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Diaspora Poems - Poems about Diaspora


Roots
Tell me Can a tree without roots Ever bear fruit? Tell me Can a ship without sails Ever make haste in the boundless sea? Death creeps, cloying Knotted garters frayed Under the sea the sirens wail Forgotten, ignored But for the ones who live on The feet do drag on Swollen, septic, deeply forlorn For those of us who are aware Who live in a world; awake Be sure to...

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Categories: diaspora, absence, fantasy, future, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Painful Journey
(My Persian rug, 2024) A Painful Journey I live a quiet and isolated life But it’s been one of great adventure That leaves me now a bit worn out Although satisfied and fulfilled Is probably how I should describe it, For I’m happy with its twists and turns Even though I know deep down Before I can even remember There is a loss that...

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Categories: diaspora, allegory, heartbreak, journey, life,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Diaspora Link
That Diaspora represent a piece of my identity, Strewed my views on the squires of taciturnity, Inconspicuous lines and depictions, And then there's the pencil wizard, Follow my body's rhythms, that I used to bury, A meandering deer in the tangle of conscience, I interred it in the depths of my gentle soul, He was doused in letter ink, I interfered with him...

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Categories: diaspora, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, caregiving,
Form: Free verse
Pangs of Exile
Pangs of exile In the season of the fallen leaf Pangs of exile, pangs of grief Should I join the expat web? I will still receive The Sheaf Pangs of exile, pangs of grief I listen to a foreign tongue The sound goes on the evening long Oh to hear the name O’Keefe - Pangs of exile, pangs of grief - - Murphy, Kelly or...

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Categories: diaspora, emotions, feelings, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Diaspora
Turn the odd page: Attest to age, Word abrupt rage, Climb on your stage. Not much to say: A brittle take, A touchy play, A foreign make. Too wise to know: Blunt angles show, Not much to grow, A discrete glow. So here you are: A foreign sore, A foreign star, A touchy bore. See what I prize: A feisty price, A taunting vice, Where's mad surprise? Odd agenda: A twist of fate Strange diaspora, A blush too...

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Categories: diaspora, allegory,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Diaspora
No refuge here Just bitter cheer Search now in vain Kind words said plain Cliques and cliches Odd word croquet Islands of stress A savvy mess Not much for laughs Broken mad stuff Loss that now pokes Sad burden yokes Once a big tribe Scattered once ripe Not much to say A wind-blown way Leon Enriquez 07 June 2018 Hamlet Place, ACT...

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Categories: diaspora, change,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Diaspora
In crowded places Alone and solitary; In clustered spaces A touch of melancholy. Sad diaspora mulls Coming and going so lonely; Here empty feels dull A certain listless company. Far away right here In a geography of plenty; Lack traps me my dear Pokes deep pain that hurts anxiety. If only now I Can re-jig my sad sad story; Catch a glimpse of highs Sans diaspora across the sea. If I...

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Categories: diaspora, angst,
Form: Quatrain
Diaspora, Can'T Go Home
Diaspora that cant go home Mum and Dad came on boats not grand They left the sun behind To the old country to lend a hand replacing uncertainty and find Prosperity, erase the poverty of native land And we’ll send money back home. They were met with sticks and stones Were broken, not just their bones Wogs and minstrels they were called In Harsh winters...

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Categories: diaspora, immigration, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Diaspora
Witness and see the conflicts mad, Sad refugees flee from times bad. War and terror as devils kill, Shades of horror where evil steals. Madness flings curse in broken space, Usurp cold purse in loss of grace. Good men suffer the stains of greed, Hatred mutters harsh fix that breeds. Pain bolts in vain if you but know, Loss figures plain in broken flow. Violence...

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Categories: diaspora, angst,
Form: Couplet
African Diaspora
The African Diaspora was when flowers were trapped & caged Each day I think and wanted to see them free I see why... Your African beauty deserves to be picked I realize that its just a figment of my imagination that their creation is truly magnificent....

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Categories: diaspora, flower, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Diaspora
Stars, hovering over us. Floating emotions, Love's moonbeams. Eternity, strings on her bow. Hearing the wind blow, God the creator. We are magnetic and charged. Drawn into action, Blinder than bats. Forced to surrender. Finally, The storm has come And we are complete....

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Categories: diaspora, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poem By Kasiananthan On the Tamil Diaspora and Eelam, Trans By T Wignesan
The Parrot and the Woodpecker may turn... [Sung by TEnicayccal Cellappa] Translated by T.Wignesan mAnkiliyum marankottiyum The parrot and the woodpecker kUtutirumpa tatayillai ...

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Categories: diaspora, history, nostalgia, political, pain,
Form: Ballad
Diaspora of Her Soul
Amidst the binge of the champagne, and the glitter on the faces, she heard the distant lullaby. Glistening repertoire of appreciation elated her, but her soul had been far forlorn. She smiled her way through the ballroom, shaking hands, wishing prosperity and hugging the nonchalant children, who didn't even remember her... their innocent, curious eyes,...

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Categories: diaspora, death, introspection, , Lullaby,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Afrikan Diaspora
The Afrikan Diaspora Includes all of humanity One great big extended family Sharing a single commonality To form one global community Though throughout our collective history There has been atrocity after atrocity Committed with hubris and hypocrisy Sometimes in the name of democracy Or in the name of a theocracy Which ignored the Commandment Of honor thy father and mother So that your days may longer Instead...

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Categories: diaspora, happiness, history, introspection, life,
Form: Didactic

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