Best Bahamian Poems
Below are the all-time best Bahamian poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of bahamian poems written by PoetrySoup members
Miss Bahamian CultureMiss Bahamian Culture
a woman who pledges loyalty
to put Bahama land from the time
she was conceived out of the womb
Miss Bahamian Culture
a woman who sheds the...
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Categories:
bahamian, culture, patriotic,
Form:
Free verse
Bahamian-That's Who I AmBorn in a country that is a paradise,
Free to worship God as we please,
Free to express our mind by any means,
Determined to foster democracy for...
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Categories:
bahamian, appreciation, community, culture, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
A Gifted Pig Named PollyPigs that swim the Caribbean aren't just silly rumors,
Polly is just such a pig, from the island of Exumas ...
Oh, Polly loves the water so,...
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Categories:
bahamian, animal, fantasy, flying, humorous,
Form:
Light Verse
BeholderShe walked along the warm and salty beaches of a Bahamian dream, while the radiance of the suns kiss danced on her honey baked skin...
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Categories:
bahamian, destiny, together,
Form:
Free verse
Sidney Poitier---To Sir, With Love
Against the odds, among the brave, his class was not defined by race
Talent can never be confined by color, race, nor faith, or time
He climbed...
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Categories:
bahamian, celebrity, dedication,
Form:
Narrative
Merengue MoonThe bouncing beat
Of merengue music
At the beach bar pulses
Across the Bahamian bay
On a mellow breeze,
Calling to the palms
As they sway their arms
To...
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Categories:
bahamian, nature, uplifting
Form:
Free verse
The Bahama Islands, Our Tropical ParadiseThe Bahama Islands, our tropical paradise
the apple in eyes of the Caribbean
the place of my birth
like the planet Saturn camouflaged
in sun, sand and sea!
The Bahama...
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Categories:
bahamian, imagery, patriotic,
Form:
Free verse
Sea Grape For MichaelThis is not Miami, the real site
of the sea grape. This is a wannabe--
a biker town, a speedway town. Not
the fabled city...
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Categories:
bahamian, for him,
Form:
Blank verse
TruthI'm a high strung girl
From two different worlds
Fiery and passionate
That's my Cuban one
Sassy and mischievous
The Bahamian sun
Guys call me opinionated
But I'm just liberated!
I'm a...
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Categories:
bahamian, me, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Sailboats At Regatta - By Hendrith SmithSailboats at Regatta
bob and weave
play and sway
like feathers on the currents of the air
on a springtime morning.
Hand carved champions of the sea
engineered to outsail...
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Categories:
bahamian, 12th grade, beach, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse
Pachy,Pachy,PachydermPACHY ,PACHY PACHYDERM
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I own a little ranchette, ftve acres, more or less
With a two storey colonial, gorgeously dressed
With a wrap around balcony...
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Categories:
bahamian, absence, blue, for her,
Form:
Rhyme
Library AdventureAn Evening In Guanima
Bahamian Anthology
West Indian Poetry
Climbing Clouds
Longman Atlas
Welcome To The Bahamas
Island Boy
The Pearl
Moby Dick
Old Man and The Sea
Out Island Doctor
Devotions For The Beach
Bahamas...
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Categories:
bahamian, books, literature,
Form:
List
Who Am II am
a believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ
a redeemed child of The King
an enthusiast of end time prophecies
a patriotic Bahamian
a lover of Rake...
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Categories:
bahamian, identity,
Form:
List
Inner FrankensteinThey call me the poetic master
a genius storyteller
writing poetry
channels the inner Frankenstein in me
with a simple press of a key
in each rhyme and stanza:
I can...
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Categories:
bahamian, art, creation, imagination, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Conch SoundConch Sound
the garden of North Andros
the place where my father's navel string lay
The settlement sits on the vicinity of the waterfront
with old Bahamian vessels piloted...
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Categories:
bahamian, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, imagery,
Form:
Free verse