Best Cambodian Poems
Below are the all-time best Cambodian poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of cambodian poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Ancient Cambodian Dancer -In that meteoric moment
she exhibited eternal qualities of wonderfully wrought womanhood,
calm,disciplined and candid,
adorned with few distinctions from the rest behind her
the loving leadership was projected...
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Categories:
cambodian, angst, integrity,
Form:
Didactic
Cambodian GirlDrench from the pouring rain,
The young Cambodian girl
Wiped her face and
Held up her rice basket
Toward the hidden stars
She wondered which way
The wind would blow
Her dreams...
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Categories:
cambodian, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
cambodian, imagination,
Form:
Haiku
Cambodian Cote D'Azur“Cambodia is
Cambodia but not really
Cambodia.”
That’s what some say
As the years roll on
Forty years or so since Pol Pot and his pals posted
‘Year 0”,
Sent the...
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Categories:
cambodian, travel
Form:
Free verse
I Spoke To a CambodianI spoke to a Cambodian,
Proud of his country he said
"I left the country because of poverty
half the country are wealthy
but the other half, live in...
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Categories:
cambodian, corruption, political,
Form:
Narrative
Ashes Fall From the Joss Stick: Finger BoneMy name is Devi, a foolish name really for it means Angel, and I certainly am not. The city of Phnom Penh had been our...
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Categories:
cambodian, death,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Xenophobia Pt 1TITLE:
Xenophobia
Heed the warning
This isn't for the faint of heart
Verbalizing my deepest yearnings
They're bound to be a bit...
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Categories:
cambodian, america, anxiety, prejudice, universe,
Form:
Lyric
Bear Creek '98_ a symphonic, folk rock, blues song
1.
I'm an old man looking
For the lost, best parts of me.
I'm an old man looking
For the lost, best parts...
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Categories:
cambodian, change, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
BrangelinaBrangelina, the quasar, came to a motel
Of a small Cambodian village
Where smog was spread all over.
As they entered their room
They felt abodaroma infesting the...
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Categories:
cambodian, fantasy,
Form:
Verse
Commander of the WeirdAs Commander of the weird
Member of the phurst church of phun
An ordained member I am father and I am mother
Of the rubber chicken
Juggled between one...
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Categories:
cambodian, memory, truth,
Form:
Narrative
CurrenciesCurrencies
temples grace the cambodian sky
residents on a street talk to their gods
rice sold in the marketplace
a road along a single river
residents on a street talk...
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Categories:
cambodian, history,
Form:
Pantoum
S4l Sucker For LoveWhat you do for me hasn't been done in quite some time, what you do is provide a feeling that I lost & didn't think...
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Categories:
cambodian, beautiful, best friend, black
Form:
Ballad
Critterature: Entomophagy, It's An Acquired TasteThe cooks in the Japanese navy
Make a dish of aquatic fly larvae.
Too small to filet them,
They just lightly sauté them
In well-sugared soy sauce as gravy.
That...
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Categories:
cambodian, food, humor, insect,
Form:
Light Verse
The Running LadyHer heart braved the sun and rain
Her soul endured the scorn and pain
For the sake of her motherland
With all the strength she...
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Categories:
cambodian, appreciation, courage, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
Point Man Blues“The point man blues” begins . . .
He slogs along all day in the oppressive heat; Constantly fighting the jungle that reaches out around him,...
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Categories:
cambodian, war,
Form:
Bio