Best Mariel Poems


Precious Haiti

Precious Haiti

Haiti sounds like hate I
Rhymes with Baby doc
And Papa doc

Feels like
Made in USA
But Unlike the Mariel Boatlift
The people are excluded from
Entering

Black 
Dark
White teeth
African
Looking
French and Creole speaking
People

Haitians
Unwanted
 
Haiti
Shook the world
Fought and won
A great war
Against the French
But this black
Revolution
This first black republic
Like a white’s man rabbit’s foot
Like a white’s voodoo
Back fired 

On Haiti
Because they
Paid  
Reversed Reparation
For 100 years

250 years ago
An earthquake
Rocked Haiti

The world yawned

100 years ago
An earthquake
Rocked Haiti

The world 
Announced the seismic
Reading

Minutes ago
Haiti sat on a wall
Haiti had a great fall

And like Humpty Dumpty
All the King’s horses and All the King’s men
Couldn’t put aside their hate and indifference
To put Haiti back together again…..
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Armageddon's End

Ballistic nukes departed Sayda Bay,
A CIA sitrep affirms French Intel,
A fleet of Russian ships was under way,
Their course at flank arrival point Mariel.

Kennedy and Khrushchev both have calloused skin,
The weeks at DEFCON2, really clipped our wings,
Aboard the sub our nerves were frazzled thin,
A war of nukes was chess without the kings.

The Captain's voice is Armageddon’s end,
ComSubPac orders are to stand us down,
The Cuban blockade ends amidst amen’s,
The Soviets have turned their fleet around.

A year of shaky peace; deceptions bed;
To arms again, our hero JFK is dead.

Natural Satellite

M-oon moves unnoticed, 
P-lanet earth's telescope sees 
R-eflected light clear. 






Topic: Birthday of Mariel P. Rasonable (March 18) 
Form: Acrostic Haiku


Lovely Promise

M-essages
A-re
R-eally
I-mportant
E-xpressing
L-ovely

P-romise
O-f
L-ord
I-n
N-otable
T-ruth
A-nd
N-iceness

Topic: Birthday of Mariel C. Polintan (February 11) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Solve the Puzzle

Happy birthday, Sister Mariel, 
The human brain needs exercise; 
The poem is made of riddle, 
Solve the puzzle just once not twice. 

Topic: Birthday of Mariel F. Rom (March 21)

Morning

M-orning 
A-fter 
R-ain 
I-s 
E-arly 
L-ight 

Topic: Birthday of Mariel Francisco (April 8,2018) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic


Nice Atmosphere

M-orning
A-fter
R-aindrops
I-s
E-njoying
L-ight

M-aking
E-arly
S-unrise
I-mply
N-ice
A-tmosphere

Topic: Birthday of Mariel Mesina (May 21) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Original Note

M-y
A-crostic
R-egards
I-n
E-xciting
L-ines

R-ightfully
A-pply
S-cribe's
O-riginal
N-ote
A-bout
B-irthday's
L-ovely
E-xpression

Topic: Birthday of Mariel P. Rasonable (March 18) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Affectionate Note

M-y
A-crostic
R-egards
I-n
E-xcellent
L-ine

P-romise
O-verflowing
L-ove
I-n
N-atal
T-heme's
A-ffectionate
N-ote

Topic: Birthday of Mariel C. Polintan (February 11) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Righteous Ideas

M-essage
A-bout
R-ighteous
I-deas
E-xpresses
L-ife's

F-ine
R-ace
A-s
N-ice
C-ompletion
I-s
S-o
C-ool
O-ftentimes

Topic: Birthday of Mariel Francisco (March 21) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Lingering Rack

M-outh
A-voids
R-espiratory
I-llness
E-vading
L-ingering

R-ack
O-r
M-isery

Topic: Birthday of Mariel F. Rom (April 08) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

As Scribe Composes Inspiring Line

M-use
A-bout
R-eader
I-s
E-mploying
L-iterary

D-elight
A-s
S-cribe
C-omposes
I-nspiring
L-ine

Topic: Birthday of Mariel G. Dascil (October 18) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Morn and Rays

M-orn
A-nd
R-ays
I-n
E-arly
L-ight

D-o
A-ppear
S-o
C-larity
I-sn't
L-ost

Topic: Birthday of Mariel G. Dascil (October 18)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Messages Are Relayed

M-essages
A-re
R-elayed
I-n
E-xcellent
L-ine's

G-reetings
A-s
L-etters
L-et
A-ll
R-egards
D-enote
O-penness

Topic: Birthday of Mariel Gallardo (February 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

In Essential Letter

M-y 
A-crostic 
R-egards 
I-n 
E-ssential 
L-etter 

E-mploy 
S-ensibility 
B-y 
E-xpressing 
R-emembrance 

Topic: Birthday of Mariel Esber (January 16) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

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