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Dere Poems - Poems about Dere

Premium Member Cajun Night Before Christmas
...As promised to Sara Baker... here is the Night Before Christmas, Cajun style ~ by James Rice ~ ~ ~ ~ Twas the night before Christmas an'......

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Categories: dere, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Delayed Consequences, Part Iii
......He remembered his childhood, Cajun stories of the bayou, and one of an old witch doctor, they claimed he still practiced voodoo. He had seen the man once or twice, he’d seemed rather old de......

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Categories: dere, abortion, confusion, dark, death,
Form: Narrative



How Some People In New Orleans Talk
...imma, burl, uca, sheon’t, heebie, deygon, fitna, who dat, cuz, ion’t, dem, whatcha, make groceries, uon’t, boocoo, earl, bouta, weddey, baby… imma - Imma call you later. You going with her? No, i......

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Categories: dere, city, culture, good night,
Form: Narrative
Mma
...Mma (Beauty) Izunna Okafor dere ab? a Kere kere ka ? na-egbu ?b?nad? n’anya onye ìsì Onye chi ya g?zìrì O were nke ya, mebe ngàlá Mma ad?gh? n’ótú ?n?tsha Maka na ihe d? ?t? bu ihe d......

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Categories: dere, beauty,
Form: Epic
Chuka Nnabuife: Nwoke Na Mma
...Chuka Nnabuife: Nwoke Na Mma (Ab? p?r? iche maka mmemme ncheta ?gb?gba ah? iri ise nke Sa Chuka Nnab?ife) Izunna Okafor dere ab? a A s? na mma nwoke b? mpempe akw?kw? Mana nke ah? b? ......

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Categories: dere, birthday,
Form: Epic



Anyammiri Ala Anyi
...Anyammiri Ala Any? (Tears of Our Land) Izunna Okafor dere ab? a Ala Na?jiria ebegbuo onwe ya n'akwa Anya mmiri anya mmiri ebe niile Akwa ?t?t?, akwa ndeeri na akwa ar?r? ?nye ga-az......

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Categories: dere, political,
Form: Elegy
Dike Alaa - For Chukwuemeka Ike
...Dike Alaa Mm?? (Maka Chukwuemeka Ike) Izunna Okafor dere ab? a Gém gém gém gém! Dùm dùm dùm dùm Tìkó tìkó tìkó tìkó Gbám gbám dùm dùm. Ùgbòrò ab?? ka òkù na-akp? dike ? kp?? ya na nd?,......

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Categories: dere, death,
Form: Elegy
Aguu
...Ag?? (hunger) Izunna Okafor dere ab? a Ch??? ch??? ka ? na-atà n'af? Nw?? nw?? ka ? na-am? n'?kp?kp? Ag?? b? aha ya ? kp?? ?gan? ? za g? Ag?? b? echete ebeme O nwegh? nne, nke o ji e......

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Categories: dere, africa,
Form: Free verse
Translation: Ich Have Y-Don Al Myn Youth
...Ich have y-don al myn youth “I have done it all my youth” (anonymous Middle English poem) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I have done it all my youth: Often, often, and of......

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Categories: dere, depression, desire, longing, love,
Form: Verse
Iwalewa
...Blare the sensational movement that invade my heart. Neither of money nor of fame. I would have glorified upon the simplicity of the trends of this move. It's of a young looking damsel my ray slas......

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Categories: dere, absence, age, deep, dream,
Form: Ode
Inner Voice
...Before dat one stop I dare 2 take Dere was a face off wth so many breaks To myself I used to ask M I slow or the others fast Dere always prevailed a world of confusion When ever I tried to find ......

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Categories: dere, inspirational,
Form: Bio
Temple of the Gods-Palindrome
...Temple of the Gods Within the realities, unseen deified admits a parallel preen A shielded smokescreen for their succus is made unclean In the matriarchal machine a t......

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Categories: dere, evil, power, prison,
Form: Rhyme
Creds To Pandita
...due to high demand I'm back and betta thanks pandita but u can't beata you'll never be like me you're just gonna have to wait and see you're just a wannabe watching ma every move creepin on......

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Categories: dere, anger, cool, hip hop,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Thirsty
...Thirsty I could tell right away he was up ta sum thin. I could see it in doze beady eyes! His wordz were smooth in a snake like sorta way, my pappy says heze city smooth. He don't look like no......

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Categories: dere, betrayal, corruption, death, future,
Form: Prose
Way Down Home
...Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: Way Down Home Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: July/1989 "Son! If I told choo once, I told choo twice - Don't take yo ass, back down on dah Gulf. ......

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Categories: dere, childhood, grandfather,
Form: Verse

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