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Best Cajun Poems

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Swamp Cajun Curse
Down in Louisiana,
down in da bayou deep
Where sweaty bodies hear da swamp sounds
in da hot, steamy heat
Local people know Mamadou Sekkou
Medicine woman 
born on da...

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Categories: cajun, identity, judgement, places, woman,
Form: Epic
Premium Member The Cajun
Down in Louisiana, by the bayou way,
A secret recipe, has been blending for generations,
Tenderly, stewing in the great American melting
Pot.
Spanish spices, mixed with French Canadian...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cajun, adventure, america, imagination, immigration,
Form: Free verse
Cajun Santa
Here’s a little story bout Cajun santa
He lives in the swamp in Louisiana 

You can be naughty or you can be nice
Cajun Santa will never...

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© Mack Toler  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cajun, christmas, family, funny, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme




Cajun Fried Thanksgiving
Injeck evey POD a dad pluckin' bird
Wid a quote a chow-chow seasonne
Led id sid in dem fridge
(Fo tree whole day, sha!)

You god dad fry-pot on...

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Categories: cajun, food,
Form: Light Verse
Cajun Santa's Last Stop
Santa came last night spreading Christmas  cheer

He said I'm finished now , until next year 

He said no more dodging poo

Its over what do...

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© Mack Toler  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cajun, fun, funny, hilarious, humor,
Form: Limerick
Cajun Moon
Out of the Omicron Ceti 
The Mira shines bright in the sky
Waiting for a warm afternoon
Where old men go fishing
With nothing a string and a...

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Categories: cajun, happinessdance, old, dance, old,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Didactic Food Cajun Pasta
One pot Cajun pasta
We are going to totally enjoy this one hot spicy Cajun pasta
Easy to make for a weekend meal
The sense of smell explores...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cajun, food,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Cajun Night Before Christmas
As promised to Sara Baker... here is the Night Before Christmas, 
Cajun style ~ by James Rice
        ...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cajun, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Cajun Santa's Promise
Cajun Santa was a skinny little man

He could hide in the shadow of a soda pop can

I asked Cajun Santa do you have a magic...

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© Mack Toler  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cajun, fun, funny, holiday, humor,
Form: Rhyme
My Cajun Backyard Nest
When it rains
the grass grows greener
and thick like a forest of trees 
in my back yard
Mr. Bojangles, the housecat 
slowly stalks its prey 
of wizard-like...

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Categories: cajun, beauty, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cajun Pride
Cajun Pride

Remembering an autumn day
Floating down the river
Where all his tensions flow away
And the days just become a blur

The current is always so mellow
And the...

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Categories: cajun, memory, pride, river,
Form: Free verse
Cajun King
I was born from infernal hell
I'm the Cajun King
I was born from infernal hell
A land full of life and festivity
Bring me to your Mississippi Queen
She...

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Categories: cajun, desire, lust, romance, sweet
Form: Free verse
Cajun Creed Will Get Revenge
I've been doin' time, sittin in this jail cell for too long.
Yea, I made mistakes because I was headstrong
when I killed Isabelle, but it's what...

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Categories: cajun, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cajun Lady
They rolled like a mountain,
out of New York city.
I heard Cajun Lady, 
from The Fat'sby
Twas back in the day,
Nineteen- Seventy.
You know she was a lover,
His...

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Categories: cajun, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cajun Queen, New Orleans
Riverboat on the Mississippi
Folks dining on scrimp, grits, and cornbread
Drinking booze and gambling like crazy
Going to Bourbon Street just ahead

Down in that Cajun Queen, New...

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Categories: cajun, city, river, sin, travel,
Form: Rhyme

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