bordello camp
...The bordello camp
Morning in Aruba, the cock has crowed three times
Men get out of beds that hundreds have slept in
of other men, they are silent, waiting for taxis
to take them back to the...
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Categories:
taxis, abuse, addiction, age, allah,
Form: ABC
Stuck Being Shemp
...
At one time tobacco was king
Today it’s cannabis and hemp
Seems they are Moe, Curly and Larry
While tobacco is stuck being Shemp
And so too is it true of t...
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Categories:
taxis, analogy, humor, nostalgia, today,
Form: Rhyme
From Ferenc Liszt International Airport
...From Liszt Ferenc International Airport
Silent night, arriving at the airport
Bus 200E, thank you for the service
Goodbye. Have a good journey in the night
Thank you
I told the driver
Wai...
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Categories:
taxis, fate, life, love,
Form: Free verse
To Fly
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If I was meant to fly
I'd have feathers and wings.
For being naked, no lift-off brings.
Instead I try to use sticks, feathers, paper and strings,
like Icarus, and the Wright Brothers, Wilbur a...
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Categories:
taxis, bird, car, fairy, freedom,
Form: Free verse
CECYL, SON OF OUR SOIL : CONSUMMATE REVOLUTIONARY
...{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given a full P...
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Categories:
taxis, africa, allegory, character, death
Form: Dramatic Verse
Absolute Devastation
...he woke in the bowels of destruction.
unsure of where he was or what had happened.
Had he slept through a world war?
There was absolute devastation; an entire city was destroyed.
Am I still in ...
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Categories:
taxis, science fiction,
Form: Free verse
Story Song
...If I could write a story song
Our loves’ beginning, told in time
In beautiful, eventful words
Perhaps a Sonnet of a rhyme
If I could write of younger days
...
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Categories:
taxis, how i feel, love,
Form: Rhyme
Waiting for the storm to pass
...People started running,
for buses, taxis, trains,
with umbrellas no defence,
against the wind and rain,
a drowned rat cycled past,
then disappeared down a lane,
when lightening flashed, I dashe...
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Categories:
taxis, rain, storm, weather, wind,
Form: Rhyme
the assassination
...Seven Mossad Agents came to Norway a winter day
when a snow drowns the needs of the homeless
asleep in a shop's doorway absorbing the sarcastic smell
of coffee and the aroma of a Napoleon cream c...
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Categories:
taxis, allusion, angst, birth,
Form: Blank verse
the symphony
...New York City is like a cobblestone symphony,
where jackhammers and footsteps form the rhythmic timpani,
sirens and honking taxis, are the cymbals, that provide sudden bursts of energy,
traffic’s ...
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Categories:
taxis, emotions, environment, fun, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
the most beautiful girls
...The most beautiful girls,
Are those we imagine to love,
The ones we would like to invite to the restaurant
To drink champagne and grands crus,
The most beautiful girls, I know some,
Are the on...
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Categories:
taxis, beauty, girl, love,
Form: Free verse
In a world where everything glimmers in a play of lights
...In a world where everything glimmers in a play of lights,
The girl with diamond eyes steps forth like a shooting star into the night.
With every gesture she makes, she leaves sparkling trails on th...
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Categories:
taxis, magic,
Form: Free verse
Scary Tale Of New York
...It’s Christmas Eve, Babe
In the car pound
It shouldn’t be this way
Should not have been found
But I’m the lucky one
I am the thirteenth one
And when I got a scare
I hi-tailed out of there
...
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Categories:
taxis, america, horror,
Form: Lyric
Beautiful City of Goma , Drcongo
...As I was in national park virunga
and I saw a zebra
which was giving birth and
one black and white cobra
passed by there.
I admired their colours
and took some pictures
to show my kids a...
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Categories:
taxis, africa, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
New York Was So Relaxed
...New York was so relaxed Lady Liberty was slumbering with snores.
There was a garbage strike, and the taxis were sauntering with oars.
No one was excited, hot dog men were yawning in their wheat bun...
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Categories:
taxis, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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