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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

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

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