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Atoll Poems - Poems about Atoll


Premium Member Interview with Bikini Atoll
Interviewer: What is the original name for your island chain now called Bikini? What happened to it? What has it become here and now? What is your future? Bikini Atoll: Well where do I begin? We have been assaulted from the very beginning. The name for the island is 'Pikinni', meaning a "flat surface of coconuts". German colonials corrupted this to...

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Categories: atoll, home,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Coral Atoll
~ Our Coral Atoll ~ Like incense fills the valves of...

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Categories: atoll, imagery, moon, night, relationship,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Sunniest Days
Dogged In the pursuit of truth Science writes text with bone dead words Worse parched than extra dry vermouth Oft as tasty as rancid curds. Keeping terms tight as verbal shields Description is the task of prose, The draft horse of the science fields, That ploughs grounds where ignorance grows. It plants the seeds of truth in rows Which may produce some bitter...

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Categories: atoll, earth, moon, night, science,
Form: Rhyme
Atoll
crystal white sand shines sun clear aqua encircles lush palms wave greenly Written: 26...

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Categories: atoll, nature,
Form: Haiku
Battered Soul On Stranded Atoll
Barren atoll of the beached, stranded soul Jilted psyche cornered on dark, rocky knoll Wavering compass points to ever drifting pole Listless anchor in choppy waters does troll Tumultuous portents all fleeting hopes parole Overcast skies, tomorrow's outlook even more droll Boisterous waves of anguish crash on lifeless shoal Brackish foam of revulsion o'er vexed mind does roll Briny mist, dense fog o'er...

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Categories: atoll, angst,
Form: Rhyme




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