Best Banderillas Poems

The summer sky suddenly turned into a zealous stadium.
Sun like a raging bull inside the ring of fuming helium,
full on fire with flaring flames coming out of its nostril.
Fidgeting in the middle with flickering rays like horns, until --

A set of dark clouds like toreros...

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Poet:  Ken Jordan
Poem:  Matador
Edited by:  Sparkle Jordan
written:  October/2015

Bravely 
he
poses

before
the
gates 

of
sudden death -

Poised
to
face 

his
most

formidable 
foe -

He's
the Toreros,

fearless

with 
bullfighting 

etched  

way down
in 
his soul.

He's
Debonair;

In
a
Traje De Luces,

holding
Banderillas,

and
Montera.

A
Matador?....

Yes,

Agile 
with 
grace,

His skills
are
mystic

Inside
the
Bull Ring

where

thousands
roar!

to
watch him
wave

his
Capote De Paseo,

to
the face

of

a charging
beast -

And 
with each 
narrow escape,

the 
Matador De...

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The Flamenco Dancer and The Bull

The acoustics of your snuffle
 is an absolution 
of a descending staccato 
in an E chord.
Behold, my lancing third, 
an urgency to trick you 
with my jalapeño-colored capote,
to mask the stains of your blood 
as it oozes,  while I...

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Ballet of Death

As trumpets prepare emotions
This sordid art knows well
My hooves stomp impatiently
Raising clouds of dust
Enshrouding my entrance

With shouts and whistles
A crowd's tense moments
Engulf this gladiator's arena
Demanding courage and blood

Far away
The grassy hills
Of his Ganaderias estate
Stands my sire
Now out to pasture
Erect and proud
Amidst sadness retirement...

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IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XIV

IF you pull a long stiff face
Week after week while you parley
You risk stoking the furnace
Ill-chosen words all ending in nay

If you keep pulling the long red face
The Picador will puncture your vertebrae
Blood-splashed mane from banderillas
Beware you'll...

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