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Indian Independence - 75 Years

...Born after freedom; I witnessed 
The 25th year Independence Day celebration
The Silver Jubilee; the country was underdeveloped,
Yet there was jubilation, happiness all over

Years went by: I gre...

Categories: expats, beautiful, celebration, devotion, happiness,
Form: Free verse

Indian Independence - 75 Years

...Born after freedom; I witnessed 
The 25th year Independence Day celebration
The Silver Jubilee; the country was underdeveloped,
Yet there was jubilation, happiness all over

Years went by: I gre...

Categories: expats, beautiful, celebration, devotion, happiness,
Form: Free verse

Leper In Need

...The sun is hot and hard to bear
All out of options – nobody cares
You're looking for an accomplice in your greed 
So who's gonna come to the aid
Of a leper in need?

You tasted too much and lef...

Categories: expats, bible, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

A Spirit Lived With Us

...We lived in the U.K as expats in a Tudor style home in Kent
It was a nice home but it had “a feel” about it I can’t explain
Not frightening or threatening at all
Just a different sense in the atmo...

Categories: expats, death, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

Snow and Paintings

...Snow and Paintings              

The snow began to fall
late yesterday afternoon
first the big flakes
dropping leisurely and
building up on
the grass but melting 
as they hit warm streets

...

Categories: expats, ocean, water,
Form: Prose Poetry

Unsung Threnody For a Well Sewn Hero

...Bare skull and cross bones
     existence on the peripheral
     outskirts of poker flats
lives a slip of a man,
     whereat he never felt deserving
     accolades linkedin 
     with appeasem...

Categories: expats, 12th grade, america, celebration,
Form: Ballad

Sunday Afternoon

...What do you do? Fine - I'll mention other things,
In Jo"burg, the expats were bored - went to
a roundabout and drove around, disgraceful,
don't you play any sport? Not even couch-rugby?

I used ...

Categories: expats, adventure, fun, imagination, poetry,
Form: Prose

Singers

...Singers
I wanted to be a singer of popular tunes, but I didn’t have 
The voice for it, sounded like humpback a whale’s mating 
call  it was said; how would they know I swam with whales
along the ...

Categories: expats, abuse, celebrity, kids,
Form: Ballade

Misfit

...The Misfit 

When I first came to Algarve I thought I had 
to blend in I went to British bars and met
expats, who had never been to a Portuguese
restaurant, yet spent time whining about 
the country ...

Categories: expats, culture, freedom, giggle, humorous,
Form: Sonnet

Things That Hate Me

...THINGS    THAT    HATE    ME

Spaghetti,   for I don’t allow it to outrun my utensil
I chop it all to inch-long pieces then use my fork as a shovel. 
Expensive French wine,   for I won’t  ever pr...

Categories: expats, funnyhate,
Form: Couplet

Pledging Allegiance

...severely agitated
by remarks
on patriotism called nationalism
which for me casts a negative shadow
isn't nationalism a thin disguise for saying
communism?

I so love my country
and was brough...

Categories: expats, passionme,
Form: Free verse