Short Bali Poems

Bali hai
Rogers and Hammerstein
Polynesian paradise
healthy coconut milk
balmy frothy fronds...

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In Bali while on holiday
A visit from a small monkey
He grabbed my biscuit bag
This naughty scallywag
Then ate them all and ran away...

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In Bali while on holiday
A visit from a small monkey
He grabbed my biscuit bag
This naughty scallywag
Then ate them all and ran away...

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Of the morning
The dry season breaks
Clouds open
And the rains
Comes down
From the nor east
The breeze
It brings
Bali mornings
I feel
I hear
I smell
Bali 
On the morning
Breeze...

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Bora-Bora seemed exotic 
  Bali and Mal -- tempting,erotic
The Arctic tundra, far away 
  The Congo, steamy: Stay away... 

Now the world has shrunken so
  No place is too far to go
That Star is but a parsec near
  Time to go; my ride is here...

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Was it a fantasy?
Seashore breeze on caught
Live on a dream

Did I slept yesterday?
 'Cause the view was stunned
Stunned in Bali

Was it just fantastic?
Footprints on damped sand
Welcoming peace

Can I just be extend?
Bali is too great
But I leave soon...

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Find me amid the heavens and the sea.
Where the Coral Triangle calls Bali,
The waters are painted a golden hue. 
And sun shines its whimsy to life anew.
Beautiful mermaids dance immortally.
There, at six, you shall happily find me.


1/17/2017
Written for the Contest:  Find Me at Six...

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JANUARY WAS ANTARCTICA.....
                           OCTOBER A BEACH IN BALI......
                           ALMOST FORGOT HONG KONG AT EASTER.....
                           NEW YEARS DAY IN SYDNEY......
                           NOW WHERE TO NEXT MY LOVE.....
                           EMIGRATE TO ENGLAND?.........

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We’ve got a nice trip planned next year;
its future is somewhat unclear.
If countries resort
to vaccine passports,
I guess we’ll be staying right here.

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Leaders of the G20 met in Bali, Indonesia and agreed yesterday to the idea of vaccine passports; the G20 represents some 66% of the world's population....

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Jai bajran bali 

Bhooth sang khele hum aankh micholi 
Aap jeeto mai haru kaeyd mai humare kaei nar kankal jo Ho amavasya ki raat..... 


Yav 

Ri-dr ba:G hum ooch 
Eyen micholi 
Sav ebhbhbh (jeeto) Mai sav-r 
Keydha mai humarey (y-rd) 
Nar kankal amavasya (Tha-d) 
Ho andhkar...... 

With love all 
Jagdish Bajantri...

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A rhythm to Bali beach

Amidst the memory splendor
Spashy beauty of your image
Keep us sane
We sing....

Cherishing your embellishment
Gulping in the glory 
You left
We sing...

Covered in precious love that drips 
Continuous passion
I kiss
We sing

A Long awaited candlelight 
Lights our darkness
We love 
We sing

By Sukmawati Komala & Michael...

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Singer Sir Mick Jagger
Walks with a swagger
Wriggling snakelike hips
Pouts with big rubbery lips


Texan model Jerry Hall
Is very skinny and tall
Their Bali wedding wasn’t valid
Mick no longer lives on salad!

Clerihew Couples for Valentine's Day Prizes Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Carolyn Devonshire

1/11/19...

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There was a number I'd never answer
I avoided it like it was cancer --
  I would just let it ring
  Or if texted, go ping --
Wife didn't suspect a belly dancer

Then one day my wife picked it up instead
Oy! I knew that I was as good as dead --
  Yet I breathed a deep sigh
  When she said, by-the-by --
That dancer from Bali made me see red...

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Taxes make you real blue,
        nothing old, nothing new;

                    they bother and worry you
                               like a pebble in your shoe;


that's government's share, they say,
         upright citizens must pay

                    for congressmen's holiday,
                               Boracay, Bali, yeheeeeyyy !...

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Go on holiday to Bali it is so great
A gut full of grog I just can’t wait
Walking the streets being high as a kite
Is the holiday I want it’s so right

For the locals can see how it is for me
The Consulate will sort it out so easily
So see me drop kicking a motorcycle rider
Australian yobbos on holiday it’ll really grind ya.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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Neverland merges with Happily Ever After
I discover my own unique self-made Shangri--La
Reveling South Pacific’s Bali Hai
Verdant grasses, gorgeous crepe myrtles, ripe peach trees
Amid gorgeous colors not easily seen in this dimension
Nirvana, I feel amazed and awed by your grace and exquisiteness.
As beautiful and fertile place as I have ever imagined prior to today....

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Santa Claws

Jolly
Collie

Christmas Decoration for Collies

Collie
Holly

Christmas Gift for Collie Pup

Collie
Dolly

Collies’ Spiritual Leader

Dalai
Collie

What the heck?

Golly,
Collie!

Indonesian Collie

Bali
Collie

An African Collie

Mali
Collie

Lassie’s Tell-All Book

Collie’s 
Follies

Sept. 1, 2022 for 'A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE' Poetry Contest...

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HAIKU STRAINS 2


Morning news flash
Volcano erupts;
No fly zone

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Planes grounded
Volcanic ash smog;
Delayed departures

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Good old Bali high
Airport closure;
Dreadful sighs

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Overseas trip
To keep in touch;
Musical chairs

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Joy speaks
Humble heart heeds;
Cheery excursion

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Leon Enriquez
14 July 2015
Singapore...

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KENYA
Ndege ya unyanyapaa inapaa,
kila siku ni balaa.
Alaa,
alaa!
Hamna kazi,
 swali hili ni wazi.
Haya sio maneno tu,
bali ni kilio cha waja.
Wengi wanaodhulumiwa,
kilio ni cha haki!
Tumechoka na uhuni,
unaokiuka kanuni.
Vyakula,
bei ghali!
Maisha yetu yamo mnadani,
dalali mate yanamdondoka!
Sisi sote ni binadamu,
ni wakati.
Tuungane,
tuimarishe nchi yetu.
Kenya,
ni yetu sote.
IAN MUNYWE©...

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The passing of a friend approaches,
One who's long been near my heart.
Incurable!  No treatment options.
I'm heartsick nothing can be done.

Once white, now gray as death's cold skin,
Threadbare, failing fabric sags,
Elastic hangs down like a fringe,
Helpless threads are no support.

I could be spared the pain of loss
If some replacement should arise.
Alas, I fear that won't be true--
Bali bras don't come my size!...

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It's time to book a holiday
Where we'll go I cannot say
A beach resort, or bush retreat
Maybe a chalet cosy, sweet

Maybe somewhere across the seas
In Bali they tell me "life's a breeze"
Somewhere I haven't been before
Same, same, it can be a bore

Now I know, I have a plan
Perhaps I'll take a pin in hand
Stick it somewhere on a map
This could do the trick may haps

But I want to go somewhere
Just anywhere I just don't care...

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Belligerent Bear loves his tree; it is the smallest one around.
He discovered it himself, it was easily found.
They gravitated to each other, the tree and the bear.
They were the best of friends and traveled everywhere.

Belligerent Bear took tree to Iceland, to Helsinki and Bali Hai. 
They traveled on a train through Europe, seeing eye to eye.
They never had a quarrel, argument or squawk.
Perhaps this was because the tree did not ever talk....

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Indonesia 


In 1965 I read an article in Newsweek 
a mass killing of communists, 
about a million, men, women and children. 
The writer of this article concluded with:
the communists had brought this slaughter
upon themselves.
But the aftermath of this atrocity still fester,
and the truth has to be told if this country 
is ever to find redemption.
Today Bali is a mecca for history ignorant 
tourists, who soak up the sun on a beach 
that once soaked up the blood of the innocent...

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