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Favela Poems - Poems about Favela


Father Francis
...Father Francis fried five fishes for four favoured Flamboyant families from far Favela farms. 10-26-2019 Contest:Tautogram poems sponsored by Eve Roper.......

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Categories: favela, humor, relationship,
Form: Tautogram
Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Xlix - Tongue Teasers
...UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: Tongue-Teasers - XLIX « Third Degree » is when you add « Insult to injury ». If you take everything everybody says with a « pinch of salt », we’ll soon be able to drink oc......

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Categories: favela, humor, irony, race, word
Form: Epigram



Lagos
...ISALE EKO (LAGOS) A rooster of discrete tongues Culture, tradition Where, Zillion specters resonate Quantum croak. Cock crow, Erupts whirl, barge at Alaba Descry of sea of soul cases Kibb......

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Categories: favela, africa,
Form: Blank verse
A Planet of Pain
...Kids dying for diamonds in Sierra Leone, Innocent civilians killed in Iraq’s warzone. Indigenous tribes removed from their lands, Children in the Congo losing legs and hands. Arms companies still......

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Categories: favela, conflict, corruption, humanity, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
Jhaine In a Favela, I Think
...Jhaine in Brazil, I think closest I can figger 'cause, we don't share some language probably a generational thing I suppose many words I don't understand many of the words she writes like m......

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Categories: favela, anti bullying, autumn, baby,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Copla Cincuenta This Bad Guy World
...COPLA CINCUENTA: This Bad Guy World Favela children see no World Cup Their dire distress kept under lid: Sick bodies sour Watch the kicked ball in a toss up Fun wars to buttress count......

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Categories: favela, conflict,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Child Poverty
...Child Poverty “I wish I wave will come take me out to the sea, and I wish I were a mermaid with a rock of my own. The girl of twelve smiled as not quite believing her dream. From the favela in ......

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Categories: favela, child, dark,
Form: Verse
That Kid I Saw In Rio
...That kid I saw in Rio, I can’t forget him, He hung on my arm, amidst overpriced, flashy hotels, Past the nightclubs and dazzling neon lights, That draws tourists like flies to a cottage porch lig......

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Categories: favela, adventurehope,
Form: Narrative

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