This is how Namibia is seen by a Ukrainian boy for whom it has become a temporary shelter in 2022.
Hello, Namibia! Looks you're unsafe
Monkeys on road, sands like the waves,
Windhoek is sunny, we’re in the car
Gear is roaring such as jaguar.
Morning, the dunes! Sand pyramids
Golden bright sun is climbing amid.
Wanna go up and slide down from them
Dive in the sand, drabble and stem.
Hello, the trees! Skeleton hands
Raised to the skies from the dried sands.
The beauty silence sounds around
Ages ago there was a pound.
Hey, funny animals! Like lifting edge
Giraffes are eating from bushes hedge.
Fearful zebras, fierce elephants,
I’m really scared but this is fun.
Hello the Waterfalls! Thunder’s rumble
Water drops down and fully crumbles.
Want step away to avoid its huge rain
Oh, but I can’t. It attracts me again.
Hi Swakopmund! A coastal town
Oysters delicious, and snails, and prawns.
I’m charged here with ocean powers,
Cloudy sky and blooming of flowers!
Tim Skoryk, 11 y.o.
Swakopmund, Oct. 2022
P.S. This is his first-ever poem in English
Thanks for sharing.
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