Short Haiti Poems

Catholicism
says go forth and be fruitful.
Haiti has no trees....

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The world
Wanting to cry
Seeing Haiti dying
Through your maple eyes...

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Colonies in America rebelled -
British, French Haiti, why the latter quelled?...

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I once knew a pirate named Grady
I attended his birthday in Haiti
He flew into a rage
When I asked him his age
But his only reply was "Aye Matey"...

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Boom! was all we heard
houses sunk into the earth
the foul smell of death

Another heavy blow
upon the Caribbean home
earthquake took it's toll...

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There once was a man called Trump
Who termed Haiti  just a dump
But instead of dump he said  ****hole
Such words will lose him his next big poll
Bringing him down to earth with a thump...

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eap-DISASTER

When disaster befalls a people;
In the midst of desperation
And the mountains of frustrations
With the mercy of divine intercession
By the kindness of neighbors restoration

Eap-Earthquake disaster in Haiti –January 2010...

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people of Haiti
why are your 
hands still tied
behind 
your backs
while 
holding on
tight to 
the 
slave master's gate
this flame of hope 
shall not escape
when 
we need 
this chance to change
and step into the light
unlock the gates...

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Homes are destroyed
A terrible catastrophe leaves families without warmth or food
It shakes down poor children and takes their parents 
The survivors are struggling for another meal... and the beast,
It leaves utter devastation behind but echoes with its leftovers...

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Why so much death and destruction? Why the pain in our human race? Why must we hear of
these disasters, that on our earth are taking place?

This is dedicated to all of those who live in Haiti and to the families of those who were
lost in the tragic earthquake over there!...

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A hurricane tore North Carolina
After ripping Haiti!
It stalks like a hyena,
Leaving a trail of calamity!

I, The Earth, was turning in my sleep.
Humans live for seventy years.
Some build in areas that are deep
Or somehow interfere with my affairs.


               May 8, 2022 the...

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Love to the USA
Sweatshops in Haiti
Twenty machines in row
Sewing T- shirts that say
I LOVE the USA 




12:23 noon   7/ 6/ 2013
granddaughter brings home from 4th July parade bobbles, candy & t-shirt made in Haiti saying
 I love USA. That was the Olympics as well as a lot of things ....

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I pray dear God to grant reprieve
To Haitian brother in dire need.
Spirit, instill a strength divine,
Transform his heart as loving Guide.
May healing hands inspire hope,
May grace and love our prayers provoke.
Raise Haiti’s head, with conqu’ring faith
You will prevail, you will prevail. Amen....

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small islands surround by the caribbean sea
from the greater and lesser antilles
Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Guyana just to name a few
the place where tourist comes to see the caribbean view
music, beaches, sports our culture they come to see
from that hard labour they want to be free.


Demeter  Edwards...

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Scars For Haiti

The tears of my tears splatter into flames
My eyes starve from fidgeting forces falling
floors
Though, they say life occurs in cycles
Mr. Matthew came and it was not even for a
miss
The grounds left to wail for the lost bliss.

- Olaoluwa Ola-Williams.
2016.
# Kunta
# ForHaiti...

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Haiti is in rubble today, quaking in the carnage
Poor and rich share in the destruction
Families lost, to be no more 
Orphaned children with no protector of their person
Death lies in wait, along the crumpled streets
A wailing is heard around the world for the loss of the capital
Quaking rippled across the sea

Come, come help the suffering!...

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like a hungry monster
devastating was the earthquake
swallowing Haiti
leaving total destruction in it's wake

the dead and dying lay about
from Port Au Prince to Leogane
mass graves being dug
while this tropical island screams in agony

the warm winds of desperation
blow along the severed highways
sad souls stranded without food and water
hoping to see another day...

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Do you need to be born in Africa or Haiti
to be saved
What about the single mother in the ghettos
of Detroit
Will an actor or politician or philanthropist
deem you worthy
Of a rescue from a situation that as assuredly
kills
Cable TV asks for your money for the starving
third world
While lost souls in your shadow are homeless, crying
—in plain sight

(Norristown Pennsylvania: January, 2021)...

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We saw blood on the leaves
Yeah! Blood filling the roots
Our ancestors hanging from trees
Their blood flowing out to the slave seas

Chained crews taken
To the cane fields
Haiti toppled from the outside, see reels
Shaken down to it’s knees

What they set out to achieve 
Ain't no lie, ain't no dream
The enslaved Screamed
Our Blood on the leaves

Copyright March 4, 2023 by Brian Pierre-Alexander
© All Rights Reserved...

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Brains and eggs
Breakfast of a vodoo King
To take the energy of a child
And fuel his evil

Abomination! Abomination!
Lord have mercy!
Stop the Abomination!

Wicked vodoo king
How can you be so blind!
Redemption!

Pray for the innocent infants of Haiti! Vodoo is the religion of choice there and the practice 
of stealing, killing, and eating  infant's brains for their energy is common over there.
Their souls are in danger of damnation!...

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1  " This is so Moving "
      " News reports," ( Feature ) " Children "
       ( Love ) " to these Orphans "   ( Carolyn Devonshire )

   2  You have moved my Heart
       You Brave Children of Haiti
       Your Spirit Lives On      ( HG )

   Dedicated to ( History Poetess ) " Carolyn Devonshire "

   Author's Note : The First Senryu is Carolyn's Words
   In a Comment to my POEM : " MIATIANNA "

       The Second Senryu is my Response...

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Little orphaned dairy cow
White and black spots
Fed with a bottle, lovingly

Winter's hard freeze
Took you away
The rain's muddy puddle
Frooze you solid
With no mama to guide you away from the danger.


For the orphans in Haiti, and USA and every where,
May God bless you with loving parents...Prayers!!

True story--happened to my sister's calf-so sad.

Go to www.myturnnow.org and see children right here in the usa that need loving parents....

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Taboo

I can't keep my eyes off
Your rosy peach complexion
Just hanging in the warm 
Haitian breeze...
So close but firmly shut.

Guarded by your spiky skin
As if to say wait for you to ripen 
under the hot August sun.

To see you smile with 
black pearls exposed,
To see you smile
Open and ready 
to be plucked...

I want you if only to die
by your poisonous embrace.
Just to taste the nutty flavor
on my tongue. Oh, eight weeks 
will be too long....

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I know I'm going to hell
for eating this forbidden fruit
but before I say my farewell
let me leave taking the scenic route

 

I want to see the ashy trees
and the hell birds flying by
the crimson lava filled seas
with the stench of death's tide

 

I got to death's black doors
as a man of Haiti let me in
the mighty Cerberus roared
while I was burned for every sin

 

And here I stand flaming hot
in a place with no love
my soul lay here to rot
with a demon named Beelzebub...

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1  " Sad Reality "
        So " Compelling ; and Profound "   ( Raul )
               ( MIATIANNA )   

   2  With my Heart Softened
       By eyes, see Pride in her eyes
       Princess of Haiti       ( HG )

Dedicated to my " Senryu Sensei " Raul Moreno "

  Author's Note : The First two lines in the First Senryu are " Raul's" Words "
   { I added the first ( So ) } In a comment to my POEM " MIATIANNA "

                      The Second Senryu is my Response...

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