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Slum(A) Poems - Poems about Slum(A)


That was Home
...The slum that birthed me, Is where love and loss huddle close, side by side, Shanty houses crowded, wall to wall, Yet love’s essence bloomed, unyielding and clear, Tin roofs, mud walls, unpaved s......

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Categories: slum(a), beach, destiny, freedom, romance,
Form: Free verse
Merry Christmas
...Mild sun of winter Spreads a love touch everywhere Of happy Christmas In the slum a child Smiles in a red hibiscus Petals of Jesus Blankets offered to Poor people standing in rows Jes......

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Categories: slum(a), christmas, jesus,
Form: Haiku



Thousand Dredgers
...The face that launched a thousand dredgers loomed above, With tin-foil hair and bucket rusting smile, Proclaimed with tongue of carbon paper endless love, Fingers crossed behind her back awhile. ......

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Categories: slum(a), allegory, angst, life, loss,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things