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Best Pirogue Poems

Below are the all-time best Pirogue poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of pirogue poems written by PoetrySoup members

Black-Water Blues

Diz Cajonne dey call Thibodaux
Paddle dis girl in his Pirogue
Den he see dem unmention
Dad tool stan at attention
She slap him stick HARD doncha' know

Dad pole...

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Categories: pirogue, funny,
Form: Limerick

Swamp Life: Human Nature Contest

Swamps are like places where dinosaurs roam  
shadowed by ancient moss-draped trees.        
A prehistoric world in shades...

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Categories: pirogue, life, nature,
Form: Verse

The Sun Is Out Shining

I dare to hope and dream, 
Of flowers that never fade
Of splendid and exotic creatures
All living in perfect harmony. 
I dream of tranquil earthly paradise,
A...

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Categories: pirogue, nature,
Form: Free verse

Craw-Fish Boil

The leaves were turning red and gold;
And frost was in the air.
When they rounded up the Acadians,
From Miquelon and Saint Pierre.

It was a time for...

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Categories: pirogue, allusion, angst, celebration, community,
Form: Rhyme

Taste Like Chicken

In the wee hours of the morning
When the owls and imps were upon the marsh
We would take our old pirogue and paddle into the darkness
Our...

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Categories: pirogue, beautiful, childhood, water,
Form: Narrative

My Cousin's Wedding

My Cousin's Wedding


Weddings happen here by the dozen
All are fun, especially if a cousin

Get a new outfit, have to look good in the croud
Make the...

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Categories: pirogue, wedding, dance, dance, time,
Form: Couplet

Soul Stance River - 19

Through April and May not a single Indian has been noticed
along all the serpentine bends of this rambunctious river,
however I feel we are being espied...

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Categories: pirogue, adventure,
Form: Epic

In Trial Times

IN TRIAL TIMES

Paddle!  Paddle!!  Paddle!!!
Paddle your pirogue down the valley
Even when your moment seems heavy
Spring to life in tasteless tingling time
Only the gritty...

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Categories: pirogue, change, courage, cry, fear,
Form: Rhyme

Erased

Erstwhile his skin was beautiful as an obsidian, with great markings alongside his face, as was the likeness of the Benin people; an imagery so...

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Categories: pirogue, death,
Form: Prose

Haricot From Baton Rouge

(Aieee! We Gon’ Pass A Good Time Yeah Cher …Enjoy et Laisez les bons temps rouler)


Haricot was tall and quite lean
In English they would call...

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Categories: pirogue, family, food, friendship, happiness,
Form: Free verse

Diary of a Child In Trinidad

I remember the land of drums I was born
  bedded beneath great hanging nets;
          the...

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Categories: pirogue, childhood, home,
Form: Rhyme

Dat Ole River

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 Dat Ole River (The Calcasieu)

Dats a lazy ole river, dats a muddy ole river.   
Dat river she flows on and on and...

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Categories: pirogue, boyfriend, character, children, my
Form: Prose Poetry

When It Rains

*WHEN IT RAINS*

When ponderous rain slap earth like rocket
We envelope ourselves into big blanket
But others lie on the floor without jacket
With water rolling from the...

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Categories: pirogue, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse

Raftsman

From primal atavism
            Navigating the procela
        ...

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Categories: pirogue, adventure, allegory, allusion, art,
Form: Free verse