The third in a series of six poems, this poem is set a year later than the second poem (see also part one for the background).
Treat the coming scene with seriousness and respect,
if it be unworthy of your dignity and respect, reject it.
Oral Poetry from Africa
Filed Under: Protest & Satirical Poems
Filed Under: Protest & Satirical Poems
Filed Under: Protest & Satirical Poems
Filed Under: Survival Poems
A poem of the Hurutshe people from South Africa. The honey-bird (also called the honeyguide or the hunter’s friend), will lead a hunter to a bee hive so that when he has taken the honey-combs the bird can eat the grubs.
Bird of the thorn apple trees,
Bird with more kind-heartedness than a chief…
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