Best Ishmael Poems

My face tiled in rubbles
make my troubles visible,
result of my lamed fights,
became my life unfeasible.

Don't talk about my mojo,
if you don't like it,
it will chase you all the time,
if you don't stop it.

Child soldier Ishmael Beah,
who jumped to peace,
who let go the bullets,
to embrace world...

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South province where Mattru jong is located!
    
Intriguing issues as a young boy!
    
Escaped from drugs and the war!
   
Rebels – They don’t agree with the government and think    everyone is the enemy!
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I must warn you, don’t board that ship, Ishmael.
The captain has an obsession, and is doomed to fail.
He seeks to kill this legendary white whale.
There are many other ships in this place you can board.
Many whaling vessels sail in and out of New Bedford.
On a...

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Call me Ishmael, I am the slave to
desires and dreams of others and
their destinies preclude my own;
the seven seas may inoculate or
infect with depths of drowning dark my
turmoil twisting aimless and alone.

Obsessions of their quests for
peaceful vindication scars my
fraught objectives livid white;
Whilst they can settle...

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I
We sing of Hagar the Horrible, yet she is a brilliant blessing -
This late in April 2019; no not for April Fool's Day
I must submit (a poem, at least) - here the reason we play


II
On a certain Sunday, when all true Christians join to pray
To...

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