Cambodia Delicacy
...In Cambodia some diners eat a delicacy that does not entice me.
What could that be? Yes, I have to tell you, for why keep it to myself?
Here, sweetie, try some fried tarantula; do you want two or t...
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Categories:
cambodia, food,
Form: Rhyme
Freedom falling
...First Russia fell, a vast land,
Nine time zones, Stalin took command.
Millions of Russians died due to his rule
But Russians don't learn that fact in school.
FDR called him "Uncle Joe,"
Mistoo...
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Categories:
cambodia, africa, christian, freedom, jewish,
Form: Lyric
THE KILLING FIELDS
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This horrendous Cambodian war-time story,
Ends with Cambodian glory,
Journalists forged a strong friendship within hard cruel times,
It is one of the best movies ever and all so true,
These two...
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Categories:
cambodia, political,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
cambodia, culture, grief, international, political,
Form: Haiku
Peace
...Now, let assume that the sacred human body is the world
and here is Nigeria, this is America, what is Cameroon?,
where is Cambodia?, how is China?, who are you?,
what is South Africa?,...
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Categories:
cambodia, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Silent Scenes
...The calm, composed Coconut Beach of Cambodia
Or the Galápagos Islands of sublime sereneness
Boats of quietude sail through the seas of Utopia.
Stream, brook, sunrise, sunset—nature's flowery flori...
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Categories:
cambodia, nature, silence,
Form: Sonnet
Angkor Wat
...Angkor Wat
infamous temple complex in Cambodia
largest religious structure known on earth
spreads two hundred and forty-eight square miles
there are seventy-two temples inside this complex
Thi...
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Categories:
cambodia, travel,
Form: Free verse
Purple Heart: In Honor of My Father
...I was a young man at the age of nineteen
When I was sent to a country on the other side of the world that I had never seen.
I was trained as an infantry soldier
With an M-16 rifle on my back;...
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Categories:
cambodia, courage, dad, dedication, father,
Form: Rhyme
Calendar Haiku
...Twelve Months Calendar
January
January Dawning
Polar vortex abounding
Winter continues
February
February ends
With war breaking out
Invasion of Ukraine
March
March madnes...
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Categories:
cambodia, celebration, time, today,
Form: Haiku
If We Are Born White
...If we were born white then we are part of the first racial group to become targeted for elimination! And the public school systems across our once free nation! The Critical Race Theory (CRT) is alrea...
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Categories:
cambodia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
If We Are Born White Or Any Other Race
...If we were born white then we are part of the first racial group to become targeted for elimination! And the public school systems across our once free nation! The Critical Race Theory (CRT) is alrea...
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Categories:
cambodia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Heavy Medal Addiction
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Uncle soldier Sammie
is too flashback far Saigon
The bad memory withdrawals
are too ganja gun smoke strong
So he pumps up the blame volume,
saying who’s dirty napalm wrong
He’s...
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Categories:
cambodia, allegory, history, leadership, war,
Form: Epic
War and Children
...…Cambodia, Rwanda, Syria…
Wars never cease
on the earth. Peace is pulverized.
Each battle drags children into a
vortex of anguish
in the front line or at home. They
lose their butterfli...
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Categories:
cambodia, war,
Form: Free verse
Fried Tarantula Please
...I will have fried tarantula if you please.
Extra flour and lots of seasoned grease.
You don’t have any?
That’s okay, Minnie.
Cambodia has dishes like these....
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Categories:
cambodia, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Limerick
Viral Contagion
...the chambers of Auschwitz are never far away
ashes do not disperse genocide that easily
cracked skulls in Rwanda don’t break away
from bone master’s lost conscience
agent orange is not ye...
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Categories:
cambodia, death,
Form: Free verse
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