Clave Poems

Premium MemberThe Paradiddle of Being - Book Three: Just Be

...IX.

In the ICU, machines create their own songo—
ventilator, heart monitor, IV pump—
forming an accidental orchestra
the clutch of machinery holding time
like a hi-hat choking i...
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Categories: clave, community, dance, faith, friendship,
Form: Lyric

Premium Member707 BRONX JUMP

...A street beat… no, a clave/ not just one, but a chorus of Cuban souls, whispering stories of sun-drenched streets/ sugar cane rum, and women of the streets/ Conga lines in the neighborhood/ Fidel Cas...
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Categories: clave, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word


Premium MemberFAITH IN GOD WHO CALLS US TO CLEAVE TO HIM

...April 27 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 2Kings 18-19
 
Key Verse – 2Kings 18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD ...
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Categories: clave, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain

Guess ah

...A People Power Champion
that how they speak when
most people say his name.
Stormester Amir born in
Mobius Grander(Parts Unknow) once
blacklisted and removed
from active competition made a
worl...
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Categories: clave, music, sports,
Form: Bio

Premium MemberThe Wolves of Wall Street

...When the market place is dying

All the wolves of Wall Street's prowling 

When the doves of peace are flying 

All the dogs of war are howling 

When the hard times come our way

All the c...
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Categories: clave, political,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberFreedom's Fire

...Deep within the hearths and hearts of man

That fans the flame of freedom's fire

Resides the yearning ever burning

Atop the pillars of man's desire

And when the fist of tyranny rises

To...
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Categories: clave, america,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA Change Is In Order

...Now etched in the sands of time,
Each nation shares its story.
Page by page would tell the tale,
Of apathy, shame, and glory.

Amid peacetime and bloody tides,
The molten metal molded.
To arm ...
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Categories: clave, change, health, world,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberHeavenly Tides

...We rise with ebb tide and flow. 
Into the darkness of the night sky. 
On the way, sincere nocturnal glow. 
Look for sound, breeze, and flux tie.

Tussling to stay buoyant to get a co...
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Categories: clave, analogy, appreciation, dream,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberReady

...Ready…

Driven to serve

Following* Christ’s footsteps

Willing to obey midst hindrance…

By faith!

*2King 18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following h...
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Categories: clave, character, christian, faith, god,
Form: Cinquain

Swot Analysis

...Endeavor so hard as Swot analysis, 
Paved my path in dishearten crisis, 
 
From cradle to the grave, 
Confront delusion world with simple naive, 
 
Loosed all my knight ness and habit of brave, 
Cont...
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Categories: clave, dedication, depression, longing, loss,
Form: Rhyme Royal

Premium MemberGreat Daughter-In-Law

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Ruth
A
Woman
Moabite
Ancestor of Christ
Left her homeland to go with her
Mother-in-law for she clave to her and did not leave 
And Ruth said,"Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from...
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Categories: clave, faith, history, inspirational
Form: Fibonacci

Parámetros Del Sonido

...Sombrero acentuado
Nuez gravitacional
Medio puntero cenital

Seriedad cuadrilátera
Olímpico vertical
En camino a contactar

Sutil contradicción polar
Magnetismo englobado
Suspende la relaci...
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Categories: clave, confusion
Form: I do not know?

Premium MemberClave

...Yes, that groove tells much to all
that hear.
Far "Africk", captive, yet free,
sent cross the seas such rhythms that
stirred great music for a world
that still doubts black genius.
Polyrhythmic...
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Categories: clave, allegory, introspection, nostalgia
Form: Free verse

The Eviction of Mr. Ivy

...With his thick, brown, hairy legs,
He had climbed the back of an old white barn.
As his knotted, broad chest pressed 
Against the dry-rotted boards, 
He stretched his arms toward the sun 
Pierci...
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Categories: clave, adventure, family, husband, imagination,
Form: Free verse

When I Were a Little Slave

...When I were a little slave.
My nature was developing clave.
I were doing as they pretend,
If I do, they always mend.
When I don’t want to sleep,
They frightened me ghosts and stops my weep.
The...
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Categories: clave, life, love, nature, social,
Form: Verse

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