Lament
The Massacre At No. 27
The Msasas
The Raven
The Specials
The Specials ][
The Starlings
The Wild Birds
Time To Say Good-bye

Pam Crowther
9th August
ANZAC Day 2001
Cathy's Yellow Ribbon!
Don't let the world forget us
Face The African Sun
Flame Lily
Fields of Flame
Hear Zimbabwe
Hell By Another Name
Herbert
It's Time
Marandellas
No Tomorrow
Our Heritage
Pictures in the Paper
Please Stop Zimbabwe's Tears
The Rhodesian of old
Rhodesia's the Name
Smell the smoke - hear the drums!
Spinning Spiral
The Umtali Show - 1970
This silver circle
We left - Who's right?
We really should spend the night
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Zimbabwe's Rage

Richard Fenner
Elegy for a Despot
Late Rains
Night on Patrol
Remembrance Day

Michelle Frost
And I Wish You
Homeland

Samantha Gerrard
Victoria Falls
Spring at Cleveland Dam

Shaun Glover
To the Girl at The Dance


Stan (Mazambane) Glover
Longing for you
Never a Ex-Rhodie!
Where am I
The Elephant. (Indlovu)


Antony Hawkins
The Expedient Expendables


Lauren-Ann Hodgson
A land I have never known


Susan Jahme
African Night
Drought
Kariba
Poacher's Message
Tongues of Mbuya Nehanda
Victim of an African Regime
Wistful Ache for Africa
Withered Africa
Witch Doctor's Dance


Anita Jansz
Cry A Beloved Country....
A Rhodesian Sunrise


Sydney Lassman
Lonely Grave
The Selous Scouts
Our Land


Dennis Lewis-Enright
Africa - mother of my dreams
On the Matopos Hills
Sunset on the Zambezi
On memories of tastes and smells
Travels through my homeland
The call of my home


Ken Longshaw
Chair Faces West
Sunlight and the Moon

Chas Lotter, Pretoria, South Africa
Loneliness War
Thirst
A Winter Night in the Bush
Dusk
Farewell Party
Lament
Requiem


Neil Myers
The Hunted


Juliet Nickels
Guti
Too Close


Sam Partridge
The Last Call

Joyce Pretorius (nee Scrooby)
Gratitude
The Leopard


Jackie Snowdon
Beautiful World
Beira
Beit Bridge
Distant Memories
Insects Lament
My Land
Rhodesia
Zinbabwe IN Ruins


Robin Webb, Perth, Australia
Oh Africa
The Old Buffalo
Hey There Midnight Diner
Charge of the Rhinoceros
The Prowler
The No Good Fly


Roger Wilkinson
Victoria Falls


Michelle Wolhuter
In My Memory
Of a land

Others
Half a Century of Memories - by Renee
11th November
ghosts
The Dancer has Drummed
The Death of Rhodesia
From the Top of a Kopje - by IJG Gray
Rhodesia God's Country by Una Pinder
The Spoilt Cake
The Place where the Elephants die!
Thoughts of a Troopie by Russell MacDonald Drysdale (contributed by Pete Whitfield)
Hast thou known a real love  by James Honeybun (dec.)
Soul of Africa  by Sam Bands of Triangle
Lo Brudder Gamina by Hilda Richard from the book "Rhodesian Rhymes by T"
Our Zimbabwe by Avril