Long Antilles Poems
Long Antilles Poems. Below are the most popular long Antilles by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Antilles poems by poem length and keyword.
Tears Are Flowing In My Eyes For Haiti AgainHaiti is a country that I love dearly
That's where I was born
That's where I took my first healthy breath
That's where I had my first inspiration
That's where I saw the first birds
There I saw the first...
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Categories:
antilles, abuse, corruption, emotions, future, heartbroken, inspirational love,
Form:
Free verse
Santa Claus Was Afraid to Pass Through Port-au-Prince, HaitiPapa Noël was afraid to pass through on Christmas Day
In the streets of Port-au-Prince. Bullets were being fired in droves
Sporadically, haphazardly. Many people were hiding under beds
Naughty terrorists are like dogs, hyenas in vile forests...
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Categories:
antilles, black african american, christmas, corruption, death, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
Columbus In the New WorldColumbus In The New World
Three ships sailed under Spanish colours
(The Santa Maria, Niña and La Pinta)
And dropped anchor off the shores of San Salvador,
For Columbus and his crew to man-the-oars
To set foot on Terra firma...
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Categories:
antilles, america, columbus day, culture, education, history,
Form:
Verse
Betraying and Sabotaging HaitiEverybody desires something from our beloved Haiti.
Everybody is stealing from our embattled country.
The same individuals or goons, who are complaining,
Are the ones conniving, backstabbing and sabotaging,
The proverbial verbiage is that Haiti is poor/ destitute.
Our haters...
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Categories:
antilles, corruption, desire, discrimination, evil, political, racism, violence,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Fall of 1803In the fall of 1803,
The good ship, “The Queen Ann’s Knees”
Sailed out on the bounding seas.
Out of sight of the land
The captain looked grand
As with little ado
He spoke to his crew:
“Men, I’ve nothing to hide!
You...
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Categories:
antilles, humorous, silly,
Form:
Epic
A Revolution In ProgressRevolution is a long word that no one should use lightly
A revolution does not take place too often or daily
In 1804, Haiti, formerly the Pearl of the Antilles
Had a major revolution, which was a turning...
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Categories:
antilles, anti bullying, change, courage, emotions, freedom, slavery,
Form:
Rhyme
Middle of the RoadI drink poetry and excrete it in my imagination to the taste of soup, inspiration in my gutter of sky, the farces run the barn of wood crawling fingers, digging deep into the fury velvet...
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Categories:
antilles, imagery, lonely, lust, , western,
Form:
Ballad
Dana Sees the Southern CrossOff Terra Firma sixteen weeks now.
My legs take roots; my eyes become infinite.
Past the Tropic of Cancer, the Lesser Antilles.
Talk of brown skinned girls, Purple Clouds of Magellan.
The Southern Cross peeking above the...
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Categories:
antilles, sea,
Form:
Free verse
The River SeaTHE RIVER SEA
Even from islands of the Antilles -
Taking Pinzon’s route to El Dorado
In the very foothills of the Andes
And its golden yellow meadow.
Death-dealing its piranha and...
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Categories:
antilles, adventureriver, planet,
Form:
Quatrain
HaitiIn Western hemisphere located
“The Pearl of the Antilles”
Thus, for all formerly called
Was due however, its natural beauty
For the Hispaniola Island
It is only a small western portion
With 2680 meters of altitude
Pic la selle stands up
And both...
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Categories:
antilles, slavery, , western,
Form:
Free verse
AmazonAMAZON
Death-dealing its piranha and crocodile
And its fast bore fierce and tidal.
Life-giving, the earth’s river-daughter
Floods half a continent with water,
Floods half the planet with oxygen,
Probes fresh lobes far into salt...
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Categories:
antilles, places
Form:
Imagism