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Another Decade I Wished I Had Experienced

...Six decades ago
the landscape of
my Little Nassau
had
places like
The Silver Slipper
The Blue Note
The Banana Boat
The Conch Shell
The Zanzibar
The Cat and Fiddle
and The Drumbeat Club
wi...

Categories: nassau, culture, fun, history,
Form: List

My Best Vacation Ever

...We set sail as Reggae music played out on the Lido.
Our first night was casual; no need for tuxedo.
We could eat a pizza by the Windows On the Sea
or go beneath and dine on shrimp and meet the mai...

Categories: nassau, vacation,
Form: Rhyme

Mauricio Nassau Dutch Prince of Recife Brazil

...Recife in huge city turned
by the dutch prince Nassau transformed
 high culture but people enslaved
now though so that much time has passed 
by the people  he is still loved...

Categories: nassau, adventure, allegory, allusion, history,
Form: Quintilla

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Joys of Nature

...He painted the ocean 
in fifty shades of green and blue
with his mighty paintbrush of perfection! 

He sculpted a garden of coral reefs 
and barrier reefs for us to see
with his powerful chisel...

Categories: nassau, blessing, nature, ocean, sea,
Form: Free verse

I Just Wear a Smile

...In winter I wear cute pyjamas
They’re adorned with sweet little llamas
We’ve had snow storm after storm
I yearn to be somewhere warm
Like Nassau in the Bahamas!

In summer I just we...

Categories: nassau, clothes, humorous, seasons,
Form: Limerick

The Ballad of Edward Kenway

...Edward Kenway was a pirate
He sailed the Spanish Main
He plundered British merchant ships
And the Galleons of Spain

Once he was a farmer
He walked behind the plough
But now he ploughed the oc...

Categories: nassau, adventure, courage, leadership, war,
Form: Ballad

The Flood

...THE FLOOD

			Sun pours through the window,
			a shower of light to strike
			the sheer white pages of my mind,
			a stark reminder of emptiness
			mocking me like the faces on the wall.
			I ...

Categories: nassau, inspiration, writing,
Form: Free verse

My Hometown

...Grew up in the sixties
on Long Island, N.Y.,
where we had sidewalks,
and where you could walk,
to local stores, schools, or doctors,
or just your neighbor for a talk…
Summers went swimming,
at...

Categories: nassau,
Form: Bio

Cruisin'

...All aboard the Fantasy M/S of Carnival
for half a week’s vacation time of fun and falderal.
Hear greetings from your captain, his director and the crew.
Ready, set, get going.  The Bahamas...

Categories: nassau, holidaytime, vacation,
Form: Rhyme

Dream Vacation

...You've heard of a "Dream" vacation,
well that's what I'm gonna do.
My wife and I on a cruise ship,
which to us is nothing new.

This will be the ninth straight year
that we've gone on a seven d...

Categories: nassau, holiday, travelvacation,
Form: Rhyme

Baldwin, Long Island

...Baldwin is a pretty little hamlet to see.
It’s on Long Island in Nassau County.
This vibrant place is one that thrives.
It holds more than twenty thousand lives.
Just travel a little east from th...

Categories: nassau, travel
Form: Rhyme

Abc's of Capital Cities

...Athens, quite a place, so full of mythology
Buenos Aires, in Argentina, a place I'd love to see

Canberra, is just antipodean class
Dublin, a pint of Guinness in a glass

Edinburgh, the capital...

Categories: nassau, war,
Form: ABC

Crawling Down the Social Ladder

...When I was born,
And for the first 5 years,
We lived in Brooklyn,
"King's County" you should know,

Then we moved to "Queen's"
Yup, "Queen's County" 
A small step down the royal ladder,
One t...

Categories: nassau, adventure, allegory, angst, mystery,
Form: Burlesque