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Uma Carta De Amour

...Uma Carta de Amour 

A letter of love I never wrote
“But I remember it well.”
as Maurice Chevalier sang
Once, I loved a dolphin
A swam along the ship 
We sang a duet
People said the cook is m...

Categories: martinique, best friend, blessing, first
Form: Ballade

Translation of Si La Vie Demande Ca By the Groupe Native

...Translated: Si la vie demande ça by Laura and Chris Mayne by T. Wignesan.

If Life would not wish it otherwise
 
[Note: The two sister French Caribbean-Martinique Black “Blues” Swan : Laura an...

Categories: martinique, 7th grade, french, heartbroken,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Colonies

...It's good to be modern, don't you think? 
Bowling alley, skating rink. 
If we moderns want a swim, 
we drive our cars down to the gym. 

We've mastered plastics, studied steel, 
no fears about ...

Categories: martinique, satire,
Form: Couplet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Angelique

...Oh immortal sorceress, daughter of Lilith
She is a prism in the moonlight, a deity 
Darker than the Sargasso sea, her fury is 
Unforgiving as the Titans came to 
Recognize all because of their je...

Categories: martinique, adventure, fantasy, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse

Island Hopping

...ISLAND HOPPING
by

JOHN M. ARRIBAS


My first day of community service at Glen Oaks
Assigned to spend time with a few elderly folks
Spotted an old gentleman staring out into space
Weathered ...

Categories: martinique, war, world war ii,
Form: Rhyme

Angelique

...Oh immortal sorceress, daughter of Lilith
She is a prism in the moonlight, a deity 
Darker than the Sargasso sea, her fury is 
Unforgiving as the Titans came to 
Recognize all because of their je...

Categories: martinique, fantasy, jealousy, time,
Form: Free verse

The Deep Ocean Floor

...Beginning with the gift of my first breath
On an island by the sea
Mother Ocean’s been a constant friend 
And companion next to me. 

From sandy beaches I once strode, searching
For shells washed up ...

Categories: martinique, beach, nature, ocean, ocean,
Form: Rhyme

The Pipeline

...absolutely nothing stops the pipeline.

 

it penetrates all ways of life

all borders, all villages & towns---

the pipeline kills everything in its path if it dare stand in the way

of its progress...

Categories: martinique, life,
Form: Free verse

Frantz Fanon (From Pages)

...Martinique is in our history too
Not just in our blood
Because Josephine seduced him
To make us reap more bitterness
From the ferment of the sugarcane
Martinique was also his home
His native sh...

Categories: martinique, history, peoplehope,
Form: Free verse

Sunsets

...I've been privileged to behold glorious sunsets around this orb.
All so spectacular, 'tis almost more than I can absorb!
No artist could e'er blend oils to match The Creator's skill,
Nor with thei...

Categories: martinique,
Form: Rhyme

The Globe

...It sat on Miss Ruth's desk, a sphere of intrigue and wonder.
'Twas a globe that in my reveries I'd gaze at and ponder.
It depicted marvelous vistas that seductively beckoned me,
And lit a fire in ...

Categories: martinique, placesme, places, river,
Form: Rhyme

I Do Not Speak French

...pour it like the sun is dead.
but not
before shaking it well.

wait,
wat is je naam?
my father is half-Dutch.
stay with me, Martinique 
(that name tag is lovely)
I have not been happy.

li...

Categories: martinique, lost love, love, sad,
Form: Free verse