Best Islanders Poems

The Islanders


We live in an Island
Surrounded by water
Both murky and crystalline
In water we put our trust
To protect us 
From the outsiders
Our lives are internalised
We become...

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On the balcony of our room
We stood alone, just you and me
Watching the rising crescent moon
The twinkling undulating sea

Inhaled the salty fragrant air
You had your...

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I was submerged in 
an ocean 
          of rants,
hiding the sparkles 
of my  
poetic 
...

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A spaceship called Hope... made from future's grand mist, 
is perched upon a launch pad of manic chemicals, and loss.
With stun gun emotion, mother earth...

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ALOHA to my friends in INDIA, I hope this message is received with the understanding that recent interactions have vastly expounded because many have participated...

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English verse>
gimme sum mutual praise
gimme sum mutual praise
gimme sum mutual praise
All them there people's of the world;
Coastal dwellers praising; All day long, all the day...

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Visits long ago 
to the Blaskets Islands,
to untouched areas 
on the Dingle peninsula
came to mind 
on this sleet winter’s eve.

The peninsula,
nestled in heather mountains.
The coastline,
tongues...

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Small Towns Revisited


by Edmund Siejka


We Long Islanders
Live near a large City
Of
Tall buildings 
High end stores
Apartments with gated windows
A place where people live like strangers.

Here, where...

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Poet's Pre-Notes: A poem from my 8th week in a Stanford continuing education class offered on the internet, a study of free verse and structure....

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They have amazing smiles
Two islanders from neighboring isles
Found love and got married
Enjoyed the blessing it carried
Leading life with no demise
Happiness enveloping them, a disguise
Look through...

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There's an Island I know which is surrounded
by a deep, blue ocean,
filled with mermaids, Lochness monsters,
giant octopuses, and dolphins
that can talk!

Within the Island, we have...

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More than enough for me, a small country
There is no bloodshed, the winning is free
So the government rules are not our foes
Life even at bet,...

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It is Now Autumn

It is now autumn
The leaves are changing slowly
The air is cooling

It is now autumn
Time for life to be calmer
Summer all over

It is...

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Ggantija (Maltese "Giantess") 
The Neolithic era (c. 3600–2500 BC)
On the Mediterranean island of Gozo 
Older than the pyramids of Egypt. 
Malta’s Gigantea one of UNESCO...

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D. Guzzi CT USA lost off 
Fiji lifeboat beached atoll sharks
Spared rescued by islanders
Contact son San Fran CA
Love, takes ashes home
Beautiful trip
Live long and 
Prosper
Ma....

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