Mandela’s mango tree
is planted here
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
Accra in Ghana
The trees of the park
are of nations
presented to honor Nkrumah
first president of Ghana
leader of independence from British
scholar economist educator
founder of University of Ghana
His burial here
so we don’t forget
Pan-Africanism
Organization of African Unity
Neo-Colonialism
where he points the way
into the future
The trees of nations
grow in the park
their roots mingle
share nutrients
absorb rains
off the coast of West Africa
wordshophop 