Short Motherlands Poems
Short Motherlands Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Motherlands by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Motherlands by length and keyword.
A Child Collects Some Sand
A child collects some sand with hand
And so he calls it "motherland".
To some sand, castles are built high
Flowers are grown for dewy morn
Flags are furled in cloudy sky
But by fort's flag the flower's forlorn.
Children gather some sand with hands
And so they call it "motherlands"....
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Categories:
motherlands, patriotic, peace, philosophy, political, pollution, prejudice, satire,
Form:
I do not know?
Pulpit
The body and the blood
are of those who inched on their bellies
underneath barbed wire
and never lived to be born again.
Motherlands shackled at the feet of their Fathers.
Who mourns at their whitewashed bones?
Bleached by the desert Son,
Marked with unnamed crosses, they scream the names of Holy Ghosts.
In the silence, my thighs part like the Red Sea
my borders unguarded,
she drinks me
like wine at the last supper....
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Categories:
motherlands, death, love, racism, religion, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse