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Tashkent Poems - Poems about Tashkent

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...there was a young woman from Tashkent
whose desire was to live in a convent
she met the man of her dreams
in bed went to extremes
 and decided she’s not ready to repent

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Categories: tashkent, humor,
Form: Limerick

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,...

Categories: tashkent, absence, africa, age, birth,
Form: Free verse

My Time

...My road to hell began with good intention,
Floating up then crashing down more times than I can mention.
Tripping through time in  a parallel space,
The scars of my life reflect upon my face.
Mis...

Categories: tashkent, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Lawns of Paradise

...THE LAWNS OF PARADISE



Dim road in Moscow’s winter taxi.
Maybe our Uzbek driver’s memory 
Drifts  to Bukhara,Samarkand and Tashkent: 
The shifting sands  and the caravan’s load,
Blue-gold m...

Categories: tashkent, city, memory, romantic,
Form: Imagism

Nun Fun In the Sun

...NUN FUN IN THE SUN

There was in hot Tashkent in the orient
A religious uprising - a  convent dissent.
Army was ordered in with gunnery,
The soldiers targeted the nunnery.  
 
Here are the eve...

Categories: tashkent, beauty, desire, myth,
Form: Footle

Low-Rent Tent

...There was once a young man from Tashkent
Lost his job and couldn't pay the high rent
   His landlord was clear
   Pleas fell on deaf ears
So our renter moved out into a tent...

Categories: tashkent, home, money,
Form: Limerick

Man From Tashkent

...There once was a young man from Tashkent 
whose job was very hard and it bent 
him double.  "No trouble; 
I believe a pub'll 
unbend me," he said, and so he went....

Categories: tashkent, work,
Form: Limerick