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Antigua Poems - Poems about Antigua

Premium MemberFinal Vestiges of Antigua

...Cooled off to take a sip; two.
Greedily waking up; fading
of the whole cup - butterflies,
trees, flowers; drips touching
the final vestiges of Antigua.

Fear ascended into the canopy,
slid alo...
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Categories: antigua, adventure, appreciation, drink, fear,
Form: Free verse

Premium Membertell her you saw me

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tell her you saw me ...

tell her I was out on the bluff at the Cape during a gale, much too close to the rocks … tell her the surf was tormenting the ledges, its roar far too loud for me to hear...
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Categories: antigua, adventure, analogy, anxiety, break
Form: Epic



Elite Street

...It’s great to be a member of the global elite,
   The bean poles in my garden are standing proud and neat.
Organic veg is thriving thanks to ample bags of peat.
   I never hear a siren roaming dow...
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Categories: antigua, class, holiday, international, power,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTropical Fruit

...All in on the last spin.
Tropical fruit wins.
With Antigua to boot
Trip cruise, swimsuit.
America's favorite game.
They win Alotta loot....
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Categories: antigua, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTraveling With Deborah

...These tears in my eyes come from missing you
No point in my trying to diminish their flow,
For they reappear with special memories
They persist in following me wherever I go.
How I re...
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Categories: antigua, i miss you, loss,
Form: Rhyme



Antigua Sonos

...A wagon wheel across the stones
—ancient sounds

The death of night, the birth of dawn
—ancient sounds

The blood of my enemy drips from my sword
—ancient sounds

A voice from beyond, heard ...
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Categories: antigua, sound,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTell Her You Saw Me

...Tell her you saw me ...

Tell her I was out on the bluff at the Cape
during a gale, much too close to the rocks.
Tell her the surf was tormenting the ledges,
its roar far too loud for me to hear...
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Categories: antigua, allegory, heartbreak, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Sun Moon Bliss 2

...The bonewind speaks remiss of bone
Always pulling up and headed towards the foam
When the mermaid skins were like scales in signature 
Falling off aenome or when the sea was our home

A man is a...
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Categories: antigua, 10th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberI Walk Alone At Dusk

...I walk alone on the pier at dusk.
          The fading sun slowly sinking west
                    Watching the cruise ship heading out,
          Dreaming of sailing away to the isles,
Antig...
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Categories: antigua, lost love, ocean, sad,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCherished Moments Together

..."Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have
Hiding here for you inside...."
          --lyric from "Cherish" by The Associati...
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Categories: antigua, romantic love, vacation, wife,
Form: Sonnet

A Small Island Wedding

...Antigua what can I say,
I went to the wedding of the day
I hoped on a plane and made my way
In the month of May
How I wish, I could of stayed
Do you think if I had pray
I would be allowed to st...
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Categories: antigua, appreciation, beach, celebration, love,
Form: Rhyme

As I Recall

...As I recall it was December
When a blizzard closed down O’Hare
I was sick of northern winters
While the sun was shining south somewhere
I remembered in a magazine
Pictures of a tropic scene
In ...
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Categories: antigua, beach, change, chicago, paradise,
Form: Rhyme

Let's Charter a Yacht

...LET'S CHARTER A YACHT AND GO WHERE IT'S HOT
AND PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE WAY
WE'LL START OFF IN GREECE WITH CHAMPAGNE AND CASIS
THEN SAIL UP TO NICE, ST. TROPEZ
AND IF MISTRAL SHOULD BLOW WE'LL JUST...
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Categories: antigua, beach, fun, love, romantic,
Form: Lyric

Laughin Criminals

...LAUGHIN’ CRIMINALS

We run down the street to escape the local cops. 
I went into the liquor store with my mate Arnie – 
we looked around and spied that big fat gringo: 
together we said, “Give ...
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Categories: antigua, crazy, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Verse

Solo Quize

...Yo solo quize amarte a la antigua
mandandote flores y poemas para hacerte mia
alimentando este amor que es mi fantasia
noches de pasiones mientras tus ojos me sonreian

 
Yo solo quize demostrarte es...
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Categories: antigua, love, me, me,
Form: Rhyme

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