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Famous Haitian Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Haitian poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous haitian poems. These examples illustrate what a famous haitian poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Haitian Quotes

4:02 p.m

by Hammad, Suheir

...writing it and up
the block a woman killed
by her husband

poem now about one minute
and the lives of four women
in it

haitian mother
she walks through
town carrying her son's
head—banging it against
her thigh calling out 
creole come see, see what
they've done to my flesh
holds on to him grip tight
through hair wool
his head all that's 
left of her

in tunisia
she folds pay up into stocking
washes his european semen
off her head
hands her heart to god
and this month's rent ...Read more of this...

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