Hi Wilde Charlie - Capital letters in poetry are not essential, I chose to remove most punctuation and capital letters for a thematic purpose - the commonness of nature and that of the mother. Proper nouns such as "africa" are lower case to really hit home the message that a mother is beyond petty rules of grammar, defined by linguists but is immortal and everlasting.
Could you list the sentences that you felt were a little off?
I could do with a more substanstial review of this, if anyone is willing. Also, more comments are welcome. (Sorry for bumping my work, but I just need more feedback for this is lost in the recesses of YWS archives.)