Long Roti Poems
Long Roti Poems. Below are the most popular long Roti by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Roti poems by poem length and keyword.
Additional Advice To Those Would Be King From the Thiruk-Kural With CommentaryAdditional free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with Commentary
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations or even empires]
K442: urranOy niikki uraa amai munkaakkum
...
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Categories:
roti, bullying, immigration, prison, religion, sympathy, tamil, violence,
Form:
Epigram
Finally Saved Part 2 - Translation From Rabindranath TagoreThis is the Second Part of the Translation from Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel-Laureate Philosopher Poet from India.
Father only smiled; thought, "women
are emotionally heated balloons!
Life is a difficult salvation, they don't have that knowledge",
After...
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Categories:
roti, father daughter, love, marriage, women,
Form:
Free verse
Oh To Be In Trinidad
Oh, to be in Trinidad
when the hot scented currents flow,
from East Dry River to Nariva
chaconia and silk cotton tree grow.
Where reachin’ palms whisper
across island reef and coconut lagoon,
...
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Categories:
roti, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Radju By Vera Polozkova TranslationAs soon as I landed, Radju, I concluded that these people live like Gods –
Fairy tale like empty airports, queer roads and on them driving cars handsome studs.
One-piece glass in windows and Dutch ware toilets...
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Categories:
roti, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Trinbago MassiveTrinbago massive
A lady in America asking me
To tell her something bout Trinidad
She planning a vacation soon
And want to go there real bad
She wants to hear everything
About the culture and the foods
Steel pan and calypso
And...
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Categories:
roti, adventure, holiday, introspection, nature, beautiful, beautiful, me,
Form:
Light Verse
I Want To Get OneA man talking loud in the subway
For every body to hear
He talking about his country
And the beautiful women they have down there
Well I open my ears now
I playing “maco “I want to hear
Now every one...
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Categories:
roti, dedication, satire, universe,
Form:
Light Verse
Ancestors and UsANCESTORS
Lady Liberty
And the Lady cries:
"Bring me your lame, maime,
Your poor, your Refugees."
Came by the Mayflower
And others like her,
The first Settlers came
from near and far;
Men, women, children,
old and young.
Bellowing sails flapping
in tempestuous winds,
People courageously sailed,
Getting...
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Categories:
roti, appreciation, beauty, blessing, imagery, people,
Form:
Free verse
One Day In San FernandoA lady on high street with ah tight pants
And all the men turn and watching she
Well I pretend I didn’t notice
But in the corner of my eyes I look to see
...
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Categories:
roti, introspection, life,
Form:
Light Verse
Recipe: Poulet Roti French Style - Ballade Le Chant Royal - 6RECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style - Ballade Le Chant Royal 6
(NOTE: This French “ballade” is being composed on permutations of the number ONE repeated twice, I.e., 11. Eleven syllables to the line in iamb or...
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Categories:
roti, bullying, discrimination, father son, french, islamic, jewish,
Form:
Ballade
The Curry Man From TrinidadI leave my home in Trinidad
And I come to live in America
And now I working at Kmart
Whole day at a cash register
But I do have a lot of problems
Every time...
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Categories:
roti, food, fun, funny, life,
Form:
Light Verse
Trinidad GirlsTrinidad girls
Meet a girl in Trinidad
She like to eat plenty pepper
But if you see the girl
She sweet like sugar
She likes to sing
And she can dance for so
She likes to go shopping
Gulf city...
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Categories:
roti, introspection, life, parody, satire, girl, girl,
Form:
Light Verse
MarriageMarriage
Some say marriage
Is a legal constitution
But some married people
Belong in a mental institution
A man wife don’t listen to him
She says he’s very cheap
The only way she pays attention
Is if he talking in his sleep
So he...
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Categories:
roti, life, wife, home, home, time, , cute,
Form:
Light Verse
Recipe: Poulet Roti French Style - Instalment OneRECIPE: "Poulet Roti" French Style - Instalment One
I
If...
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Categories:
roti, allegory, conflict, confusion, corruption, culture, endurance, mother
Form:
Ballad
Re-BirthI
Oestre was a name of a fertility goddess, in Iran, then PERSIA
What a rich history, what an embattled people! Cyrus their King
Did great things for the Jews, the ancient Hebrews, freed by him
Then Cyrus directed...
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Categories:
roti, appreciation, community, easter, jesus, jewish, mom, prayer,
Form:
Verse
WeddingA group of ladies by the stand pipe
While the tassa men play their tune
This is the lawa morning
I getting marry this afternoon
A bunch of foreigners clapping
And their mom drinking coconut water
They come from the Middle...
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Categories:
roti, how i feel, i love you, introspection,
Form:
Light Verse
Recipe: Poulet Roti - French Style - Ballade Le Chant Royal - Concluding StanzaRECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style - La Ballade “Le Chant Royal” -Concluding Stanza
(Note: As you can see, I have taken certain liberties with the fixed form, but have always kept close to the spirit of...
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Categories:
roti, abuse, allegory, child abuse, cinco de mayo,
Form:
Ballade
SapnaI see the place she use to be
But she’s no longer there
Now it’s just a dark lonely room
With an empty chair
What happen to make her go?
Why did she go away?
She seems alright to all
But she’s...
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Categories:
roti, friendship, sad, friend, hope, cousin,
Form:
Light Verse
Island In the SunTrinidad
My island in the sun
Where my birthright belongs
My ancestors sail from far
... And there I was born
They came from India
Across the oceans
Work in the cane fields
And the plantation
Bring their curry spices
And Indian recipes...
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Categories:
roti, places,
Form:
Light Verse
He Reminds MeHE REMINDS ME
(edited)
He reminds me back when I was thirty-one and he was thirty
Acquainted with him in the mid-month of humid February
He reminds me of fresh boiled tea, roti and chick pea
And the ceiling...
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Categories:
roti, cute love,
Form:
Rhyme
HE REMINDS ME
He reminds me back when I was thirty-one and he was thirty
Acquainted with him in the mid-month of humid February
He reminds me of fresh boiled tea, roti and chick pea
And the ceiling fan he took...
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Categories:
roti, appreciation, cute love, feelings, happiness, heart, irony,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Cool Trinidad GirlsCool Trinidad girls
They running on the beach
And they playing around
Dancing to the music
And singing a song
Does matter what age you are
Or if your hair is full with curls
You all...
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Categories:
roti, people, together, cousin,
Form:
Light Verse
She Is British and I Am An IndianShe is white and I am black
But she never care, how I am
Many hopes in me
Her hope is to enjoy
Many dreams in my mind
Her dream for a better holiday
I bother and care for tomorrow
But she...
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Categories:
roti, hope, life, loveme, love, me, , cute,
Form:
I do not know?
Yes YouBet you didn’t know
How wonderful you are
You are like the moonlight
And the evening star
Bet you didn't know?
What an inspiration you been
You are like the sunshine
on a beautiful morning
And know if I tell you
You will say...
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Categories:
roti, devotion, love,
Form:
Light Verse
Ode To Kuala LumpurOh Kuala Lumpur, city of contrasts
Where ancient and modern, beautifully coexist
Your towering skyscrapers, a sight to behold
A modern metropolis, that never grows old
From the iconic Petronas Twin Towers
To the bustling streets of Bukit Bintang
A city...
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Categories:
roti, appreciation,
Form:
Ode
Recipe: Poulet Roti - French Style Le Chant Royal Instalment 3RECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style – Le Chant Royal (Instalment 3)
(Note: Rhyme scheme of “Le Chant Royal” where capital “E“stands for refrain, thus – Stanza: ababccddedE, Envoi: ddedE)
STANZA II
Cut the hot-water supply, make...
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Categories:
roti, bullying, child abuse, father son, french, political,
Form:
Ballade