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Best Enfants Poems

Below are the all-time best Enfants poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of enfants poems written by PoetrySoup members

The Man In the Wheelchair

He comes rolling around
I hear the wheels, I know the sound
Everyone clears out of the way
Except me, I stand my ground
 	With a smile and...

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Categories: enfants, allusion, art, brother, dedication,
Form: Quatrain

Vagabond

C'est aussi simple qu'une phrase musicale.

He is driven by the music in his mind.
Images swirl and almost coalesce...
toujours guide par le son
insaisisable de cette musique...
I...

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Categories: enfants, allegory, fantasy, imagination, life,
Form: Free verse

Unquotable Quotes Writers - Xxxviii

Unquotable quotes: Writers – XXXVIII

     for Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoieski  
     who...

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Categories: enfants, creation, england, imagination, inspiration,
Form: Epigram

Les Protecteurs - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's the Protectors By T Wignesan

Les Protecteurs – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “The Protectors” by T. Wignesan

(Note: Oodgeroo never claimed to write poetry à la manière des poètes occidentaux; she...

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Categories: enfants, bullying, character, conflict, culture,
Form: Free verse

A Mon Stalker

S'il vous plaît nous 
laisser seuls déjà
Nous en avons assez de vous
Vous avez consacré votre temps 
à nous harceler
Veuillez simplement nous 
laisser tranquilles maintenant
Vous avez...

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Categories: enfants, character, strength,
Form: Concrete

Day 1

Day 1

I was defeated
That very first day
You held your baguette you had that Alizee sway
Love in Paris, always sweet in May

Days became months
Love became profound
We...

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Categories: enfants, angel, angst, children, dedication,
Form: Free verse

Rappelez Vous, Remember

Rappelez-Vous
(English translation below original French)

Rappelez-vous les petits fils 
Qui ecoutaient leurs grand-peres
Raconter des histoires d’ infanteries 
Et de battailles de la premiere guerre.

Rappelez-vous des braves...

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Categories: enfants, death, father, friend, loss,
Form: Quatrain

Tu Le Fera, N'Est-Ce Pas, Papa- Translation of Kevin Gilbert's Won'T You, Dad By T Wignesan

Tu le fera, n’est-ce pas, Papa ? – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « Won’t you, Dad ? » by T. Wignesan

Si toutes les jolies mélodies
de...

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Categories: enfants, child, faith, hate, holocaust,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Dancing On the Wall

Laissez-nous Chanter sans Murs


If you ever can dance
En français s’il vous plaît
Avec les enfants
Get in on, let the walls fall along

See all the colors
See all...

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Categories: enfants, beautiful, children, dance, hope,
Form: Free verse

La Discrimination Raciale - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Colour Bar By T Wignesan

La discrimination raciale – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “Colour Bar” by T. Wignesan

Quand d’ignobles d’hommes me méprisent parce que je suis 
   ...

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Categories: enfants, abuse, anger, discrimination, racism,
Form: Free verse

Les Souvenirs De Noel - Translation of Joy Williams's Memories of Christmas By T Wignesan

Les Souvenirs de Noël – Translation of Joy Williams’s « Memories of Christmas » by T. Wignesan

(Joy Williams, b. 1942 in Sydney. Since she was...

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Categories: enfants, anxiety, baby, break up,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Klacatoo - Translation of Kevin Gilbert's Klacatoo By T Wignesan

Klacatoo – Translation of Kevin Gilbert ‘s « Klacatoo » by T. Wignesan

On nous avait coincé sur la rive de Lachlan
un endroit qui s’appelle Klacatoo
là...

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Categories: enfants, death, discrimination, grandmother, grief,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Le Vieil Identique Probleme - Translation of Kevin Gilbert's Same Old Problem By T Wignesan

Le vieil identique problème – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « Same Old Problem » by T. Wignesan

(For Kevin Gilbert – cf. the introduction to Inside...

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Categories: enfants, abuse, crazy, death, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Translation of Eric Mottram's Twentythird Legal By T Wignesan

Translation of Eric Mottram’s Twentythird Legal by T. Wignesan

Le vingt-troisième légal

pendant la guerre le peuple devient obéissent de nouveau
plein du respect (et) de la confiance...

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Categories: enfants, america, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Laissez-Nous Chanter Sans Murs

If you ever can dance
En français s’il vous plaît
Avec les enfants
Get in on, let the walls fall along

See all the colors
See all the little ones
Writing...

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Categories: enfants, celebration, children, french, paris,
Form: Free verse