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Traders Poems - Poems about Traders


Premium Member Arab and Berber Traders
In the seven hundreds, we traded salt Arab and Berber traders Were gold and ivory graders Horses and tigers bartering came to a halt Cloth, swords, and books traded for chocolate malt....

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Categories: traders, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Their Prices Low Their Sales Slow
Characters were going to Delhi. Exotic goods they wanted to buy. Their prices were low. Their sales were slow. Their biggest hit was the henna dye....

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Categories: traders, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Limerick



Message To the Slave Traders
Hell has an entrance But Hell has not an exist...

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Categories: traders, abuse, africa, arabic, bible,
Form: Free verse
Traders In Time
To and fro, up and down Traders in time in turns of toil In bid of bliss and green- grounds Tearful and gleeful, Cheerful and stressful Hunt and hound for varied delights Coming and going all the time Voices of millions that vent all the way In continuous cycles rushing along all day Like busy ants saving for rainy days And restless...

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Categories: traders, adventure, leaving, life, morning,
Form: Free verse
Live Meat Traders
The day's down a-winding For them it's just a-starting To homes people are retiring Their homes they are departing. Shaming their mothers, they dress Men's sanity to harass Stocking their pockets, they prance With the devil they romance. That very crown of theirs They display as common wares So many unwilling eyes Their sinful acts caress. Their greatest of gifts brandishing Of colors and forms varying Suggestive smiles and...

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Categories: traders, sin, society, women, youth,
Form: Rhyme



Soul Traders
Mind over matter What a sadistic lie Because i sure feel The finger poked in my eye "Get over it," they say But i wear the stain Must be easy for them Not to deal with the pain I just get so tired Of the lies that they sell Trading a moment of pleasure, For a lifetime of hell....

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Categories: traders, angst,
Form: Rhyme
On Scrap Metal Traders
They came like locust A clustering crowd clattering leaves And when the cloud into cirrus strads had fade I saw nothing the same as before. Heap upon heap they came Tormenting everything whose structure Or bone or faith is metallic, Tearing down bridges, or train lines Or cables of communication Leaving us to be spectators And non-strategic commentators of greed. It is a strange occupation In...

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Categories: traders, history,
Form: Free verse

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