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Cambodia Poems - Poems about Cambodia

Premium MemberCambodia 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

Premium MemberFreedom 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



Premium MemberTHE 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

Cambodia

...Cambodia
where they blame
everyone else...
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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



Premium MemberSilent 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

Premium MemberAngkor 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

Premium MemberIf 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

Premium MemberIf 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

Premium MemberFried 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

Premium MemberViral 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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