Daughter of Fortune
...Daughter of fortune
She is the daughter of a woman who found passionate
love in Paris with an opera singer; now lives in her brother’s
house and knows, in the end, life is about a haven of roman...
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Categories:
allende, best friend, blessing, giving,
Form: Blank verse
The Crying Grass
...The crying grass
(for the late Victor Jara,* Pablo Neruda
and Salvador Allende)
by ‘bro. zayid’
In this stadium
of footlaunched spotted balls
of what should be promising soccer stars…
In t...
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Categories:
allende, memory, violence,
Form: Free verse
I Say This Poem To You
...I say this poem to you
from outside the cell of every tortured or executed political prisoner
I say this poem to you
from outside the palace where Allende shot himself
I say this poem to you
fro...
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Categories:
allende, abuse, poetry, , cute,
Form: Free verse
Orchestrated Revolt: Part I
...supporting the anti-communists in
the Soviet Union from
1944 to 1989---
supporting al-Za’im in Syria in
1949---
installing Shah Mohammed Reza
Pahlevi in 1953 Iran---
supporting Colonel Carlos Casti...
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Categories:
allende, life,
Form: Free verse
The Way You Make Me Feel
...Sitting here thinking of you;
Thinking about all the things I want to do.
I want to explore the world with you baby;
All the exotic places, just you and me.
Something is so special about you;
Yo...
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Categories:
allende, happiness, love, passion, me,
Form: I do not know?