Islands Poems - Poems about Islands

SEBASTIAN HOW YOU SANG IN ME RAISING THE HARMONIC AQUSTIC SOUNDS ABOVE THE TEAL WATERS OF WHITE SAND THE SYMPHONY STORMED ACROSS THE SEA WITH OUR INFAMOUS MELODY CREATING A PERCESSION OF DANCE TRIGGERED BY THE SOFTNESS OF YOUR TOUCH MY KINGS ARRIVED DETROYING THE HARSHNESS THAT BESTOWED A TIMING OF MURDER THE MOMENT WE...

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Stark forests Salted earth Waste land of sticks and shapes Lucayan people buried in caves Hiding from explorers Trying to enslave How do you discover A land where people live Only by theft of what they...

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A while ago I read an article about the people of the Marshall Islands, about their language, their history, their fragile, disappearing home. I learned about a word they have, so versatile, so complex. “Iakwe” means hello, goodbye, I love you. But the most important meaning (to me at least): You are a rainbow. And, like the rainbow people in the Marshall Islands, you are beautiful; you are worth waiting for and worth searching for (so let no one tell...

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The islands seem afloat in the sea So have they been through the ages Yet they have not gone on a journey Even as they are bombarded with waves When a tempestuous storm rage They are anchored at the deepest level At the bed of the ocean floor Where mainland and island are stayed And connected as one massive body That is the generous,...

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at eight am I arrive at Harbour Island a calm beach with pink sand she resides in the Bahamas if you want to visit her the sand does not look as pink as the photos But it is not brown or tan either Will it be softer than regular gritty sand? I take off my shoes this sand is warm, and wobbly moving like...

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Distant noises in the morning Distant morning spread its flair Got no learning from the yearning Boys are riding boards out there Something metal knocks on metal Birds are flapping down and up I take off the whistling kettle For the instant coffee cup Comes a rare span of silence And among the flowers I Sit and gaze at floating islands, Formless islands in the sky....

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Tears behind the cocktails, Rowing down to calmness Oasis was found, Pure life's gratitude I found after my mistake. Confident I feel while I'm breathing loneliness. Awake with open eyes Lonely in a tropical island. Isolated in the middle of the world, I wonder. I wander. Sun shines above me with compassion, but I'm struggling. Lucky that I saw a boat I could call its...

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Land of the seas and glorious sunshine Sparkling Pearl of the Orient Sealine Strategically and truly well-placed This great country's sun-kissed islands are laced Lined up with palm fronds and coconut trees salubrious climate that drives cool breeze Pearls of Heaven lay scattered in the sea Are the beautiful islands that we see Historic past meets glorious future Modern Philippines is poised to...

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In the heart of the Pacific, where waves cradle secrets, **Tatau** emerges—a sacred script etched upon skin, A symphony of charcoal rivers, whispered stories, **Samoan souls bloom**. **Pe'a**, the male canvas, bears courage's weight, Thighs adorned with ancestral tales— A map of strength, resilience, and honor. Charcoal ink flows, tracing lineage, Each stroke a testament to warriors past, Their spirits dancing in the breeze. And...

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SEVEN THOUSAND ISLANDS Some five hundred miles East of Vietnam The Phillipines is a multi-island archipelago Named in honour of King Phillip of Castile It was Spain’s mid sixteenth century deal But colonisation and ownership a farrago Won by Spain but then lost to Uncle Sam Conquered by Japan in Second World War Won Back by US but became independent Restoring a Filipino focus...

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Born wearing ballet shoes without knowing, far in the deep nature, in the Sakhalin Islands, a ballet star opened his eyes for the first time. Warmed by the love of his family, he grew up happy until his life changed. He travelled without ballet shoes to Riga, where he saw a new beginning, still warmed by his mum. A beautiful blond seven year old...

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Two Icy Islands Cracks appear in the ice Become wider but we don’t cross We each urge the other to jump To join the other on their slab of ice I motion to you, you motion to me Neither jump. Our agonised faces Watch as the gap widens until It’s impossible to leap, to bridge. Set adrift, you go your way I go mine,...

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The Bahama Islands our nation of shallow seas our archipelago in the sun we live on which the Lord our God laid our foundation of life upon the shallow plantations of The Atlantic Ocean We are a consecrated nation the envy of our Greater Antillean siblings the best kept secret for in the eyes of our Creator our seas as...

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now, (my) collection of poems library on the bookshelf coming out in backpack bag at the coffee shop into back trouser pocket, I'm going to meet you....

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The grey skies shift to blue, and now a breeze is heralding a longed-for transformation. With rainbow colours Mother Earth is blessed and all the islands of the west caressed, reborn. Sweet Summer knows no storm....

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