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Highlife
Highlife Poems - Poems about Highlife
JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
...JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM HISTORY AND SPOKEN WORD Before the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco’s Fillmore District came to be, it was Jack’s. A poppin’ groove organ funk soul jazz club on Sutte......
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Tony Adamo
Categories:
highlife,
history,
Form:
Spoken Word
NINE MILES OF BLU
...NINE MILES OF BLUE By Tony Adamo (Nov.25,’05) Hip spoken’ Word I walked into a little jazz dive off 125th and Lex a cold wind blew me through the swingin’ doors/ Beer, peanuts, dark smoke......
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Tony Adamo
Categories:
highlife,
spoken word,
Form:
Spoken Word
Ghanaian culture diversity
...On the coast of gold(Ghana) where ethnic cultures intertwines like glittering and colourful 'bonwire' kente A vibrant tapestry of diversity divine. Starting from the South where the powerful Ashan......
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Matilda Mireku
Categories:
highlife,
africa, art, celebration, culture,
Form:
Free verse
Ghanaian culture diversity
...On the coast of gold(Ghana) where ethnic cultures intertwines like glittering and colourful 'bonwire' kente A vibrant tapestry of diversity divine. Starting from the South where the powerful Ashan......
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Matilda Mireku
Categories:
highlife,
africa, art, celebration, culture,
Form:
Free verse
John Madden Rip
...*Image of John Madden by Oakland News Now. John Madden RIP As an offensive linesman forms profession, Complimenting Raiders pro football coach, Relating coaching and playing no qu......
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Hilo Poet
Categories:
highlife,
character, eulogy, football, image,
Form:
Epitaph
Coffee Terza Rima
...Drinking my hot coffee in the morning While drinking my coffee, looking at my wife Drinking my coffee, makes it goodmorning. As I sit there looking at the love of my life I sip my coffee, it......
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Jake Aller
Categories:
highlife,
drink, food,
Form:
Terza Rima
African Rhythm
...I am.... An Ashanti warrior A Bantu dancer I am a Yoruba royal clothed in my Asooke Dancing Adowa and kpalogo to tunes from wulomei and masekela I am proud Masai Standing around manyattas......
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Kofi Amed
Categories:
highlife,
africa, beautiful, black love,
Form:
Free verse
Benin
...A mass of grey and rusted silver strewn By the sky god from sifted appurtenances. Preserve of ancients jousting with modernity, Behind edifice a disperse of brimming slums With piles, heaps of fi......
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Solomon Itsoghole
Categories:
highlife,
africa, art, conflict, confusion,
Form:
Verse
Beauty, To Teresa Brewster
...Beauty...to Teresa Brewster I see you in the rising sun In the glamour of it's setting You wander with the lonely butterfly sucking nectar from the open flowers in my heart's garden I hear your voi......
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Sarpong Kumankoma
Categories:
highlife,
age, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
Yellow Frill
...I wanted to write a poem About the Daffodil But when I tried to fit it In a form, it lost all its thrill I wanted to say how lovely Swaying upon the hill Dancing in the morning breeze Sporting her y......
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Sara Kendrick
Categories:
highlife,
nature, daffodils,
Form:
Rhyme
Beauty No Shadows
...Beauty walked straight into my life Opened blinded eyes to glory Everything now highlife Beauty touches this story With gentle soft scented breeze Even blue Morning Glory Beauty accompanies......
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Sara Kendrick
Categories:
highlife,
animals, inspirational, introspection, life,
Form:
Rhyme
New York
...Bull Rider of Day and Night Sperm of Population, Home of Insomnia Place of Yellow Cabs and Nation's NASDAQ's Business Highlife, Loud, Crime City of making it Big: When I am there I am told that ......
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Kizzy Davis
Categories:
highlife,
funny, imagination, mystery, passion,
Form:
Free verse