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
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
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
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
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
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
-- 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
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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