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Cantonese Poems - Poems about Cantonese

Cantonese Poems - Examples of all types of poems about cantonese to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for cantonese.
Premium Member snowball
...I got this new hand soap, called “Frosted Coconut Snowball.” It's the dreamiest scent ever. When I’d unpacked (from Spring break) and had everything in place, I dragged Andy and Leong into my bat......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, education, friendship, humor, school,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member bye midterms
...The sharpened mind - with care - takes aim - at university, we play ruthless games. Where pencils scratch, their graphite gray, and scholarly answers take the day. I've finished midter......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, friendship, school, student,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Vietnamese and Cantonese
... Nguyen was quite a linguist She spoke Chinese Japanese Taiwanese Vietnamese & Cantonese But not Americanese ~ Couldn't bling helserf to sa......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, giggle, language, word play,
Form: Rhyme
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...The Spaniel A Spaniel that uses its head Can tell when its owner’s unfed So instead of a duck That is down on its luck Will deliver a pizza instead The Afghan Hound The......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, animal, cat, cute, dog,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Shaggy Dog Limericks V
...Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (Toller) To “toll” is to dance like a fox Luring mallards or teals to the rocks Where a hunter’s awaiting What the dog has been baiting Scaring duckie......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, 7th grade, animal, cute,
Form: Limerick



Songs From a Barrel
...I’m a ‘bar-back’, I stack, I pull up the crates, unpack and rack. I hump boxes of glasses in, then I hump them out again. I roll barrels into a hand-cranked elevator, then roll the empties into ......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Moving On
...The recent lockdown certainly made family the center of everything - from fun to daily irritations. But after a month of being at college - which I know, objectively, isn’t long - those memories seem......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, friendship, growing up, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member San Francisco Joy-----Senryu
...      Cable car, my thrill,      Mambos up a sunny hill,     Dim Sum dishes filled.                 8/17/2021                 9am PST ......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, imagery,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Speaking the Language
...Lin, a Chinese friend giggled at my feeble, say, pedestrian attempt at Cantonese, the Chinese word for butterfly or dragon even moth just vanished down the throat of one so eager yet befuddled, ......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, art, celebration, color, creation,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member What's Up
...I’ve been working on my website - it’s been neglected for so long. I’ve been wearing out Spotify - I may have listened to every song. I walk five miles a day - because you’ve got to get outside an......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, 11th grade, absence, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Day Four
...On the fourth day I am crystal clear. I step lightly. I am an arctic god. I slur no being, crack no shells. I am vodka and ice in a quartz prism. Day four is translucent, a star-black taxi ri......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Song From a Barrel
...I’m a ‘bar-back’, I stack, I pull up the crates, unpack and rack. I hump boxes of glasses in, then I hump them out again. I roll barrels into a hand-cranked elevator, then roll the empties into ......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Cheese
...CHEESE Wisconsin is the Cheese Capitol of the USA There you can find cheese ever on display And of this wonderful thing called cheese There is a type for everyone if you please There's Chees......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, culture, food, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Sunday Nights
...On Sunday night, for years, When it was time for us to eat, We piled into the car to get Some Chinese food, a treat. My parents did the ordering And mostly, they’d agree, By choosing things f......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, family, food,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Humpty Trumpys Will To Wall
...HUMPTY TRUMPY’S WILL TO WALL Humpty Trumpy is building his wall, Hope Humpty Trumpy doesn’t fall For if Russian or Chinese politicians Want to put him together again, For whatever gain, Perh......Read the rest...
Categories: cantonese, humorous, political,
Form: Rhyme

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