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Coolies Poems - Poems about Coolies


The Hungry Stones XIV
...At this very moment coolies screamed, ‘train', We scampered packing up our bags and bales, A long-awaited train’s a certain bane, But this one turned a boon, such were the tales, An English g......

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Categories: coolies, allusion, bangla, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Who Invented the Coolie
..., and children lived on America's East Coast then: PROVIDENTIAL Now, with a new family in my native land, I am stunned I'm The "COOLIE" Yes, it hurts. My ancestors came as virtual slaves on British ships: LABOR MIGRATION They may have worked as porters, "coolies" in India and China then: PAST SINS Continue in Nelson Mandela's South Africa, against "Hotnot and Coolie," STILL Who made these words commonplace in so many places: TRINIDAD, Jamaica, G......

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Categories: coolies, absence, abuse, africa, america,
Form: Rhyme



Slavery and Reparations All Done
...SLAVERY AND REPARATIONS I am a descendant of slaves - from India! Anyone who demands REPARATIONS shake & quake at my words Competition? So, we have competing tales of bondage? The Jewish people's......

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Categories: coolies, africa, america, analogy, black
Form: Bio
A Money Order To Tamil Nadu
...His brain’s barren like the surface of the moon – alphabet could never grow there. I fill up the money order form at his request. Our tongues are ......

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Categories: coolies, life,
Form: Free verse
Mountains of My Country
...Just drop once, when you happen to go by. A tale they may count, mountains of my country; Of paradise invaded and forests destroyed, Of vessels adrift and sailors athirst, Of savage hunting and......

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Categories: coolies, appreciation, best friend, blessing,
Form: Free verse



200 Poems
...2OO poems To my 2OO women Living legacy for my 2OO generations Hopping falling in divisions Written 2OO letters Sharing 2OO words Tip toeing restoring 2OO reasons Asking words a shivering my h......

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Categories: coolies,
Form: Lyric
Purge Our Consciences
...From my lowly bachelor’s house Proudly christened ‘Embassy Fair’ I woke up to the chirping of birds On the trees above and across the vale And the riverine bushes in-between I woke up to the crowing ......

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Categories: coolies, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Silly Dream By Silly Me
...I was walking on the street, Gazing at people and wheat. Listening to traffic police, Watching the burden on coolies. Alone I was, Lost in my thoughts. Trying hard to imagine, Suddenly appeared a jin......

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Categories: coolies, fantasy, nature, visionary, me,
Form: Rhyme
Obama Swirled
...to stroll tomorrow's plastic streets that glow at night from sunshine To wander through the antique malls That sold their wares to carry To sit a commutator out upon the fastest rail and watch ......

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Categories: coolies, fantasy
Form: Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things