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Dutch Poems - Poems about Dutch

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If it takes a dollop of Dutch courage to French kiss an English rose would it make a lily-livered Indian giver look down his nose but with Yiddish chutzpah as a Spanish fly on the wall and luck o' the Irish you could Australian crawl and yet the Chinese fire drill it's still a safe bet and a Mexican standoff are not Russian roulette but who'd deliberately...

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Categories: dutch, fun, humorous, silly, word
Form: Rhyme
Soudah and Dutchman
Soudah and Dutchman Soudah, a Malaysian slave lived in Cape Town’s slave lodge, her knee bone damaged after decades of scrubbing floors. She escaped northwards, hearing of a bone surgeon in Mpumalanga. “Will you dance with me ?”, were the first words tumbling from his Dutch lips. He did not see her broken identity,...

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Categories: dutch, africa, analogy, change, color,
Form: Haibun



Premium Member Vermeer Never Disappoints
Vermeer never disappoints, capturing people muted in shadows Officer and laughing girl is a weird name for this one I have seen many laughing people, she barely smiles But who am I to argue with the artist who named the piece? The officer is dressed brilliantly in brighter colors than usual Vermeer’s paintings are almost always done in anything but...

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Categories: dutch, art,
Form: Free verse
Clutch Dutch and Such
how much could we clutch able to reach out and touch which was Dutch and such...

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Categories: dutch, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member dancing with the dutch
fragrance of tulips bring holland to her senses pretty dutch petals pointed wooden shoes clogging down the avenue dancing with the dutch...

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Categories: dutch, travel,
Form: Senryu



Double Dutch
Ice Cream, Soda, Delaware Punch! Jumping, Jumping's , .... Double Dutch! Ice Cream Soda, Delaware Punch Initials Spell .... Our, .... Honeybunch!...

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Categories: dutch, appreciation,
Form: Ballad
Caught In The Dutch Bowl
She believed in Astrology he believed in her Their White House chart in symbols strange whose doctrine ebbed and flowed She believed the stars made sense her love had made him blind To what his darkest fears had robbed — a modern day Tom Joad (Dreamsleep: February, 2024) ...

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Categories: dutch, memory, mythology,
Form: Rhyme
double dutch
“double dutch” it wasn’t a stretch for street to become straat but i took a hop skip and a jump with verviervoudigen...

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Categories: dutch, color,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dutch Oven
There's my cast iron Dutch oven pot, Sitting on the counter, still dirty. Word is, "Don't wash", or it will rust rot. Old fat increases its purity....

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Categories: dutch, food,
Form: Rhyme
Double Dutch Facts
The Dutch were 1 of the first To voyage , journey and discover The high seas because they used Windmills to mechanically power saws Enabling them to built ship's quicker faster and more efficiently So had a far superior naval fleet New York Was New Amsterdam Dutch East India Company Tulips were the 1st commodity traded Ergo the Stock Exchange Market The Carrot was is...

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Categories: dutch, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dutch Letters
delicious dutch letters crusty with sugar delightful almond filling Jaarsma Bakery Pella Iowa tulip Festival first week of May...

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Categories: dutch, food,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dutch Up On Courage
The time is now such All must Dutch up.' In 2023 speak out free.! Value freedoms prize Not humanity's demise There's scum afloat On a stagnant moat.' Skim the surface And ready the boats '...

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Categories: dutch, allusion, conflict, desire, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Going Dutch
New Year's Eve in the town Amsterdam Two Brits I met while staring at the pond Holding beers and smoking rolled cigarettes Speaking they said tonight you will be a man This eve you will recall with a fond bond And on we walked, drank, smoke, effortless The Red-Light district we stumbled upon My body tightened but the...

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Categories: dutch, adventure, body, cool, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Mauricio Nassau Dutch Prince of Recife Brazil
Recife in huge city turned by the dutch prince Nassau transformed high culture but people enslaved now though so that much time has passed by the people he is still loved...

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Categories: dutch, adventure, allegory, allusion, history,
Form: Quintilla
Premium Member Dutch Struck Out
Watts gnu Asked Sou Knot much Said Dutch Ewe're late Four date Takes walk Small talk Tries hug Slugs mug Steels kiss Near miss Street car Two bar Byes bier Ayes blear Holds hand Grate band Lets dance Know chance Yew're drunk Yew punk He heaves She leaves Head tossed Git lost Sou miffed Left swift Ewe're tight Good nite...

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Categories: dutch, humorous, romance,
Form: Footle

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