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Machetes Poems - Poems about Machetes

Machetes Poems - Examples of all types of poems about machetes to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for machetes.
Premium Member coconut vendors
...Beneath the cobalt sky, where legends are spun, Island life unfolds, as traced by the sun. Amidst the palms, a verdant ballet, A choreography of chores, in the island's sway. Fishing boats gent......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, art, beautiful, environment, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



A Bizarre Naked Dance
...In Ongata Rongai's club, a memory song weaves, A tale of Newton Karish and daring thieves, Late '90s, New Year's Eve, a lively show, A sold-out crowd, in high spirits, they'd go. Karish, unlike......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, celebration, humorous, new years
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Cry Uhuru Cry Freedom
...Until the blood Flowing in my veins equals The blood flowing in theirs The cry for freedom Will persist and insist Uhuru is my cry for freedom Until the tongue I speak ......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, analogy, angst, feelings, pain,
Form: Elegy
Into the Swamp
...The mango grove hums, insects sing in the scratchy thrum, the wet-lead air. Knee-deep, the water sweats a dark smudging fear. We are a party of four, four machetes, four slouch hats, four......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
In Their Hands
...Nightfall, Fear awakened Guns and Machetes, Bonds and chains. May 13, 2022.......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, fear, violence,
Form: Verse



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...being treated for fructose spasms during one of the last movies on Earth after the great Enema of 2012 when the heaters were on high the authorities were called in but his claims were all backed......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Squealing From the Gym
...The third-grade students are squealing like pigs being chased by axe murderers waving bloody machetes I smile as their voices bounce off the gym walls I hear the coach’s voice now; squealing is in......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, school,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Squealing From the Gym
...The third-grade students are squealing like pigs being chased by axe murderers waving bloody machetes I smile as their voices bounce off the gym walls I hear the coach’s voice now; squealing is in......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, school,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Elephant Acrostic
...Elastic evil in encroaching European’s enterprising motives. Level-headed land animal leaves African lowlands. Eventually they are followed by those who shall not be named. Private collector hopes......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, animal,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Adding To Our Tea Party
...They were doing the tango, the slide and the dip. We told them they were unrefined; the gargoyle let it slip. They came after us with machetes, axes, knives and such. We scurried from the table; F......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member You Cannot One Up Flo
...Flo’s relatives are the worst If yours have stolen your cars hers have stolen her house, garage and garden shed. If you are whiny, hers are chronic complainers who are more annoying than findin......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Angry People Trigger Me
...Angry people trigger me I am terrified of them, pushing myself into a tight ball sliding into the cracks between the floorboards I cannot get away fast enough They might as well be carrying m......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, anger,
Form: Free verse
The Price of Blood For a New Nigeria
...THE PRICE OF BLOOD FOR A NEW NIGERIA Fist outstretched towards the sky, Flags lifted high to reveal my course. Ask your mothers why your fathers died, why their sisters and brothers levelled on......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, 1st grade, anger, bereavement,
Form: ABC
Premium Member I Knew Then That I Mattered
...You were just cockroaches, not people at all. The young men stare at the genocide perpetrator. It was our teaching, we were taught to maim and kill you. You were cockroaches. Three orphans tried t......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, africa,
Form: Prose Poetry
What Is Under Their Skin
...They are moving slowly around the curb Penetrating the city that is full of nerves They are circling around the town with a temper that has outgrown their raw emotions nerves meeting with nerve......Read the rest...
Categories: machetes, america, bullying, character, confidence,
Form: Narrative

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