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Highlife Poems - Poems about Highlife


Premium Member 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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Categories: highlife, history,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member 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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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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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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Categories: highlife, africa, art, celebration, culture,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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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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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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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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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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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Categories: highlife, age, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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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Categories: highlife, nature, daffodils,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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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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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Categories: highlife, funny, imagination, mystery, passion,
Form: Free verse

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