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Islander Poems - Poems about Islander

Islander
...Wave just kiss the shore Retreat back to the sea; he Does not belong there. Back and forth he kiss Retreat back again to sea Does it everyday. For so long a time By obsession, he decide E......

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Categories: islander, engagement, extended metaphor, imagination,
Form: Senryu
On the subject of BORROWED DESCRIPTIONS ----My quest to appreciate my island roots
...I live on an island in the Pacific region The largest body of water is the OCEAN Like, can we be more Pacific? I think Christopher Columbus got lost Because the directions were not pacific ......

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Categories: islander, appreciation, culture, history, imagery,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Darker Shade of Light
... ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY “We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty......

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Categories: islander, children, freedom, sorry, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Visitor
...The wide porch with its green wicker furniture looks out on the little park that splits the street. Great gnarled oak trees stand guard over the weathered benches scattered here and there. V......

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Categories: islander, feelings, home, introspection, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Aloha, Connie Marcum Wong
...Aloha, Connie Marcum Wong A fellow islander, here in the State of Hawaii Plain common folks in touch with its aina (land) Noticed by many soupers long before this......

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Categories: islander, allegory, angel, character, friend,
Form: Narrative



Ante Bellum
...In this rainy coldness of a night I am drained and dry like a hanging Bacalao. I hope it comes to pass! As cant as I am - broken as a rib As grey as ash is - as dim as an ar$e Take without hesit......

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Categories: islander, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Message In a Bottle
...[To the outside world] I am trapped on an island far at sea, There is no glimpse of life around me. Alone, cold and desolate, I was shipwrecked by ‘FATE’. I have been here for many years, And......

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Categories: islander, emotions, imagery, loneliness, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
A Land of Two Realms
...January 31, 2017 A long, long time ago in the lands of the giant tulip trees Lived a wondrous animal, called the Alley Phont Sheeze. Standing as tall as the great Coconut Shrine, He pounded thr......

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Categories: islander, fantasy, humor, love, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Island of Insanity
...The day my life went crazy I dreamed I traveled to the Island of Insanity, when i arrived there wasn't any sign of humanity, it was totally deserted and lacking any vitality except for an old......

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Categories: islander, mental illness,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Le Probleme Avec Des Blancs - Translation of Jim Everett's the White Man Problem By T Wignesan
...Le Problème avec des Blancs – Translation of Jim Everett’s « The White Man Problem » by T. Wignesan (Jim Everett, Mawbana Pleregannana, b. 1942 on Flinders Island, Tasmania, has had a chequered......

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Categories: islander, discrimination, power, prejudice, racism,
Form: Quatrain
Island of Fantasy
...There's an Island I know which is surrounded by a deep, blue ocean, filled with mermaids, Lochness monsters, giant octopuses, and dolphins that can talk! Within the Island, we have folks of al......

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Categories: islander, creation, fantasy, funny, humor,
Form: Narrative
Upbeat, the Islander: Upbeat Comes To Terms
...I'm a simple guy, I like video games, music and succeeding without trying, So when a man comes up to me and tell me he can save my life, Who am I to turn down a free book from a generous passerby,......

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Categories: islander, bible, hope, jesus, journey,
Form: Rhyme
The French Nuclear Spit
...The Tahitian sparrows won't sip, The Albatross won't dive deep, The pelican, the islander Poorer than before, Has to suffer and keep... The agony...inside him and her, And the world at large is......

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Categories: islander, abuse, environment, hurt, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
A Merry Band of Adventurers Part 1 of 2
...There Are A Thousand Treasures Of Kings Worth More, Than All The Wealth, There Could Be ! Some Say, It’s In A Kingdom Of Dreams Others Say, It’s As Real As You & Me The Legend Says, There’s A Kingdo......

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Categories: islander, adventure, fantasy, friendship, poetry,
Form: Ballad
Dream Album
...I’ve been a pirate on black seas, Explorer where the oceans freeze, A monarch on an opaled throne, An islander with rings of bone— Inside the “British Colonies” thick section Of my boyhood stamp......

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Categories: islander, adventure
Form: Verse

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