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Ishmael Poems - Poems about Ishmael


Hagar the Horrible Blessing
I We sing of Hagar the Horrible, yet she is a brilliant blessing - This late in April 2019; no not for April Fool's Day I must submit (a poem, at least) - here the reason we play II On a certain Sunday, when all true Christians join to pray To a LORD who loves all ("diversity, too, but let's STOP...

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Categories: ishmael, africa, analogy, april, black
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Ishmael, Stay Off That Ship
I must warn you, don’t board that ship, Ishmael. The captain has an obsession, and is doomed to fail. He seeks to kill this legendary white whale. There are many other ships in this place you can board. Many whaling vessels sail in and out of New Bedford. On a previous journey sailing to the southeast, the captain lost a leg...

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Categories: ishmael, adventure, film,
Form: Rhyme



Sierra Leone - a Long Way Gone Book By Ishmael Baeh
South province where Mattru jong is located! Intriguing issues as a young boy! Escaped from drugs and the war! Rebels – They don’t agree with the government and think everyone is the enemy! Ready to start over! ...

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Categories: ishmael, adventure, black african american,
Form: ABC
Ishmael Beah
My face tiled in rubbles make my troubles visible, result of my lamed fights, became my life unfeasible. Don't talk about my mojo, if you don't like it, it will chase you all the time, if you don't stop it. Child soldier Ishmael Beah, who jumped to peace, who let go the bullets, to embrace world of man free....

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Categories: ishmael, life
Form: Quatrain
Call Me Ishmael
Call me Ishmael, I am the slave to desires and dreams of others and their destinies preclude my own; the seven seas may inoculate or infect with depths of drowning dark my turmoil twisting aimless and alone. Obsessions of their quests for peaceful vindication scars my fraught objectives livid white; Whilst they can settle down in waves of salvage, sleep, serenity, all I can claim is...

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Categories: ishmael, allegory, death, life, philosophy,
Form: Blank verse




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