Portugal Poems

Dancing in the Rain

Dancing in the Rain

Dancing in the Rain,
I love the rain.
I spent 30 years of my life in the desert,
and only saw a little rain.
E agora,
I live in a country and a place where it rains.

When it rains,
I feel like a child again.
I do not have a car so I walk everywhere.
You would laugh if you
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Categories: portugal, adventure, appreciation, courage, endurance,
Form: Free verse

restless is Portugal

Restless is Portugal 

There is mayhem in Paradise
the citizens of Lisbon are tired of the bother
and street fighting, where knives are used by
migrants 
Gang fights, robbery, and shop theft is a daily 
Matter, the police work double shifts 
Most of the incomers are from Pakistan and
Bangladesh, where Portugal once had a colony
The democratic socialists ask
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Categories: portugal, 2nd grade, africa, age,
Form: Blank verse


Premium MemberA poison in Portugal

A small population, familiar situation a testbed with
Health terror
A reason?  the motive of jeering part of instigation.?
No to disscussion 'from the ( eu ) this all comes.' as to
The highest death rate per capita, it appears this nation
Succumbs.?
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Categories: portugal, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFunchal's Star

It was in the eighties, a winter day in Funchal, 
the capital of Madeira, when a woman gave birth.
She was an anonymous, struggling woman
sailing the seas of poverty, with three other
children to feed.
At first, she hesitated to have this little baby,
the fourth to come, because the family salary
did not cover more. Her husband, a good
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Categories: portugal, career, courage, inspirational, poverty,
Form: Narrative

LISBON CITY

What a timeless charm Lisbon is
Meticulously set on the face  
Of seven hills with eyes  
That overlook the Tagus River.

The narrow, winding streets  
Tell a story of a culture so distinct
Different in many ways but hung on a single straw
Like the pieces of every cobblestone on the floor.

The sweet sea wind, in
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Categories: portugal, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse


Late Explorer John Beecroft

Why do these guys quit before seventy?
After achievements Life on Earth empty!
There was to be a Macgregor Laird:
Before sixty-one years to rest laid...

For my avid interest in History,
I could not but alight on his story
With its private message from Greatness
"No, Mystery, no Magic: Eagerness!"

What had he shrewdly done: John Beecroft?
In their Britain left behind a
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Categories: portugal, adventure, appreciation, celebrity, courage,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTips To Portugal Enjoyment

Please see Gulf of Cadiz
Praia da Rocha Beach
Tour port cellars and bridges
hop-on hop-off buses make travel easy
take oh my cod food tour with Ricardo in Lisbon
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Categories: portugal, travel,
Form: Free verse

Unpopular Questions Number 3 of 2020

Glorious Spain after 1492, and the cost
Long forgotten, but for Bartolomeo de Las Casas
O the lie of OUR WORK ETHIC! How did Catholic Iberia
Rule the Americas (1492 -1898), dominate Europe?
You can rule, too, if you enslaved all of the Americas!
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Categories: portugal, america, bible, england, history,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberWhen I Was In Portugal

When I was in Portugal, 
                                            I fell in love, 
   
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Categories: portugal, love, romantic,
Form: Verse

Time Last Long In Portugal

Time lasts long in Portugal

Got up early had a shower and close shave
Put a white shirt on, bank people like it when
Their clients look prosperous.
My bank is in a nearby town I followed
The coast road has fewer cars a strict speed
The limit is vigorously enforced.
The bank was closed.
A man told me banks are shut on
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Categories: portugal, humorous,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberPortugal Fantasy Saudade

All those talks we had, your breath smoky.
All those plans we had to someday meet.

And then I felt the fear turning my legs icy
while we climbed toward the sky’s craggy peaks.

Were you safe didn’t matter compared to gloom
and encapsulating castle with weird turrets.

I knew you by the peeled bark bared to bloody red,
all cork removed
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Categories: portugal, adventure, fantasy, feelings, journey,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member2018 Fifa World Cup -Portugal Vs Spain

Costa, Nacho goals
first World Cup VAR decision-
Ronaldo hat trick






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "2018 World Cup Senryu" via wattpad.com
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Categories: portugal, beautiful, fun, international, soccer,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberPortugal

Foreign Travel- Portugal

It is all that is unspoken that gives a  place its atmosphere.....the endless turmoils that come from living....peaceful Celts conquered by Romans 
after centuries of resisting. The conquerers monuments still dominate large paved squares .....wide mosaic walking malls with outdoor cafes set a carefree atmosphere. Cobblestones retain the ancient tone of 
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Categories: portugal, appreciation, environment, holiday, travel,
Form: Narrative

Portugal On My Mind

Portugal on my Mind 
The nature so lush I felt like a horse I had to feel my eyes
With beauty and scent
 left the asphalted road and walked on a track
till I was consumed by bushes  and the sound of the growing
sat on a stone wall took pictures and two hours had gone
and I
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Categories: portugal, anger, anxiety, appreciation, earth
Form: Elegy

Portugal

Portugal is a place of dreams
It's natural landscapes covered in
green and yellow
Moderate tempertures all year long
Houses built of dark and light stone
Friendly people greeting you with Benvindos!
Making foreigners feel right at home.
The food alone is worth the trip,
with the freshest sea food
sweet bread, and the finest wines.

Folklore, Carnival, Parades!

One can forget their troubles
in the enchanting
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Categories: portugal, dream, environment,
Form: ABC

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