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Bora Poems - Poems about Bora

Calvin Klein and Menthol Cigarettes
...When everyone wore Calvin Klein I wore pairs of Old Navy jeans and graphic tees When everyone carried a mouthful Menthol Cigarettes I carried a mouthful of Sour Patch Kids When everyone was havi......

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Categories: bora, identity,
Form: Free verse
Nora Is Getting Poorer
...I feel for next-house Nora Getting poorer and poorer: A plant facing stem borer While she seems a goal scorer Her idle hours rarer State of things not fairer... Nora's younger: Victoria Is......

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Categories: bora, absence, allusion, cry, money,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Winter Blues Concluded
...I lay in my frozen bed, teeth ruthlessly chattering. Intense darkness made me rise and stretch a bit. The useless coverlet hardly warmed my shoulders, As from outside thunder boomed and rattled p......

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Categories: bora, winter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mobile In Alabama
...Those were such happy days, for I had lately been deeded a farm, My aunt and uncle were retiring, so tillage had lost its charm. Since they were childless, and to a retirement community bound, I......

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Categories: bora, beauty, dream, home, imagery,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Bora, Bora
...On the isle of Bora Bora Ancient are the crafts that lie there. White beaches beckon those who linger and those who taste the salty air. I met a girl there on that island. Later she became my ......

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Categories: bora, 12th grade, allusion, fun,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Talkin Bout 'Ahunda Part 2-Swahili Verse
...Talkin bout 'Ahunda, Talkin bout 'Ahunda, Talkin bout 'Ahunda; Mtu huyu huko na suti ya kijivu cha flannel; Yeye huko juu na takataka ya kuzungumza kwa kinywa hizNi jivin kufikiriNi yeye ni mzu......

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Categories: bora, adventure, analogy, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Then and Now
...Bora-Bora seemed exotic Bali and Mal -- tempting,erotic The Arctic tundra, far away The Congo, steamy: Stay away... Now the world has shrunken so No place is too far to go That Star ......

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Categories: bora, perspective, star, travel, world,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member -- Kukupenda Wewe Loving You Loving You --Swahili
...-- Kukupenda wewe Loving you Loving You --swahili Kukupenda wewe Loving you Loving You Kukupenda wewe Loving you Loving You Kukupenda wewe Loving you Loving You Hakuna mtu anayeweza kuwa b......

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Categories: bora, analogy, appreciation, celebration, desire,
Form: Lyric
Now, Comes the Wind
...Now comes the wind, stealth like creeper whispering venting in the shadowy image of the trees. A calm soft breeze easing in at first, a sojourner on the bland gray skies, dim lit end......

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Categories: bora, weather, wind,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ou Allons Nous: Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Where Are We Going By T Wignesan
...Où allons nous? Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “Where are we going” by T. Wignesan Ils sont venus dans une petite ville Une bande à moitié nue soumise silencieuse Tout ce qui restait de......

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Categories: bora, discrimination, grief, horror, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
What Might They Find There
...What Might They Find There If someone was to look there deep into my soul They would find a bucket list that looks like an ancient scroll The list of things of my heart's desires 1. To see th......

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Categories: bora, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
It's Deeper Than Words, It's Deeper Than Life
...It’s deeper than words, for she arose more glorious -n- prettier than any earthly rose, 4 I lay with inside her pink abode, it’s deeper than life, -n- more intricate than when day meets night, she re......

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Categories: bora, god, life, love, wife,
Form: Free verse
Big Bore In Bora Bora
...Big Bore in Bora Bora Saw lovely lady called incredible Dora Who was met by me in Bora Bora The biggest bore I must have been; Didn't want to see me again. ......

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Categories: bora, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Hello and Greatings
...I will be 75 on June 26th and married for 50 years on August 27th. I have a Master's Degree in Labor Economics and BA's in Sociology and Psychology. I was Supervisor of Labor Market Information f......

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Categories: bora, encouraging, , literature,
Form: Blank verse
Mari Ya Abdalla - Kanga Bora
...KANGA BORA MARI YA ABDALLA After graduation son of Walla i lived at a coastal town where the people so hated the warmth.. they chose to move at nite in the clothes they were born with.. Son o......

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Categories: bora, africa, allusion, community, humor,
Form: Blank verse

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