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Best Borneo Poems


Premium Member Angels of Mercy
...Angles of Mercy
By
Kevin L Fairbrother

There is not to many of us that can say that the owe their existence on this earth to a Native in a Foreign country, in my case I can say that without the ......

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Categories: borneo, angel, father, memory, men,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member SAVE THE MORIBUND LUNGS OF THE EARTH
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Biosphere's tropical respiratory rainforests are on the verge of extinction,
the exclusive reservoir of biodiversity, the Congo Basin is shrinking rapidly.

Deforestation dehydrates the c......

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Categories: borneo, earth, environment, pain, planet,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Loaf Of Bread
...During the Second World War, people were panicking everywhere in the world.  And of all continents, Asia was one of the most devastated in the history of wars.

  So many people in Asia were victim......

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Categories: borneo, freedom, life, pride, prison,
Form: Prose

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



We Are Independence!
...We are Tausug Nation
Defending independence
Free from the enemies
Stood not to get oppressed

Our Nation ruled
Of the country’s independence
Never conquered from then
We shall develop our lan......

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© Neldy Jolo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: borneo, dedication, faith, family, friendship,
Form:
My Dream Vacation
...I've dreamed of something special for quite some time,
a vacation I've envisioned that would be simply sublime.
I'll be leaving from Miami on a round-the-world cruise
and I reserved a balcony room......

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Categories: borneo, dream, vacation,
Form: Imagism
Yuan Oranaga-Taunga Was Here
...Don Johnson Yuan-orang

We was in Coles a shopping center,
The wild man from Borneo appeared,
He reared up an started spraying 
Yuan Oranaga-Taunga was here

Followers in their blue-gum robes,
With b......

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Categories: borneo, adventure,
Form: Ballad



Damn the Torpedoes
...Damn the torpedoes

Damn the torpedoes the Yanks did say,
When duds hit a Jap ship and fell away,
Firing pins weren’t working well,
One sub loosed 13 didn’t break the spell,
Just sometimes......

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Categories: borneo, adventure,
Form: Ballad
A Tale of Tails
...We are primates, one and all
And our heritage is not from the fall.
The primate group is where we’re from
And no matter how far we’ve come
We owe our past through ties of time
And that’s the pur......

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© LR Waldman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: borneo, science,
Form: Verse
What You Get Free From Wal-Mart
...What You Get Free From Wal-Mart

By Elton Camp

Once you had to pay to see the freak show
Now enjoy it free when to Wal-Mart you go

The fat lady is longer found only at a fair
Go to Wal-Mart and she......

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: borneo, funny,
Form: Rhyme
We Reap What We Sow
...Red and hairy 
Brown eyed and wistful
Long lanky arms 
That swing from tree to tree

Sweet gentle red man
Of Borneo forests
The greedy have taken 
Away your home

Your forests, your food, your memori......

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Categories: borneo, nature,
Form:
My Uncomfortable Skin
...I observe Rajang, 
Enclosed in space, 
Rugged Orangutan, 
Face to face.

Nonchalantly you inspect, 
Stroll towards myself, 
We reflect.
Gazing deep, searching souls inner, 
Your so beautiful 
And me.......

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Categories: borneo, animals, nature, tribute,
Form:
Premium Member Engagement Preamble
...Velvet wrapped ring case
Holding a Diamond ring
Red roses bouquet
Plane tickets to Borneo
Preamble of proposal







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For Combination Of Three......

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Categories: borneo, emotions, feelings, flower, love,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Borneo Josephine
...Years ago, I had a college roommate named Herbie.
His uncle was anthropologist Leonard Kirby
who was reported missing when the plane he had flown, 
crashed in the Borneo jungle at a spot unknown.
Her......

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Categories: borneo, loveme, woman, wife, me,
Form: Rhyme
Together
...TOGETHER

We were one, brothers in continents
We were alike, humans in this world
Millions ages ago, we trek together
You the lovely Maya,Incas and Menorah's
You the friendly Chin, Malay and ........

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Categories: borneo, black african american, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Classy Squash Final In Borneo
...It is a final long dreamed for by the organisers...
It is a final matchup between the top 2 contenders...

Here in this for off island of Borneo, 3 days of frantic matches...
Will end with this c......

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Categories: borneo, appreciation, beauty, games, inspiration,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry