Sardine Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Form	Categories
	Shakespeare Turning Over in His Grave	Panagiota Romios	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, inspiration, poetry, poets,
	Monsoon Turbulence	FABIYAS M V	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, sea,
	Branded	Robin Regan	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, change,
	Argh An Errant Stray Left Parenthesis	matthew harris	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, 11th grade, 12th grade,
	LIFE	Thabang coleen	Lyric	Lyric	sardine, anger,
	Odyssey from Africa 14d	Phil Salmon	Narrative	Narrative	sardine, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
	Animal Charm	george seal	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, animal, riddle,
	The Sardine	Barry Stebbings	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, fish, humor,
	But They Lived There	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Dramatic Verse	Dramatic Verse	sardine, history, prejudice, racism, truth,
	My Blue Cheese is a Fishy Affair	Subimal Sinha-Roy	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, fish, food,
	There Is A Brighter Side	cheryl hoffman	Limerick	Limerick	sardine, confusion, dog, work,
	Odyssey from Africa 13b	Phil Salmon	Narrative	Narrative	sardine, adventure, africa, courage, endurance,
	Laced to Kill	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Dramatic Verse	Dramatic Verse	sardine, perspective, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
	Granny sat upon the time machine	RAJAT KANTI CHAKRABARTY	Limerick	Limerick	sardine, fun, funny,
	Morning is broken	Tony Kirk	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, angst, work,
	Bandits Fishy Tale	Seren Roberts	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, cat,
	Wishes Gone Awry	Philip Scheidel	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, writing,
	BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION	Vivien Wade	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, birthday,
	Walking With My Mother Past Ursuline Convent and Orphanage	kathy camacho	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, memory, mother, sad, together,
	My Mom and Her Home	FABIYAS M V	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, life,
	FEAST OF THE BEAST - WRITTEN WITH LIN LANE	JAN ALLISON	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, cat, fish, humorous,
	Feast of the Beast: Jan Allison and Lin Lane	Lin Lane	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, cat, fish,
	Odyssey from Africa 1a	Phil Salmon	Narrative	Narrative	sardine, adventure, africa, history, humanity,
	When Janu Saw An Apparition	FABIYAS M V	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, inspirational,
	That Girl	Timothy Sanchez Manzini	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, baby, how i feel,
	Anacreontic Verse The Grunion Are Running	Connie Marcum Wong	Lyric	Lyric	sardine, fish, fun, summer,
	Treasure Hunt	Lindsay Laurie	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, humor,
	AND WE ARE STILL HERE	millard lowe	Prose Poetry	Prose Poetry	sardine, allegory, america, analogy, black
	a little fish	jan oskar hansen	Blank verse	Blank verse	sardine, imagination, islamic,
	Big Red Bellied Black Snake	Lindsay Laurie	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, family, farm,
	the racial issue	jan oskar hansen	Blank verse	Blank verse	sardine, absence, abuse, adventure, africa,
	Captured by the Creek	Lindsay Laurie	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, nature, water, drug,
	treasure hunter	jan oskar hansen	Burlesque	Burlesque	sardine, humor, humorous,
	On the Seastreak	ilene bauer	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, boat,
	Alligator Charm	Christine Phillips	Didactic	Didactic	sardine, love, wisdom,
	the mermaid and her lover	jan oskar hansen	Sonnet	Sonnet	sardine, humor, love,
	SANGUINE	Kolawole Ogunfowokan	Lyric	Lyric	sardine, funny, me,
	Breathtaking Imperfections	Nnaemeka Oruh	Narrative	Narrative	sardine, sad, class, class,
	tension brewing	andrew delapruch	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, life,
	Have A Sardine	Steven Beesley	Sonnet	Sonnet	sardine, family, food, children, funny,
	Foolish Footles From the Natural World	Tim Ryerson	Footle	Footle	sardine, funny, nature,
	Crowded	ilene bauer	Rhyme	Rhyme	sardine, travel, urban,
	A Huge Surprise - collaboration with Andrea Dietrich	Black Eyed Susan	Tail-rhyme	Tail-rhyme	sardine, life,
	A Huge Surprise	Andrea Dietrich	Tail-rhyme	Tail-rhyme	sardine, people,
	Super Grouper, Sardine Party Pooper	James Fraser	Limerick	Limerick	sardine, animals, funny, nature, sea
	Fine Fishing	Tahera Mannan	Limerick	Limerick	sardine, funny
	Once	Jeff Troyer	Free verse	Free verse	sardine, political,
	Thunder Road	Erica Gould	Couplet	Couplet	sardine, adventure
	THE COMING KINGDOM	Ameh Comrade Godwin	Narrative	Narrative	sardine, allegory
	SUMMER PUNCH	Brian Strand	Epulaeryu	Epulaeryu	sardine, food, seasons

Sardine Poem Example

AND WE ARE STILL HERE

AND WE ARE STILL HERE…
While beating our drums—singing, dancing
and giving praises to the Most High
for family harvest, peace and love,
we blinked—became victims
of colonial rape—stolen from the womb
of our Motherland; snatched like babes
from their mother’s uterus; umbilical cords
severed and thrown away—not buried…

Stacked sardine style
in the fecal bowels of ships—
with desecrated faith flags flying
and given blessings to return safely—some 
of us survived the devil’s Middle Passage
Hell—stolen walking dead cargo
reaching the bidding blocks to be sold
into the dreaded dark death of slavery.   

Blood soaked cotton fields claimed
countless lives, wrought to death
to sustain a weary worn nation;
others dangled like strange fruits
from the branches of lynching trees;
and there were those who were fried
like beacon during clan kinky follies.

Yet, we are still here—pushing onward;
and we shall not be moved.

(Nobody Knows The Troubles I’ve Seen…)

Yes, chattel slavery, Jim Crow segregation,
racial discrimination and grazing game
to be stalked and shot down—
ethnic genocide—have all been
designed and practiced to wipe us out…


Yet, we are still here—pushing onward;
and we shall not be moved.

(Ain’t Gon’a Let No Body Lawdy, Turn Me ‘Round)

So rise up my children;
know who and whose you are—
Be aware and knowledgeable 
of the lies, mind tricks, and deceptions
your ancestors have survived—know
that you are the descendants
of great nation builders;
nation builders who have built a nation
within a nation; the black building bricks: 
the blood, sweat and tears of their lives.

My children, my children—truth’s blessings!
Know that you are heirs of something precious:
                                            a great heritage; a mighty ancestry—roots.
Know that you are not remnants of a dried creek bed;
rather, you are the flowing waters of a mighty river—
meandering through a great valley of ebony hued
healing humanity; rising—forgiving but not forgetting.

(Amazing Grace…I once was lost…)

Yes, with amazing grace, our river is still flowing;
taking us to a higher ground.  And we are still here.
And we shall not be moved—rooted in faith, planted
like a tree by the waters—we are here and God free.  And
we shall not be removed from the peace, love and unity
of our blessed humanity. Yes, we are still here to stay.  And
no devious devilish demise can up root our anchored present here.

(Like A Tree Planted By The Waters)

Poem Copyright © millard lowe