2024-05-18 18:20
A Poem about Long-sufferingBy Dennis DamesTolerantly patient...through the delays and dissapointmentsFirm enchantment of the good life...in a realm of desired peacefulnessWhen fair-wea… Read More
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Enjoy poetry from the Islands of The Bahamas by the Bahamian poet, Dennis Dames.
2024-04-19 14:36
A Poem about Restless SoulsAgitated spirits restlessly uneasy...in and out, up and down;...their drill in its unpredictable swingOver and under, above and below...their souls on the usual er… Read More
2023-09-16 20:33
Poem: Waves on a roll…Frosty gush briskly curls athwart the reef…Romantically hushed theater with breathtaking vigorKeen to the superb moment…Rolling waves with splendid… Read More
2023-09-16 19:53
A Tribute to Michael JacksonKing of popular music…master of the big stageEntertainer extraordinaire…with deep and wide appealMichael Jackson, the cultural icon…transcend… Read More
2023-09-13 04:50
Poem: Snake in the GrassWickedly venomous and underhanded…snake in the grass ploddingly disguisedCounterfeit smiles and phony concerns…patiently waiting to taste the next preyB… Read More
2023-09-13 04:08
Poem: TodayToday’s unique…with hopeful and splendid prospectsI’m rising with the sun…with feathered friends full of awe-inspiring songsThe energy of the morning&hel&hell…Read More
2023-09-13 01:24
Poem: Simplicity The purity of the faithful island sun...Leading the way to a new daySimplicity on time...In a dignified array Special, the warm beach water...Relaxed o… Read More
2023-09-13 01:14
Poem: Simply a poem Simply a poemplainly a songLyrics about lifeeveryone is formed Sounds of children having funcreation's alive under the sunMusic from all directions…a com… Read More
2023-09-13 01:01
Poem Shadows Shades of life and depictions of stillness…Representing bodies and objects dimLight reflecting with purpose revealing…The dark images moving in si… Read More
2023-09-12 20:36
Poem Writer’s Block I have a thought…But I’m unable to write it outExpressing it’s so difficult…And words are so scarce right now I’m thinking… Read More
2023-09-12 20:31
Poem: The Winds of Change The winds of change are eternalSustaining life internalAs the sun burns brisk in the skyThe winds of eternity comes aliveWith the fresh wind comes new li… Read More
2023-09-12 20:22
Poem: Whispers transformed Whispers resonate in the night...Homage paid to the old triteGiggles occasionally, and stamping feetExaggeration in full competition...Acting out the no… Read More
2023-09-12 20:14
Poem: I feel like writing a poem I feel like writing a poem...Something about the way I feelSomething about the things I see...Something about the thankfulness for good heal… Read More
2023-09-12 20:05
Poem Why? The word of curiosity…The symbol of insightsWe want to know…That’s why we ask Full of knowledge…The answers waitNot always welcoming&hell&hell…Read More
2023-09-12 20:01
Poem: The Web The web is where I amdoing all things that I canThe web is where I shall begrowing like a big strong tree The web is relatively newand where opportunities spewThe web… Read More
2023-09-12 19:58
Poem: Waiting Patiently In anticipation of good news…The moment of truth eludesMore time for quiet reflection…And the test of patience too The hands of de… Read More
2023-09-12 19:53
Poem: True Friends Soldiers in life…Victorious in battlesBrothers and sisters… worthy provedHearts are golden, pure and true! In distressful times…… Read More
2023-09-12 19:48
Poem: Tragedy Everyone knows of it…everyday we hear a bitTragedy is a living sadness…surviving in a world of absolute madnessBreeding heartaches and pain…for crying… Read More
2023-09-12 19:44
Poem Traffic Jam The morning rush hourThe afternoon rush hourThe evening rush hourOh, how sour! It's a daily affairComplicated by drivers' fearWhence did all these vehicles c… Read More
2023-09-12 18:23
Poem: To Sleep I was sleepingI was dreamingIt was a good rest…and the dreams were a good set When I am asleepplease do not disturb meSleeping is a transition in life&h&hell…Read More
2023-09-12 18:20
Poem It's good to leave this world sometimes Sitting on the seashoreWhat was I thinking before?No thoughts to rememberNo visions to consider Time has moved hitherWith no worr… Read More
2023-09-12 18:15
Poem The Peace to be Where’s the peace that civilization longs for?Why must wars persist?Fighting for hearts and minds...Needing to control the mass of peoples and nat… Read More
2023-09-12 18:10
Poem: The Harvest The trees are seenwith fruits of greenThe harvest is still some time away…some will not see that glorious day Nature's usual cycle is in playTh… Read More
2023-09-12 16:44
Poem: The Bahamas The Bahamas is my homeI won't trade it for the worldThe Bahamas is my abodeit's where the sun shines bold The Bahamas is where I resideand where the sea sur… Read More
2023-09-12 16:41
Poem: Tainted thoughts Tainted ThoughtsTainted mindsGoing strongAll the time Nothing's rightAll is wrongTainted thoughts still go strongTainted thoughts take a break...Fresh… Read More
2023-09-12 16:38
Poem Soul Searching Engulfed by circumstances…Dominating the flowNowhere but here…Unable to go Isolated and “invisible”…No one seems to… Read More
2023-09-12 16:32
Poem Sortie The forces of the enemy surroundFreedom of the besieged soundsEscape through attack aboundsFighting for freedom on blood grounds Sortie after sortieDead man after… Read More
2023-09-12 16:28
Poem: Sons Princes of creation substantial…Ordained to lead and seed accordinglySon of the soil and man’s humanity…Sanctioned to rule in humbleness of he… Read More
2023-09-12 16:20
Poem: Sisters Love you sister…Praiseworthy relationYou’re special and majestic…In siblings’ total hearts Sister poem to reverenced joy…… Read More
2023-09-12 16:07
Poem Serenity Rhythms abound…As zephyr soothes the soulGray clouds…Dominate subtlyMoving softly above…Remote from wild fowls and their songs The tr… Read More
2023-09-12 16:04
Poem: Sciolist In an age of knowledgeSciolist is miss popularity She is an attractive empty headSciolist had said:That the sun is deadAnd the moon is redOn a bright and sunny… Read More
2023-09-12 09:13
Poem: Sir Lynden Pindling Lynden Pindling was a great manHe was Prime Minister of a beautiful landThe Bahamas he ruled for 25 yearsHe became a Knight for his blood, sweat and tear… Read More
2023-09-12 09:03
Poem: Junkanoo Junkanoo is a time of celebrationit is a culture of jubilationBahamians look forward to the drumbeatsand the cowbells shaking sweet In the music kitchen, the m… Read More
2023-09-12 09:00
Poem: What a world of isms! CapitalismSocialismCommunismAtheismMonotheismPolytheismMaterialismAsexual-ismBisexual-ismHomosexual-ismHeterosexual-ismThis-ismThat-ismThe next-ism&hel&hell…Read More
2023-09-12 08:57
Poem: Island Sunset It's that time of dayfor the sunset's rayIt's that time of dayfor the evening's relay It's that time of dayand all beauty is on displayThe sunsets majesti… Read More
2023-09-12 07:58
Bahamas Independence Poem July 10, 1973…Sovereign, delightful and free!The Bahamas, a promising new nation…It’s people, jubilant and optimist… Read More
2023-09-12 07:54
A Poem in love with the Bahamas I am in love with The Bahamas...Where the tropical sunshine is satisfyingly constantThe sacred ocean; jewel of many colors...Eternal sand, richly a… Read More
2023-09-12 07:23
Anniversary Poem Celebrating a special occasion...With blessings of another openingHeavenly joy sparkling... cherishing bliss...Wonderful day... emotive reflections Blessed w… Read More
2021-03-20 04:07
Island Poet Web Directory Bahamas Island Treasure Poetry Domain with Thoughts of Peace, Love, Joy and All in Mind to be Shared Island Poetr… Read More
2021-03-20 03:34
Message by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Hon. Iram Lewis For World Poetry Day The Bahamas has been blessed by peoples of the world’s best It is the islands of the multi-c… Read More
2013-04-17 01:55
AIDS is hereAIDS is thereAIDS is everywhere!Ignorance increases the spreadas HIV shows its dreadful headInfidelity is a causeas HIV spreads its deadly pawsCondoms continue to leakas HIV show… Read More
2013-04-17 01:46
Blessed juncture…Living to tellAnother birthday to enjoy yourself…In thanksgiving and gratitudeBreathing fortune…Cake and candlesMake a desire…Then blow away the… Read More
2013-04-17 01:40
The smile is lost…the face is frostWondering if things would be right againbecause sorrow dominates without endGood spirits appear defeated…while gloomy clouds sit unrestricted… Read More
2013-04-17 01:32
George Bush is taking it in strideshe is the president in disguiseGeorge Bush brings a breath of fresh airthe world appears to be in good careHe is the commander in chiefsurrounded by compet… Read More
2013-04-17 01:14
Moving peacefully across the sky…Engine sounds followFriendly sky sits still aboveNo missile firing…No targets to hitFriendly skies welcome allHostile skies, a fireballHere we… Read More
2013-04-17 01:04
Riding along the coastlineone bright and shining day Zephyr’s blowing lightly across my happy faceOcean spray's dancing in the airTrees welcoming their fair share Choppy is the sea mod… Read More
2013-04-17 00:44
No master to reportNo labor to resortNo shackles to me confineThe choice here is all mineI am freeI am meNo Osama in the melodramaNo government dictating my lifeI am free by the lawFreedom i… Read More
2013-04-17 00:38
Man’s peaceful path…To inner loveProviding hope…Of better daysFor many longing to be freed…From the hold of hatred and conflictForgiving is the road…To eter… Read More
2011-05-10 22:24
It's about saving time...saving energy...Spring forward into the days of light...Where the nights have become lessen...And the home energy suppressantIt's a time of savings...As the great ou… Read More
2011-05-10 22:22
Fire on bayon a 4th of September day2001 is the yearOnlookers are watching in despairThe wind blowing from east to westFire spreading without regretStraw vendors are affected the mostthe str… Read More
2011-05-10 22:21
A slave to destiny Unable to stop the inevitableCircumstances consume my energy Fear, my only companionLife, an uncontrollable instrumentThe body does what it wants…the realization of… Read More
2010-10-22 18:36
Dramatic pictures of experiencesawesome acts to beholdFavorite movies...unforgettable goldScenes that penetrate the soul...words of strength,talks of loveand endings of victoryFavorite movie… Read More
2010-10-22 18:30
Highlighting patriarchs of humanity…With cheerful gratitude and respectChildren of men commendable…Gather to pay deserving tributeFathers’ day of merit and honor…F… Read More
2010-10-22 18:25
My relatives…my allied folksLinked by a familiar bond…In membership and principle…Living as one people resolvedFamily cohesive…Continuing the examples…Of o… Read More
2010-10-22 18:20
Love’s always a thought worth exposing…It is peace of mind and heartIt is the common denominator of peoples living in harmonyIt is the source of true existenceLove is not hatefu… Read More
2010-10-22 18:12
E-mails irritating continue to comee-mails annoying- one by onesome are read…most are fast clearedE-mails nauseating, who sent you?Trash galore coming through...in the… Read More
2010-10-22 18:06
Democracy is usedit is abusedit is to chooseit is refusedit is confusedDemocracy is deadit is aliveit is revivedit is realizedit is whatever materializedDemocracy is naked…it's whatev… Read More
2010-10-22 18:02
Death is living beyondthe spirit remainsthe heart preservesthe soul's aliveDeath is life eternalImmortality is the fruitdoing well while in the flesha life of abundance waitsDoing evil while… Read More
2010-10-22 17:54
Delight and exultation fill my home…Because of the blessings my daughters bringThank God for his kind giving and rewards…Queens from heaven valued eternallyFathers’ inspi… Read More
2010-10-22 17:51
A full moon night...the heaven's brightBarbecue smoking...fluorescent lightsI couldn't resistin the mist...her lit bewitchA dance asked...a chance baskedLove blooming...secure she heldHer li… Read More
2010-10-22 17:26
Cultured are youCultured is meCultured are weCultured is to beCulture is what we doCulture is living tooCulture is the songsCulture is the rightsCulture is the wrongsCulture is the massesCul… Read More
2010-10-22 17:22
Cruise ships are approaching the porttourists can't wait to resortStraw vendors and hair braiders take their placewaiting on customers to embraceMerchants all along the bayare too waiting to… Read More
2010-10-22 17:17
Creatures in my backyardIs a happy site, not sadMother nature is kindThe butterflies are fineThe birds dineThe lizards climbThe bees mimeThe wasps bindThe ants realignThe cats pass from time… Read More
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