Nota Verses Poem by Tan Pratonix
Nota Verses
Nota bene:
Have you seen
Forty shades of lemon green?
Viva La Queen!
Her Majesty draped
In emerald and gold,
Opulent elegance
To behold!
Nota kembara
Kalimantan,
No gentleman
But orangutan;
Selamat pagi,
Selamat siang;
Gado gado salad
For malam makan.
(We fed the ape
Goreng pisang.)
Nota curta
In Portuguese.
Smiley please,
Say Queijo, Cheese!
I took your foto
In Oporto.
Mulher Fifi
In Recife,
Bela pretty
Vibrant city!
In the melee
O Rei Pelé.
Carioca?
No play soccer?
Caracol
No play futebol.
Nota bene = Latin. Nota kembara = Travel notes, Indonesian. Nota curta: short note, Portuguese. Selamat pagi, selamat siang: Indonesian greetings. 'Good morning', 'Good day' Makam malam: Dinner (Indonesian) . Goreng Pisang: fried banana fritters (Indonesian) . Gado gado: Indonesian dish.
Kalimantan: Borneo. Oporto: city in Portugal.
Recife (pronounced Re-ci-fi) : city in Brazil.
O Rei Pelé: the famous soccer player. O Rei: The King.
Queijo= Port. word for cheese. Caracol= snail (Port.)
Futebol: football, Port. Carioca: Native of Rio
Mulher: woman, Port.
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5/14/2024 4:31:13 AM # 1.0.0.1119
very clever humourous write great use of rhyme although I couldnt understand it all I got the jist from the flow of the poem well done!