Category Archives: Africa

The great migration

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Fresh water and green grass To taste the verdure of the day Its what commands respect in Wilderbeest Whose real dismay The herds emaciated from the numbers Starving where The need and thrust Is to travel through the African dust … Continue reading →

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Anamalia

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Rex Tyler

We must come to terms with reality For there is no other way We must look hard at the animals Of Africa and say Their loss is clearly our gain And our gain has to be At their loss thats … Continue reading →

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UGANDA and its iconic elephants

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Rex Tyler

THere was a time when 60,000 Elephants roamed Uganda Not so long ago in real terms They The architects of the environment Able to sustain All the other animals With everything to gain From their footprint Then agriculture raised its … Continue reading →

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The story of the table grapes

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Rex Tyler

A cock crows Its the semblance of a reality That was Where human shadows gather In the great land of the dust Waiting there or getting On the try Thats there to bust The spirit and the vigour The responsiveness … Continue reading →

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Whose a handsome boy then?

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Rex Tyler

A joyful disposition A euphoria for life Fulfilment every single day Each excursion sees no strife Blessed by the almighty Confident and strong No reason to grumble Serenity and song A youth with such high spirits Elevated by The irrepressible … Continue reading →

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Naivasha just 100 KM from Nairobi

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The second largest fresh water lake In Africa 250 sq miles and its cold Just 15 metres deep The Rift valley if we leap Backwards BOAC flights Were sold And Would land here From 1937 for 13 years They landed … Continue reading →

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E Jiao (Donkey hide gelatin)

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Rex Tyler

TRaditional Chinese Medicine Creates victims everywhere Millions face the good old chop And hours of true despair The donkeys for example A gentle soul they be A fact of life undeniably Whose possibility Has been to work and laboured long … Continue reading →

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A sad little story of eli chops who lost his dear mama

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Often children lag behind We see it everywhere And eli chops was no exception His poor mum did despair Whenever she was with him Wherever they would go Her inquisitive little soldier boy Was So much in the flow Of … Continue reading →

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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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