Category Archives: Africa

I was always a lost soul “SUDAN”

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Existence for me was at odds with my soul With the urges I felt with the lack of control Humans their arrogance basically they Have hearts and have minds but cant find a way Out of their deep seated violence … Continue reading →

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Protectors

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Rex Tyler

They are killing the angels Dropping like flies If you protect animals Its no surprise If others are making a killing Then they Will try very hard to put you away Ivory sales the elephant clan Rhinocerus horn despite the … Continue reading →

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SUZI and the Lahore Zoo

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Rex Tyler

a zoo is a place where arrogance Has reached a total high Its where inconceivability Is a logjam in the sky Its unthinkable in wild terms Not feasible at all Exchanging what was harmony For wire cages and a wall … Continue reading →

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Ivory

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The unscrupulous opportunism In Zimbabwe today Because therecwas a dry spell The artfulness to pay Little respect to the Elephants And deviously try To poison what was left around Of the limited water supply It calls for a lot of … Continue reading →

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Gustave

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The Ruzizi river National Park Where father time has stood Watching the warring factions Which really wasnt good For all of Natures children Dotted around the scene The Hippo’s and the Crocodiles And the resplendent jungle green Much neglect and … Continue reading →

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Trophy hunter killing

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The indignity and mortification Of trophy hunting on the nation Africa’s tears should roll tonight Hearing this elephant at the height Of its resignation and true despair With these bloody hunters standing there They have shot and wounded a majestic … Continue reading →

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Wild Lion v captivity

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Rex Tyler

An awareness born of consciousness A philosophy of being In the now of reasoning And perception and all seeing Vitalism verging on an meditative desire To pit ones wits And be wrapped in thought With ones hunting heart of fire … Continue reading →

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The lions and the Buffalo

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Botswana’s Okavango Delta The Drama and the prayer A pride of Lions so hungry And a Buffalo Bull was there 900 massive kilos Of muscle through and through Standing in the swamp alone What were they planning to do? He … Continue reading →

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Child trafficking and chocolate

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The big boys joys Are many The Nestle’s of this world MARS KRAFT CARGILL Corporatocracy Unfurled Africa West Africa Is indeed a melting pot Where buyers based in Abidjan Are earning such a lot The tragedy child slavery Trafficking its … Continue reading →

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Musiara the baby elephant

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Rex Tyler

In January a baby Was found a mystery As to why the herd had left him Such a tragedy Covered in dry mud and weak He had been seen by air And he was flown to Nairobi On a drip … Continue reading →

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Infested slime

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Rex Tyler

They are crimes against humanity Bleeding our water dry Rivers lakes and aquifers The question I ask why? People in water scarce areas Scratching in the dust Drinking polluted water Dont you feel disgust? So a land baron in Texas … Continue reading →

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Nyirmacibiri( the lone women who lived on the mountain)

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Her inclination was to serve With a penchant for those who Were known to be the voiceless tribes Receptive through and through She had the enthusiasm and the dedication And she Was one of the so called “trimates” Louis Leakey’s … Continue reading →

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Gender equality Rwanda and elsewhere

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Rex Tyler

After the genocide The burden for all Survivors demanded And essential tool The heart and the soul of a nation To be Brought closer together For eternity Women those widowed And mentally stressed Within their pure gender Were always on … Continue reading →

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Africa’s problem with Lions and human encroachment

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Space a specific area A true locality A vastness where wild animals Have lived and have felt free But now we see true conflict With human beings who Also use the precious land And want to live there too Agricultural … Continue reading →

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Trump and the trophies

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Rex Tyler

We know his sons are hunters And elephants they have killed No doubt the lobbying power is there For all the blood thats spilled Overstepping the mark though Transgression of this type It was a vile intrusion A really ugly … Continue reading →

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We are all its victims somewhere down the line

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The unscrupulousness and opportunism Of the ape smugglers who use The vile palm oil destruction And tragically refuse To realise their artfulness Their crookedness their shame For getting mixed up in illicit wildlife As if it was a game Ofcourse … Continue reading →

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Jane

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Enduring undying Eternal is she A genuine attested women And free Of what was a rampant sexism Which took many to task but for her was a hook She managed to overcome With Her mothers power And Her mothers commitment … Continue reading →

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Patrick Kilonzo

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Rex Tyler

To have that disposition that inclination for Wild animals whom are suffering Who he never would ignore A man,a proper hero ungrudgingly displays Makes it his self-appointed task And a foundation lays Unasked and unbidden volantarily Hired a truck filled … Continue reading →

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Elephant rides

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Empty headed moronic keepers And management who feel The need to put sales figures first Not elephants who conceal Who suffer really daily As tourists come along To buy a ride if its denied This practice is so wrong Elephants … Continue reading →

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A chimpanzee has made her plea

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Us chimpanzee’s Live in the trees Thats of course until You want your soft white toilet paper Or palm oil Then the thrill For all of you Sweet humans With The forest our delight But you employ the loggers And … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, Africa, Animal Rights, Anti Smoking poems, Environmental Poems, Extinction, Gorillas in the wild, Monkeys and Primates, palm oil, Topical News Stories II | Leave a comment

Exporting elephants to far off countries

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Really we’re all guilty Even those who say On facebook they are helping Most look the other way Post our comments freely And go to bed at night As more and more young elephants Lose their right to light Stolen … Continue reading →

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Killamanjaro

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Kilimanjaro that mountain’s still angry Its humerals smoking Its glaciars too We still see the white summit Tussock grass and tree heathers Faery land cloud forests Groundsels Yea too Wild dogs in packs there Vultures a flying Bone breaking raptors … Continue reading →

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“Big cow” The Cape Buffalo

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Intellect and consciousness Nature’s guru who Understands the world of Natural living Very few men could even contemplate The knowledge they possess Their power of thought Deliberative But so put out by stress Lindsay Hunt was a hunter A killer … Continue reading →

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Bushmeat

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Its deep seated in the culture In the tradition of a place In Africa it is illegal And these days a disgrace Wild and feral animals The sick ones too can be Victims in the killing Which is why now … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, animal diseases, Animal Rights, animals used for food, Bats, Ebola, Environmental Poems, Gorillas in the wild, Hunting and Poaching ( includes canned hunts), Mice and rodents, Pangolin trade in exotic species, slaughterhouses and operatives, Starvation and the Poor | Leave a comment

Kabwe ZAMBIA

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Rex Tyler

In all of Africa and elsewhere A more toxic place there is none where Lead and zinc were mined away And from the tailings people pay Generations of children took Black mountain’s slag It kind of shook Their very being … Continue reading →

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The chocolate Industry needs more policing

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Rex Tyler

83 billion dollars Is the turnover each year From the chocolate business And that is very clear Most cacao comes from Africa The Ivory Coast to where Most of the corporate buyers go And it just does not feel fair … Continue reading →

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Not all children love chocolate

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Rex Tyler

To the Harkin Engle Protocol This world did nail its sails The idea was to safeguard children Coming off the rails AFrica the Ivory coast NIger and Mali BUrkino Faso, Togo and Benin All places where you might see Children … Continue reading →

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Hunter man

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The philosophy of existence Where Every species has its place Enduring and perpetual Surviving in the face Of genuine creation Attested and fulfilled Essental and purposeful In essence all instilled With feelings and with spirit With a tendency to be … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, Africa, Animal Rights, Animal sacrifice, Elephants, Environmental Poems, Extinction, Fox Hunting, furs and the fur industry, Hunting and Poaching ( includes canned hunts), leopards, Lions, Patriarchal arrogance makes for danger, The greatest disease of all arrogance coupled with the ignorance of life, Whales and Sea Shepherd | 2 Comments

Ubari sand sea

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Rex Tyler

AFrica’s enormous desert The saharan scene THe ubari sand sea Pyramids Vast sand dunes have always been Rising upwards artistically Casting their shadows wide Tempting the Swallows from nigeria Really to come in side 1200 miles of flapping widely Brought … Continue reading →

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Gugu and Impy and the Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Rex Tyler

A orphanage was raided By two armed men And they raped a women Killed two baby Rhino’s On that day Gugu died immediately IMpy sadly he Had to then be euthanised Which was tragically The worse thing that could Have … Continue reading →

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