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Best Baja Poems

Below are the all-time best Baja poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of baja poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member The San Quinton Kangaroo Rat (Endangered Species)
Arriba, Arriba as Speedy Gonzalez would say
The San Quinton Kangaroo Rat is dying away 

Baja California is where they do reside
On a little strip of...

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Categories: baja, animals, death, life, naturedrink,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member The Sounds of the River Drums-Spanish Verse Part 2-
SONIDOS DE LOS TAMBORES DEL RÍO
COMO EL SONIDO DEL BEAT VA, TUM, TUM, TUM
A medida que el sonido del tambor late boom, boom y boom
Corriente...

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Categories: baja, analogy, appreciation, image, nature,
Form: Free verse
Algengrün/Green Algae/Algas Verdes
Im flachen Wasser
Ernährt die hungrigen Enten
Wallendes Algengrün

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In shallow water
Nourishing the hungry ducks 
Floating green algae


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En agua baja
Alimentando los patos hambrientes
Algas verdes flotando...

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Categories: baja, animals
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Anacreontic Verse the Grunion Are Running
Oh summer moon
your soft light
highlights my hair,
makes me aware
of the ocean tides
when the grunion
run at very high
tides, as females
dig their tails
into the sand to
lay their...

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Categories: baja, fish, fun, summer,
Form: Lyric
A Decloration of War Rap Lyrics
I tell u what shell b the first to tell you 
Tim is crazy he aint even jealous of the devil
he gots propellas on the...

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Categories: baja, me, heart, heart, me,
Form: Rhyme



In the West Rap Lyrics
off too see her 
now we sliding on chrome slippining past slip;ery serpents
its certain its aknown fact
dont push me cause i push back
push black white...

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Categories: baja, song-me, me, power, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Sounds of the River Drums-French Verse Part 3
LOS SONIDOS DE LOS DRUMS DEL RÍO-verso francés Parte 3
THE SOUNDS OF THE RIVER DRUMS-FRENCH VERSE  PART 3


SONIDOS DE LOS TAMBORES DEL RÍO
COMO EL...

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Categories: baja, appreciation, endurance, inspirational, music,
Form: Free verse
Good Time
GOOD TIME ( translated in  two other languages)
Good time lies in onerous tracts
Where the minds reject
It shelters in a solitary world
Fidgets like a hovering...

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Categories: baja, age, art, beach,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Truth, Falsehood, Translation of Carlos Bousono's Sonnet: Verdad, Mentira
Truth, Falsehood, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Verdad, Mentira

Note: I've tried in vain to upload, since November 2, 2013, the following poem: "Words uttered...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: baja, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The 'smoothies' Diet
~~~ The 'Smoothies' Diet ~~~

I've discovered the joys of 'smoothies' as a diet
and if you're counting calories, you just might want to try it.
Start with...

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Categories: baja, funny
Form: Rhyme
The Children Wait On the Shore
the children wait on the shore
eyes fastened to the horizon
behind them stand the women
with a gaze far more serious
all impervious to rain and wind
the hurricane...

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Categories: baja, culture, destiny, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
Escatologia
Levanté mis ojos
y todo cuanto vi fue
un incendio de cruces en
la parte baja del puerto.
Entonces sentí
en el alma la angustia
de un ángel ***** que
gritaba grandes...

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Categories: baja, earth,
Form: Prose Poetry
Dein Schatten/ Your Shadow/ Tu Sombra
Verweile nicht,
Bleib' nur nicht steh'n,
selbst wenn die Welt um dich zerbricht
Es wirds stets weitergeh'n

Die leeren Straßen
auf und ab
folgt dir dein Schatten schon,
senkt sich die Welt...

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Categories: baja, faith
Form: Verse
I Wish I Weren'T An Orangutang
I WISH I WEREN’T AN ORANGUTANG
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


I wish I weren’t an orangutang, living as a captive in a zoo
Orange stringy, hairy body, is this...

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Categories: baja, allusion, animal, children, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Vergesslichkeit/Forgetfulness/Olvido
Vergessen sind die Tage, 
nebelleicht
wie Lichter aus der Ferne,
so leicht verschwommen.
Die Zukunft steigt herab
in uns're Zeit,
bedauerlich, 
die Tage so veronnen.
Doch schlimmer noch als täglich Leid...

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Categories: baja, life
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs