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Goombay Poems - Poems about Goombay


Who Am I
...I am a believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ a redeemed child of The King an enthusiast of end time prophecies a patriotic Bahamian a lover of Rake and Scrape, Junkanoo, Goombay and Calypso a......

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Categories: goombay, identity,
Form: List
Summer Tunes
...One of a kind ocean music pounding Goombay rhythms against the rocks and rake and scrape rhythms in the prevailing winds and the waves mashing the roach with their feet on the dance floor of ......

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Categories: goombay, music, nature, song, sound,
Form: Free verse



Another Decade I Wished I Had Experienced
...Six decades ago the landscape of my Little Nassau had places like The Silver Slipper The Blue Note The Banana Boat The Conch Shell The Zanzibar The Cat and Fiddle and The Drumbeat Club wi......

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Categories: goombay, culture, fun, history,
Form: List
Reasons To Stay
...Our sizzling temperatures like the month of August on our skyline above the clouds Swimming with the pigs dolphins, sharks and stingrays in our crystal seas Sunday strolls on our gorgeous ......

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Categories: goombay, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Sand and Surf
...Beach day adventures are like delicious chocolate cookies where the sea meets the coast grounded beyond your comfort zone intertwined with flavors of the sunset flowing in the skyline and footp......

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Categories: goombay, beach,
Form: Free verse



Miss Bahamian Culture
...Miss Bahamian Culture a woman who pledges loyalty to put Bahama land from the time she was conceived out of the womb Miss Bahamian Culture a woman who sheds the blood of gold, black and aqu......

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Categories: goombay, culture, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
The Bahama Islands, Our Tropical Paradise
...The Bahama Islands, our tropical paradise the apple in eyes of the Caribbean the place of my birth like the planet Saturn camouflaged in sun, sand and sea! The Bahama Islands, our tropical par......

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Categories: goombay, imagery, patriotic,
Form: Free verse

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