Category Archives: Africa

A mother and her son

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Rex Tyler

In this day and age In a year of such adversity abroad To witness true existence for our eyes Is a reward Reality has proven the maternal spirit shows In a climate where devotion For one’s offspring clearly grows It … Continue reading →

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Trophy hunting and how they play it between themselves

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Apparently there is a relationship Between some government ministers and those Possibly bankers and industrialists Whose urge to go hunting still grows The trophies the canned hunting business Its corporate squalor gone mad And importing trophies to display on their … Continue reading →

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TUMBILI Sanctuary

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Rex Tyler

A happy home and enchanting place Where blessedness and bliss Really a seventh heaven And of course the emphasis Is on thoughtfulness and kindness For fulfilment is the key For those irreversibly damaged By human cruelty Instinctively affection Predisposes soul … Continue reading →

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RHINO HORN

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The absolute venality The lack of conscience, we What is the unscrupulousness Utter obliquity Criminal gangs Are at it Syndicates out there In Vietnam and China And fhe spoils they all now share The good for nothing roguery Scoundrels everywhere … Continue reading →

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Sabi Sands lions

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The Sabi sand game reserve Privately owned Has today got a problem With Lions that have roamed Across the reserve In the heat of the day Under drought conditions And have started to pay A price for such stress Has … Continue reading →

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Thandi and Themba

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The absoluteness of existence In their presence one can feel All the potentiality And what it does reveal To the heart to the human spirit To those who love them so The positive and historicity Intrinsically we know They truly … Continue reading →

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Improbity

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The elephant Great pachyderm Of this day With tusks that creation Thought to allay What would be problematical Without simple tools But of course failed to account For the most corrupt of fools The local people The Government who Took … Continue reading →

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CECIL

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Rex Tyler

According to Brent Staplekamp The saga carries on The liars and the criminals They had quickly gone Were got out of the country So they wouldn’t face the wrath Whilst Cecil had died in agony And his final path Took … Continue reading →

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The fate of the Rangers

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The improbity of poaching Where No conscience exists It’s corruption and venality It’s all about their fists Their ugly hearts And non existent souls For that’s their base Poaching rhino horns And elephant ivory The case Against these so called … Continue reading →

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Yoruba Festival

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The indigenous have their culture And Yoruba is the one It celebrates the river goddess OShun and what she’s done Yellow is her colour Or gold and copper too So lots of copper jewellery The ladies have on view Many … Continue reading →

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EMOYA our African dream

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We originally came from Africa And were shipped across the sea To Peru yes and to Colombia To circus totally Immersed in all that squalor Beaten black and blue Whipped and beaten with iron bars And all of us were … Continue reading →

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CITES

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

CErtainly Ignorantly Test the Evil shits The trade in Lions continues And trophy hunting fits Clearly on the table Where the hunters do their thing The international trade in Lions Has that peculiar ring About it but we understand Bones … Continue reading →

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Kill the bull because we love him

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We killed him because we loved him It’s the kind of love that I Can never ever understand We watched that Elephant die 4 hours it took of misery Of agony of pain Their psychopathic ugly minds No different than … Continue reading →

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Walter Slippers canned hunting camps

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Rex Tyler

It is frightening and horrific It’s everything that’s wrong The so called Walter Slippers He does not belong Anywhere near animals He tortures them and so He farms them can you believe that And the numbers grow Lions and wild … Continue reading →

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Orphan

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Imagine losing all your family And feeling completely lost Helpless in a frightening world Life had kind of tossed You into its great chasm Without the where for all And all the alien creatures Live inside their wall You are … Continue reading →

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Poachers

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Rex Tyler

A kingliness presents itself When a face like this you see Around the Congo basin Is where they choose to be In densely wooden foliage On the mountainside These really handsome creatures Clearly like to hide Virunga National Park And … Continue reading →

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Cyanide and this time 5 men killed with it

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Rex Tyler

This was inevitable that it would happen For the negligence that surrounds Cyanide a black market poison So doing the rounds It’s fast acting and it’s deadly It’s quiet and very cheap Salt licks water even oranges This enmity runs … Continue reading →

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The only white giraffe in the world

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Rex Tyler

It’s her ermine blush It’s just that rush Of blood within my soul It’s her tapestry The light that be It’s under control That uniqueness she displays Bared and so unphased Accepted by the herd Who doesn’t say a word … Continue reading →

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Naïveté is never a strong point

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Rex Tyler

How naive men are With their diets poor Rather than eat well They want to score They like to imagine They are kings in bed When reality kicks in More of them are dead From the waist down Almost to … Continue reading →

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DNPW Zambia

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Hunting is a vile disease Attracting such vulgarity A tastelessness so undignified Made up of true impropriety A hideousness beyond belief A repulsiveness creating grief An odious loathsome ravaged crowd Who live within their squalid shroud And Zambia is unaware … Continue reading →

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Nose horn

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Rex Tyler

An odd toed ungulate which we happen to see Is as ancient as anything living can be Large megafauna and heavy as hell Thick collagen skin that protects them real well No teeth to speak Of only big lips But … Continue reading →

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Lion Day

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Rex Tyler

I hear today it’s lion Day We all must contemplate How much our Lions are losing Their homes at such a rate And this is because of humans And their relation to All the wild souls in the world Yes … Continue reading →

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The Ranger

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Rex Tyler

A willingness and inclination A gratuitous effort To please The keen obligation and spirit Unprompted is offered with ease Resolve and a vigour to finish A constancy that all can feel He’s tenaciously there for the voiceless And gives of … Continue reading →

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South Africa you bring shame on yourself

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Rex Tyler

South Africa can whistle down the wind to me Can make so many excuses but cannot make me see How they leapt like lemmings down into their pit their iconic Kings and Queens they treat like so much shit from … Continue reading →

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Satou

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Satou was a loner And an isolated soul Without a name for most of his life Though clearly in control Of what he did and where he went He was very much alone He had his own identity And the … Continue reading →

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Captive Lions

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The predicament they are facing In historic terms must be The most serious threat to the jungle king Then most around can see Their freedom at an all time low Their paradise is gone And man unkind is on their … Continue reading →

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Lamenting

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We are the giants of this land called Earth Gentle natured, we Are social animals much like you And once were wild and free Our land was rich and fertile The wild plants and wild trees Gave us natural sustenance … Continue reading →

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A young ladies tears

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Rex Tyler

A young ladies tears At the heaps of ash From the ivory that was burned Sadness comes across us all But has the real world learned? The Elephant is a saviour A Giant on this earth And man who seeks … Continue reading →

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For the trophy on the wall

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Rex Tyler

In my lifetime Those majestic Lions Their eternity assured The very kings of Africa With their presence They had scored A realness and an essence Essential to the way Africa was blooming In a truly grounded way 250,000 and they … Continue reading →

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That poor Serval

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The ugliness and ignorance of Africa The yob culture thats spreads its ugly hand Psychopathic currency is spreading Because so many fail to understand Nature has a wisdom and a balance Built in protection co existence shares The Serval is … Continue reading →

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