Take Five
...Tunes in meter five
are sung jazz, not jive.
Dave, in fifty-nine
made this rhythm shine;
with drums, bass, and sax
laid this winning wax
he, on piano
na nana, nana.
Funky Latin beat
having ...
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Categories:
ola, music,
Form: Rhyme
My Heart's Delight
...
Love's proximity surprised me,
In my own state, a gem I'd see.
Christy Ola, humble and kind,
Unique nature, beauty one of a kind.
Her heart beats not for wealth's gold,
But inner beauty, tal...
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Categories:
ola, inspirational love, sunshine, sweet,
Form: Rhyme
OLUPONNA; MY LAND AND TERRAIN
...OLUPONNA: MY LAND AND TERRAIN.
Oh my mother land; wealthy in soil
To my grip held so highten; not soiled
So cultured and nurtured in legendary
To a land whose worth is never lost in form
Wi...
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Categories:
ola, africa, confidence, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Vanilla
...Ice, ice, baby
You pour me over maybe
A straw to pierce the depths
Inhale the deepest breaths
A fancy glass all fluted
In milky joy I'm rooted
A scoop of whizzed banana
Tastes of pure Americ...
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Categories:
ola, america, cheer up, dance,
Form: Rhyme
Golden Lady
...Golden Lady
When I was little my mother used to tell me...
Life is not a novel
I chose life as a theater
When I was little my father always told me...
Take it easy
I ran headlong into life
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Categories:
ola, birthday, city, happy, love,
Form: Free verse
Rico I
...When Rico said, Thirty days will go by
and I’ll be forgotten after I die
I knew what I had to do
I’ll make a book for you
At least the cover will catch your eye
I decided to d...
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Categories:
ola, appreciation, tribute,
Form: Limerick
Rest In Peace Brother
...REST IN PEACE BROTHER
I can't even write ??
I can't cry either
Even the tears are scared
From talk to u a week ago
Now to Rest In Peace
You won't call me my pet me again
He "is my friend"...
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Categories:
ola, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
Quote
...Loneliness is a neccessary stimulant
for the right mind
at the right time.
Ola 2021...
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Categories:
ola, emotions,
Form: Narrative
Olas De La Vida
...En mar sin olas,
sin peces,
sin mareas,
la vida no tiene riesgo,
pero no tiene aventura...
No és por lo tanto vida...
En caminos
...
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Categories:
ola, allegory, allusion, life,
Form: Free verse
Olas De La Vida Waves of Life
...En mar sin olas,
sin peces,
sin mareas,
la vida no tiene riesgo,
pero no tiene aventura...
No és por lo tanto vida...
En caminos
...
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Categories:
ola, allegory, allusion, appreciation, life,
Form: Free verse
Greetings
...To all of my friends on Poetry Soup,
you really are a dynamic poet troupe.
Though I’m not here every single day,
rest assured I’ll not stay away.
You’ve made me laugh and sometimes c...
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Categories:
ola, appreciation, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Not My Business
...Yesterday,
Wole-ola wailed home from the farm,
hot on the heel of his father's maimedness.
"The herders chopped his limbs while shooing off their herds from feeding off our field."
He exclaime...
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Categories:
ola, art,
Form: Lyric
Stories- -
...Listen listen to my tale the glory
Listen to my love song I call stories
It's of a tale of life and love
Where as peace and heaven lies above
~
Tell tales of lore of love nobody knows
Th...
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Categories:
ola, adventure, analogy, books, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Journey To Varanasi
...Delhi seems closer than it was last time.
After a tea with GST,
on to a backstreet of Varanasi,
Untouched by authority;
ignored more by memory
than darkened by amnesia.
A huge blac...
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Categories:
ola, god, places,
Form: Free verse
Peace -What We Al Long For
...Hello
Shalom
Yasu
Ola
Ni hao
Bonjour
to all of you out there
We are unstable compounds seeking peace
Urban life makes it difficult to find it
But in the heart of Manhattan
There are wa...
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Categories:
ola, peace,
Form: Free verse
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