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Best Nassau Poems

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Mauricio Nassau Dutch Prince of Recife Brazil
Recife in huge city turned
by the dutch prince Nassau transformed
 high culture but people enslaved
now though so that much time has passed 
by the people...

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Categories: nassau, adventure, allegory, allusion, history,
Form: Quintilla



Premium Member My Best Vacation Ever
We set sail as Reggae music played out on the Lido.
Our first night was casual; no need for tuxedo.
We could eat a pizza by the...

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Categories: nassau, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Dream Vacation
You've heard of a "Dream" vacation,
well that's what I'm gonna do.
My wife and I on a cruise ship,
which to us is nothing new.

This will be...

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Categories: nassau, holiday, travelvacation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Abc's of Capital Cities
Athens, quite a place, so full of mythology
Buenos Aires, in Argentina, a place I'd love to see

Canberra, is just antipodean class
Dublin, a pint of Guinness...

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Categories: nassau, war,
Form: ABC
Premium Member I Just Wear a Smile
In winter I wear cute pyjamas
They’re adorned with sweet little llamas
We’ve had snow storm after storm
I yearn to be somewhere warm
Like Nassau in the Bahamas!

In...

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Categories: nassau, clothes, humorous, seasons,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Cruisin'
All aboard the Fantasy M/S of Carnival
for half a week’s vacation time of fun and falderal.
Hear greetings from your captain, his director and the crew.
Ready,...

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Categories: nassau, holidaytime, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
My Hometown
Grew up in the sixties
on Long Island, N.Y.,
where we had sidewalks,
and where you could walk,
to local stores, schools, or doctors,
or just your neighbor for a...

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Categories: nassau,
Form: Bio
Premium Member The Ballad of Edward Kenway
Edward Kenway was a pirate
He sailed the Spanish Main
He plundered British merchant ships
And the Galleons of Spain

Once he was a farmer
He walked behind the plough
But...

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Categories: nassau, adventure, courage, leadership, war,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The Sloop, John B
The Beach Boys sang about the sloop, John B.
They weren’t the first, nor would they be the last.
John Bethel built this sixteen-foot-long boat
in sixteen forty-seven,...

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Categories: nassau, boat, history, voyage,
Form: Blank verse
The Flood
THE FLOOD

			Sun pours through the window,
			a shower of light to strike
			the sheer white pages of my mind,
			a stark reminder of emptiness
			mocking me like the faces...

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Categories: nassau, inspiration, writing,
Form: Free verse
The Joys of Nature
He painted the ocean 
in fifty shades of green and blue
with his mighty paintbrush of perfection! 

He sculpted a garden of coral reefs 
and barrier...

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© Mia Pratt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: nassau, blessing, nature, ocean, sea,
Form: Free verse
Baldwin, Long Island
Baldwin is a pretty little hamlet to see.
It’s on Long Island in Nassau County.
This vibrant place is one that thrives.
It holds more than twenty thousand...

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Categories: nassau, travel
Form: Rhyme
Another Decade I Wished I Had Experienced
Six decades ago
the landscape of
my Little Nassau
had
places like
The Silver Slipper
The Blue Note
The Banana Boat
The Conch Shell
The Zanzibar
The Cat and Fiddle
and The Drumbeat Club
with activities like
Fire...

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© Mia Pratt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: nassau, culture, fun, history,
Form: List
Crawling Down the Social Ladder
When I was born,
And for the first 5 years,
We lived in Brooklyn,
"King's County" you should know,

Then we moved to "Queen's"
Yup, "Queen's County" 
A small step...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: nassau, adventure, allegory, angst, mystery,
Form: Burlesque

Book: Reflection on the Important Things