Best Brazilians Poems

I always wanted two slices of ice cube pie
“You only get one”, was the standard reply.
I don’t know why I did
But since I was a kid
It was my favorite treat on the Fourth of July.

The pastry is known by all our relations
Since the recipe’s passed...

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While campaigning among South American civilians 

he got news of the death of three Brazilians

        He said he was vexed
        
        then he asked...

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HAIBUN
You are electron microscopic size, but you possess infinitesimal power. Just a single strand of encapsulated RNA, yet you and your brothers SARS and MERS can sicken and kill more complex life.

Covid-19, virion unseen
Bring humans to their knees
Cowering and trembling

You spring up suddenly from nowhere...

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We’re on the same boat
Nurses and teachers,
Doctors and farmers,
Mr. Moreno and his “maricon”
Enrico Macias and his dry guitar,

We are on the same boat,
The Sevillans and the Marseillais,
The Brazilians and their forests,
My sister Anne and her diabetic patients
Catholics and Muslims,

we are on the same boat,
firefighters and...

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It’s good to get together as friends and confreres
like in table fellowship or religious convocation
and then, enjoy the company of each other’s culture
as Italians, Colombians, Filipinos or Brazilians.

The day after Easter Sunday adds another occasion
for us Scalabrinians to be reunited at this point in time
sharing...

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World Cup Finals Spain 1982

fate had decided New Zealand would be tried
when drawing the hardest group in everyone’s eyes.
First is Scotland related to a few but it’s the adopted
country these lads will defend, next the USSR one of the giants
of the world’s round ball game,...

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THE   RIVER   SEA

Even from islands of the Antilles -
Taking Pinzon’s route to El Dorado
In  the  very foothills of the Andes
And its golden  yellow meadow.
 
Death-dealing its piranha and crocodile;   
Life-giving, the earth’s river-daughter -
With  its...

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Climate change became a World
Popular song sung by millions 
Of people who are praising 
The scientists, mediums, 
Wizards and ignoring 
 Prophets of most 
 High God. 

Was the climate change the reason 
Of the recent disaster in Brazil? 
When some blasphemous blasphemed
The Lord in some part...

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AMAZON  

Death-dealing its piranha and crocodile   
And its fast bore fierce and tidal. 
Life-giving, the earth’s river-daughter
Floods half a continent with water,
Floods half the planet with oxygen,
Probes fresh lobes far into salt ocean. 

To Brazilians it is  The River Sea ...

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Pele wins World Cup at seventeen.
Letting proud Brazilians cheer and preen.
Scored six goals in victory
National Treasure we all see
He’s the best soccer player ever seen....

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Well, I must say that I did not want to walk two hours, some days I am downright tired of diabetes

So I drove to Logonna Daoulas after a visit to the Kerdrein strike for the view of Brest, days it is the most beautiful city...

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WINNING STANCE OF BOLSONARO

Assertively, the winning personal motto
     he established in 2016 is John 8:32* of the Bible,
     "The truth will set you free."

Bravely, Jair Messias Bolsonaro served as 
     the 38th president...

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Drinking tea (cha)mate (herb mate) in the bombilla, is a tradition in the south of America, mainly among the gauchos (Argentine, Brazilians, etc)
The bombilla is filled with the herb mate heated in  temperature palatable and each person sucks the infusion little by little and...

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April 3—Look at the sky!

One day the world woke up
To the impending end 
As a new asteroid. 

Quickly dubbed 
The doomsday asteroid
Headed to Earth.

Everyone looked up
At the doomsday asteroid
As the world scrambled
To send space missiles 
To blow it away.

Brazilians, Chinese, the EU, Koreans, Japanese, Iraqis,...

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There’s a demon on my shoulder, 
clipping toenails into my ear
An angel on the other,
nibbles wax so I can hear
He makes balm for my lips, 
lights candles once a year
Both play devil’s advocate; 
God knows they’re insincere?

Their words are quite pointed, 
but sharper when being...

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