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Sumatra Poems - Poems about Sumatra

a shipmaster in love
...a shipmaster in love The boat that left at sunset didn't have red sails but fading sunlight painted grey sail red even though the vessel was not going to China  not this year or any other year,......

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Categories: sumatra, absence, africa, age, birth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Only Star For Me
...The Only Star For Me It’s my corner coffee shop, Starbucks The cheer starts here with hot coffee I’ll get yours, it’s nothing, awe shucks A home away from home, my family A blended Frappucci......

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Categories: sumatra, addiction, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Sumatra Tiger
...What a gorgeous tiger I said to Sparky when he showed me his pix. She was a beauty for sure, he said. I had choices of tigers I was seeing. Being so close to them, were you feeling you were in a bi......

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Categories: sumatra, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
My Dream Vacation
...I've dreamed of something special for quite some time, a vacation I've envisioned that would be simply sublime. I'll be leaving from Miami on a round-the-world cruise and I reserved a balcony room......

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Categories: sumatra, dream, vacation,
Form: Imagism
Banana Tree
...Banana trees Most of the jungles of Sumatra are uprooted to plant banana trees the orangutans have been made homeless. They try to sit in the banana trees, but it is too brittle for the animals ......

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Categories: sumatra, anger, business, night,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Beef Jerkey and a Bottle of Wine
...A tramp steamer plies an ocean of fog. The Chief Bos’n makes a note in the log while the helmsman Strains to see beyond the wheel. The ship’s Captain leaves the bridge with a groan. It’s his ......

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Categories: sumatra, adventure, sea,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Clowns
...Do you recall the song "Send In The Clowns" by Sinatra? I reckon folks even heard it who reside in faraway Sumatra. Long gone is famed Emmett Kelly who portrayed "Weary Willie", And the grea......

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Categories: sumatra, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Flat-Headed Cats
...Flat-Headed Cats are listed as, endangered and are found in, Sumatra, Borneo and on the Malayan Peninsula They inhabit, lowland forests, swampy areas, lakes and streams and they exhibit more wetla......

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Categories: sumatra, animal, beautiful, earth, education,
Form: Rhyme
Borneo Pygmy Elephants
...Borneo Pygmy Elephants are listed as, endangered and they were isolated, about 300 thousand years ago from their cousins, on mainland Asia and Sumatra and they are known as, the smallest Asian Ele......

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Categories: sumatra, animal, beautiful, earth, education,
Form: Rhyme
Sumatran Orangutans
...Sumatran Orangutans are listed as, critically endangered They are found in, in the provinces of North Sumatra and Aceh with only nine populations, that number about two hundred and fifty but becau......

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Categories: sumatra, animal, beautiful, earth, education,
Form: Rhyme
Sumatran Rhinos
...Sumatran Rhinos are listed as, critically endangered and are now classified as, “functionally extinct” as they are only seen in zoos, for their genes to be preserved but the death of two subspecie......

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Categories: sumatra, animal, beautiful, earth, education,
Form: Rhyme
Sumatran Tigers
...Sumatran Tigers are listed as, critically endangered They are found in Asia, only on the island of Sumatra and are the smallest sub-species, existing well before Cleopatra with their colorful amen......

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Categories: sumatra, animal, beautiful, earth, education,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member He Sang Like Sinatra
...A New Jersey-ite, his name Hobo Ken For singing ballads, he had quite a yen He would sing like Sinatra From Vegas to Sumatra On rails he rode with fellow jobless men Sept......

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Categories: sumatra, hope, song, travel,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Villanelle: Never Political But Spiritual the Ancient Indo-Chinese Pilgrim Ties
...Villanelle : Never political but spiritual the ancient Indo-Chinese pilgrim ties In Memory of the late pathologist (and amateur Astronomer) Associate Professor CHONG Siew Meng, Nationa......

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Categories: sumatra, race, relationship, religion, spiritual,
Form: Villanelle
Tragedy: Into the Sea
...Oh! Once was a sunny day, People were so happy and gay… but not for so long. The sea… was calm in the morning, So most were in their boats… but return, they did not. But once noon arrived, Th......

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Categories: sumatra, natural disasters, nature,
Form: I do not know?

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