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Hostels Poems - Poems about Hostels

Then Slash Now

...then:
I swallowed escape
in pastel capsules,
my pockets jingled with regret.
The nights pulsed—
bass, sweat, strangers.
Every weekend was a blackout baptism.
Every Monday, a resurrection I did...
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Categories: hostels, life,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Night Sedans

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Lumbar ladies stroll by as the night sedans plunder the ho-dad hostels.
Looking to find nothing except another dozing cigarette beyond the cadenzas.
Another hot afternoon in suburbia with the r...
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Categories: hostels, car, memory,
Form: Free verse



Books

...Books 

I went to the Frankfurt Book Fair the other day.
It was mind-boggling..Books! 
There were fat books, thin books,
White books, black books, tawny books,
Paperbacks, hardbacks, beautifull...
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Categories: hostels, books,
Form: Free verse

A New Queen Is Born

...I stood at the back of the line and watched nature unfold in front of my weeping eyes. I stood at the back of the line watching them moving in droves from every corner of the globe; colors of all sor...
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Categories: hostels, care, celebration, change, death,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberEddie Mars and the Solar Winds

...EDDIE MARS AND THE SOLAR WINDS

The biggest band in Lisburn and fronted by Eddie Mars
A guy who could play anything, on his collection of guitars
On vocals, Charlie Venus, who was the joker in th...
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Categories: hostels, art, creation, friendship, music,
Form: Rhyme



Lost In My Dreams

...In my dreams
I'm always alone
on monorail subway platforms
on anonymous beaches
with crowds and sharks feeding
and I the only swimmer.

In my dreams
I'm searching
cold rooms and buildings
b...
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Categories: hostels, absence, angst, betrayal, heart,
Form: Free verse

In the Cold of the Night

...IN THE COLD OF THE NIGHT
Last night she called
I was busy painting but I couldn’t put her on hold, so I let her right through
The night was cold and blue and it got colder as it grew
Softly, the ...
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Categories: hostels, angel, feelings, first love,
Form: Free verse

Books Galore

...I went to the Frankfurt Book Fair the other day.
It was mind-boggling..
Books! There were fat books, thin books,
White books, black books, tawny books,
Paperbacks, hardbacks, beautifully bound bo...
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Categories: hostels, bible, books, strength,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberUnquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxii Part Two

...Unquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, Sereno and the Hausgast –XXXii Part Two

The duties of the Housekeeper in the U.K. par rapport au Portero in Spain or t...
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Categories: hostels, dedication, destiny, devotion, good
Form: Sonnet

Gap Yahhh - Bless 'Em All

...If you'll indulge me, this short poem, based on George Formby's WW2 forces song, was inspired by my son;'s experiences of backpacking in India over the past month. In that time he met ONE other trave...
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Categories: hostels, adventure, father son, loneliness,
Form: Free verse

Multi Million Giveaways

...Millionaire Giveaways

There are millionaires and then again there are multi millionaires…
How many zeroes to each of their fortunes and how much do they care….

In this nation I read of a multi...
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Categories: hostels, appreciation, caregiving, community, dedication,
Form: Narrative

My Valentine Rituals

...MY VALENTINE RITUALS

A day set aside
Only for love to tangle
A day where gifts are exchanged 
All in the name of love

A day where love is confessed willingly
A day that increases birth rate...
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Categories: hostels, addiction, anniversary, corruption, fear,
Form: Free verse

Kifumbamacho - the Weird Path

...WEIRD PATH -KIFUMBAMACHO

Living at the coast i never gave any credence
to stories of the supernatural attributing them
to ignorant locals who are into mysticism an spirit-ism

being a believer...
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Categories: hostels, africa, friendship, mystery, spiritual,
Form: Narrative

Jackie Oily Palms

...JACKIE OILY PALMS

I recall them days that i lived
at the east coast of Kenya
then a college boy

We lived at the hostels near customs
in a place near an animal orphanage
Hallers park- near B...
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Categories: hostels, africa, community, crazy, drink,
Form: Narrative

Home

...They say that home is where the heart is 
Uasullay refer d to as a persons dwelling
Alone, I think mine lost or some what in a tis
Perhaps looking at these four walls and ceiling

But I ask what...
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Categories: hostels, write,
Form: Rhyme

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