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Reggae Poems - Poems about Reggae

Premium Member Spider Thread Relationships
These days, most relationships Are made of spider threads The chains are fragile and cheap Nobody can blame the dreads Who seem to always tell the truth For they could not care about roofs Over their hair, that does not mean That they're crazy, illiterate or lazy Listen to the beats of the rastamen Their dreaded hair is as strong as iron Listen to the...

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Categories: reggae, addiction, courage, divorce, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Free-wheeling Through Africa
Just climb onto the back of my Harley And we shall ride to the songs of Bob Marley, In no time at all We'll be in Senegal, Though I might stop for lunch in Kigali....

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Categories: reggae, africa, crush, freedom, journey,
Form: Limerick



Micah For Jamaica
On his table of Formica, A once ardent Christian Micah Drops reggae from Jamaica; Newly, Peter Tosh’s great liker No more Soulless Demons’ Striker: Paul in Thessalonica… For ten years in America, Eyes on the female Hitch hiker, Mid-course rides turning her liker! Have you been to Madagascar? I’d had to and lasted The Scar…” The First, we’ve heard, shall be...

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Categories: reggae, celebrity, evil, god, music,
Form: Rhyme
The Revelation of Your Real Behavior --- Song Lyric --- I Hear It Reggae
Every day, when a new sun rises, you have the chance to begin again, doesn't matter how heavy your burden... if you're alive you can still make a plan. Are you going to be a savior? Or are you only going to be waiting for one? The revelation of your real behavior will be seen by the next setting sun. Are you here?...

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Categories: reggae, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Reggae Lilt
I see 3 little birds landing softly on the bird feeder and it’s hard not to hear a gentle reggae lilt in the background....

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Categories: reggae, bird, loss, music,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Chilling Out the Jungle
Mowgli wanted all of the animals to get together and be friends. He enlisted the help of Bagheera, who said they would have to make amends. Baloo was ready, for he has the easy, generous heart of a happy bear. Now how to get all of the animals to agree and get there? Let’s play some Bob Marley, Bagheera...

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Categories: reggae, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Reggae
reverberating night, raucous in smoke filled room, repetitive drum beat, resonant voice arose, recapturing lost soul, rock to wisdom of song, remember Bob, no cry!! 1st placement Pleiades 2 poetry contest Joseph May written 15/10/2020 7 lines each with 6 syllables....

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Categories: reggae, song, sound,
Form: Verse
Reggae Style
Rooted in Jamaica Rhythmic off-beat playing Rastafari message Rope-like ringlets swaying Rivers of the exile Reminiscing sadness Rock along to Marley's Reggae rousing gladness 13.10.20 Pleiades 2 Poetry Contest Sponsor - Joseph May * altered slightly after the contest...

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Categories: reggae, appreciation, music,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Reggae
REGGAE Reggae music genre, rhythmic cell of eight beats, repeated short patterns. Represents...

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Categories: reggae, music,
Form: Verse
Reggae Ambassador To the Rescue
Walk and talk affection In conducive tones That fertilise attention To concerns affecting real folks and their comfort zones Where each critical move you make Adds to their happiness in tough times As for them you bake a friendship cake To improve climes In which they operate Daily As support and back up you generate Weekly and monthly When they feel low As life circumstances conspire To...

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Categories: reggae, poems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Work Reggae
It's been a long day, work two jobs all hours, it is what we do in America, in twenty first century America. Wearisome hours, I stomp my feet, to a reggae beat, to stay awake, in twenty first century America. The road is long, the day is long gone, my eyes are tired of twenty first century America The engine hums, and the signs flash by, a lonely truck...

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Categories: reggae, anger,
Form: Verse
Reggae Me
Lively interludes of myself, this I ask of you-- synthesize the main pieces of my own music those beats of rhythm, the low and high notes that resound in my heart and hum the symphony of my spirit-- fly, my reggae tunes and primal melodies release the Marley tempo invite me once again and again to welcome the environ; to harvest life's...

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Categories: reggae, happiness, music,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Yohimbe Song - a Reggae Derivative
Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo… O…. Himbe Erotic bark of exotic tree Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo… O…. Himbe Help a man be all he can be I come home tired, but my woman want me. She give me little rum and some Yohimbe (basso line) She say it make...

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Categories: reggae, body, for her, for
Form: Lyric
Reggae Nights Part 1
‘You have to leave, miss. The club is closed’ Bang. Bang. Bang. ‘Okay’ I stand My head spins I sit down and pull my knickers up. What the hell had happened? I remember Tracey with her arm around my shoulders ‘Don’t worry sis, I’ll look after ya’ The night had started off great Pre-drinks Cab ride Then down a spiral staircase A man behind a hole...

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Categories: reggae, funny, people, me,
Form: I do not know?
Reggae and Sensi
I free my mind and let the music take control of my ears take my mind to mystical heights bumpin my head to the funky sounds twist another one let marley show you all the love let the music hit you for it won't ever hurt this mellow mood has got me so burn one down and feel the sensi relieve...

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Categories: reggae, passion, song-
Form: Free verse

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