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Manioc Poems - Poems about Manioc


Light Comparisons Woman and Man

...The woman is

milk juice,

the man is

sugarcane juice...

the woman is

Apple pear,

the man is

lemon fruit...

the woman is

for pro sec

the man is

 brandy...

the woman ...
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Categories: manioc, allegory, allusion, analogy, extended
Form: Free verse

Go and Stretch a Puppy's Tail - With Apology To John Donne

...Go and stretch a puppy's tail,
    Get with rice a manioc root,
Tell me if sun will buy moon a veil,
    Or to who he gave her leather boot,
Teach me to hear coyote’s singing,
Or to keep off dru...
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Categories: manioc, humor, parody,
Form: Lyric



Lamp

...Lamp


Mustn’t you  cry
Or put your head down
Rid yourself of it now
Mustn’t it eat you alive 

A rotten soul never dies
It’s presence is fresh in our minds
The scars have healed
But the w...
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Categories: manioc, care, christian, creation, death,
Form: Free verse

Light and Funny Comparisons

...The woman is
juice to milk,
the man is
cane juice

The woman is
Apple pear,
the man is
prickly pineapple

The woman is
Prosecco wine,
the man is
porto...

The woman is
sweet potato,
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Categories: manioc, fun, hilarious, humorous,
Form: Free verse

Cancer Can Sir

...Cancer-
Is it beyond cure?
Death,like a tomorrow sure?
No causes found yet for this case
More lives going to rest in peace
Cancer for long,playing havoc
Doctors sick of fighting to block
No cu...
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Categories: manioc, cancer, caregiving, cheer up,
Form: Light Verse



The Island

...My island slept for years in the care
Of Tainos, Caribs and Arawak
Their canoes on the sea breast bare
Dreaming of milk from manioc
The swamps unscarred, trees secure
Batos and songs rinsed in t...
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Categories: manioc, places
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things