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Best Sabah Poems

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


Sabah Al-Khair
The sky unfolded
Strewn with color
From royal red to violet
As far as the eye could see
Standing upon the beach
Waves crashing, sinking into sand
Euphoria and delight fill...

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Categories: sabah, appreciation, freedom, immigration, inspiration,
Form: Free verse



Back To Origin
People are commonly different
Symbol of diversity piece
Pure race doesn’t exists

Color and creed are just an identity
Believe only in human history
God sculptured them from clay

People are...

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Categories: sabah, dedication, education, history, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Craft Can Capture It
Oh well I got an angry email to begin my day
Because of my last post on the Jabidah thing yesterday
Galit sa akin but greeted me...

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Categories: sabah, adventure, art, brother, dedication,
Form: Narrative
Home of Tyranny
Blood of martyrs dried in the plains
Died in the Valley Mountains
Fighting for independence

Injustices felt when migration arise
In the island of pearls
And in the land of...

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Categories: sabah, devotion, family, forgiveness, happiness,
Form: I do not know?
Jabidah Peace Garden
Who died are the Sulus
not the so called Moros
They were the recruits
Were killed when refused

Sabah were to invade
They refused to take orders
Sacrificed not to kill...

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Categories: sabah, age, angst, appreciation, art,
Form: Bio



In Tausug No Word Means Surrender
Are you asking the word surrender in Tausug?
Nope…
But what is surrender in Tausug?
There is no surrender in Tausug
No word for surrender in Tausug
Wow!
Then that’s great
Only...

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Categories: sabah, adventure, allah, angel, art,
Form: Classicism
Let Us All Save Peace
I woke watching television news
The jet plane is soaring high note
Operation Sulu is launched forth
Until the intruders to get out
Malaysia always chose to peace
Come and...

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Categories: sabah, beautiful, child, childhood, confusion,
Form: Ballad
Children of People
The people at the early days
Fighting the foreign enemies
Blood spills never they are ceased
Until the death comes and they are still alive

The people in time...

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Categories: sabah, beautiful, birth, career, caregiving,
Form: Bio
Stop the War
Today I am crying
I am crying that my brothers are fighting
The fighting started from historical claim
The claim that never any sides to give in
Today my...

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Categories: sabah, angst, brother, caregiving, confusion,
Form: Ballad
Layag Sug Is Mylife
What is Layag Sug? 
How come you're not answering?
Why are you asking?
For me to know
Why, isn’t it a bully to me?
No. I'm just plainly asking.
Why...

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Categories: sabah, adventure, allah, anniversary, art,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Remembering You
(Dedication: For the school children, teachers,
adventure guide and tourists who lost their lives 
while trekking on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, East 
Malaysia during the earthquake, on...

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Categories: sabah, bereavement,
Form: Couplet
In An Open Cage, You Can Fly, No Wings
Today is Tuesday, 19 March, 2013
36th days, after some armed men from Sulu archipelago
spotted in Tandu Wau, Lahad Datu.
This caused the bloodshed between Muslim brethren.
I...

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Categories: sabah, adventure, beautiful, beauty, caregiving,
Form: Ballad
Tausug Bravery: What More To Prove
There is nothing to prove 
in terms of bravery of the Tauusg. 
The Tausug has been proven brave. 
What more to prove? 
It is our...

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Categories: sabah, adventure, angst, anniversary, art,
Form: Bio
Malaysians Today
Malaysians Today
There are times I wonder if we are real Malaysians...
There are migrants and there are immigrants...

Then you have locals and there are natives...
And we...

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Categories: sabah, anger, betrayal, conflict, crush,
Form: Free verse
This Poem Is You
What?
Read that
Aw, made me blush
You didn’t got my way to write a poem
Same thing I did to Lontie
That’s why I kept on asking you
Read here
Sulu...

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Categories: sabah, adventure, angel, art, baby,
Form: Ballad

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