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Best Rastafarian Poems

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


Dreadlocks
Somehow I feel connected to each lock
They remind me of a time before me when black was not just hip hop
They remind me of a...

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© Humble B  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rastafarian, black-african amerme, me,
Form: Verse



Religion: Hitting Yourself Over the Head With a Hammer
Christianity: “hitting yourself over the head with a hammer so that when you stop it feels so good.”

Judaism: “hitting yourself over the head with a...

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Categories: rastafarian, christian, islamic, jewish, religion,
Form: I do not know?
What Do You Remember
I bet you remember
The birth and death
Of Jesus Christ
But tell me
Do you remember how
They crucified Rastafari

I bet you remember
The holidays and holy days
Of the pagan...

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© Leon Pryce  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rastafarian, black african american, dark,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Ronald Rump
repugnant racist republican reviled - rickettsia re:itch ruler. 
rapaciously ravaged revered reverential rubric. 
radical ruthless renegade rapidly riotously rips rigged ramparts. 
refrains retaining remnant redolent...

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Categories: rastafarian, allusion, analogy, confusion, crazy,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Splash Bang Reflection
Splash Bang Reflection


W ~ hen it has hit home with a big splash bang or silent reflection that time

E ~ lapses and fireworks are for...

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Categories: rastafarian, philosophy, song,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Dream Sanctuaries
I dream into my Ta(0)ist
not-Universal Yang equals
not-Unitarian Yin
Sanctuary,
expecting to be greeted
by visions
of familiar spiritual apartheid.

But I am not.
Instead,
communion in this Sanctuary
looks and resounds,
feels and resonates
with...

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Categories: rastafarian, dream, earth, happiness, health,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Discomforted By Integrity
I wonder how many parents of students
suffer from studying and teaching white nationalism
against tides of multiculturing change.

And I wonder what our school boards
and state departments...

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Categories: rastafarian, child abuse, health, love,
Form: Political Verse
Dread Locks
Growing my dread locks in Trinidad
 Was for all the right reason
 But some didn’t understand 
 They think I was a bad person
 
...

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Categories: rastafarian, introspection, life,
Form: Light Verse
Shana Aubrey Harris - Part One
born two days 
after ole Punxsutawney i.e. the Doctor Phil - 
of woodchucks Latin Name = Marmota Monax 
nest resembled Rastafarian hair weave, 
which creature...

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Categories: rastafarian, beauty, blessing, butterfly, celebration,
Form: Ballade
Premium Member The Town Council Proposal
Some say it began with the Jehovah's Witnesses
ingesting sacred substances with the Rastafarians.
Others say that could not possibly be true or false.

What emerged one sultry...

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Categories: rastafarian, community, culture, health, love,
Form: Prose Poetry
Young Lady Shana Aubrey Harris Is Unique and a Special Precious Gift
Shana Aubrey Harris born two days after ole Punxsutawney 
   i.e. the Doctor Phil - 
   of woodchucks Latin Name =...

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Categories: rastafarian, absence, beautiful, dad, daughter,
Form: Ballad
That Life
The 
strong 
and 
the 
hopeless 
are 
screaming. 
Getting 
strewn 
out 
by 
harassment 
by 
the 
season. 
I 
hate 
cops 
and 
the 
new 
president 
because 
of 
solid...

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Categories: rastafarian, africa
Form: Burlesque
Chinese Food
Everybody knows that Chinese food is the most healthiest, tastiest food on the planet.
It's originally made in China. Their food is so delicious, it's like...

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Categories: rastafarian, foodfood,
Form: Epic
Marcus Garvey (From Pages)
Walk here with me
Along a strand of island in the sea
Let your heart drink like a leaf
From this mighty river
That shaped the world's relief
Listen to...

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Categories: rastafarian, history, peopleheart, heart,
Form: Free verse
The True Meaning of Christmas
THERE'S RUDOLPH, FROSTY, SANTA CLAUS AND GOOD OLD EBENEEZER
THERE'S CAROLS SUNG BY EVERYONE FROM KISS ON THROUGH TO WHEEZER
THERE'S CD'S OUT FROM NAT KING COLE,...

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Categories: rastafarian, celebration, christian, christmas, december,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs