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An Antichrist In Guyana
In San Francisco, he started his crusade
to teach the word of God and all good He made.
His followers, even though penurious,
gave him all they had;...

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Categories: guyana, death, history, death, death,
Form: Rhyme



Guyana
Guyana

Georgetown Guyana, Sunday morning
the market is bustling with people voices
buying vegetables and other food items
a variety of different brands and choices

as the sun shines in...

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Categories: guyana, appreciation,
Form: Ballade
Premium Member Squirrelly Squirrel
I reckon you'll find this tale of romance less fact than fiction,
But please bear with me as I try to give it plausible depiction.
I was...

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Categories: guyana, animals, funnyme, me,
Form: Rhyme
History's Sad Song
History's Sad Song (Revised)

throughout my life
I've heard many a sad song
relating to the lyrics
that seemed to play too long

way back during the Crusade
where religious debt...

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© Bob Shank  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: guyana, introspection, life, , western,
Form: Free verse
The Caribbean
small islands surround by the caribbean sea
from the greater and lesser antilles
Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Guyana just to name a few
the place where tourist comes to...

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Categories: guyana, sea,
Form: Light Verse



Letter To Ellen Johnson - Sirleaf
I rather watch a kestrel to see
Her swoop and swirl
The skies invisible maze
To feed the inhabitants of her nest
Her milk of gratitude

Morning begins with a...

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Categories: guyana, black african american, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Evil Exists--Utopia Does Not
EVIL Exists; Utopia Does Not

		You may remember them--
		a wildly-diverse band of individuals--
		a strange ensemble comprised of 
		various races, age brackets,  
		backgrounds, and philosophies.
		By the...

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Categories: guyana, evil, murder, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Ancestors and Us
ANCESTORS

Lady Liberty

And the Lady cries:
"Bring me your lame, maime,
Your poor, your Refugees."

Came by the Mayflower
And others like her,
The first Settlers came
from near and far;
Men, women,...

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Categories: guyana, appreciation, beauty, blessing, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Kaiture Falls: Longest One-Drop In the World
I 
                   heard
    ...

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Categories: guyana, 4th grade, beauty, desire,
Form: Fibonacci
Slavery and Reparations All Done
SLAVERY AND REPARATIONS
I am a descendant of slaves - from India!
Anyone who demands REPARATIONS shake & quake at my words
Competition? So, we have competing tales...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: guyana, africa, america, analogy, black
Form: Bio
Evil Prophet
Evil  Prophet
There was a megalomaniacal man,
his ministry in Indiana began,
a man whose heart was not so pure 
and lead a most tragic event to...

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Categories: guyana, dark, evil, truth,
Form: Couplet
Us Residency Yet Delayed Year 9, But Jesus Is Real To Me
I wanted to write & testify, one-time suicidal Dr. Anil Deo, is reborn during second half-century on earth! Yes, Jesus is real to me, to...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: guyana, child, education, endurance, family,
Form: Prose Poetry
Who Invented the Coolie
I
retired from education, sharing with (not scaring)
OUR YOUTH
oblivious of persistent prejudice, labor migrant past piercing 
the present
until i left America for South Africa, returning to...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: guyana, absence, abuse, africa, america,
Form: Rhyme
Transported: 15 Year Old Poems and Older Number 4
TRANSPORTATION, A POETRY LESSON OF HISTORY
Transplanted, unwittingly, an invasive plant
Transported – the ship itself – to foreign port
Far, far away from welcome, the known –
So...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: guyana, africa, america, career, hate,
Form: Rhyme
Triumphant Leaders Part 1
Congo man from Jamaica, deviant slave
Rudeboy, fall out of an Atlantic disaster
Imminent giver fruting the amber wave
Sometimes I see you at the Boston harbor
Pining at...

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Categories: guyana, historyfreedom,
Form: Acrostic

Book: Shattered Sighs