Best Cabrera Poems

I have attempted to capture my favorite major league baseball players in this little shape poem of home plate. Included are (in no particular order):

Say Hey Willie Mays                 ...

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The world is filled with cheaters;
It almost seems the norm.
We hear of more examples found
In every shape and form:

A Scrabble competition where
A young man used his wiles
To sneak into the playing bag
Some extra blank-faced tiles.

Lance Armstrong, of the Tour de France,
Once honored and revered,
Now stripped...

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Mauricio Cabrera
has abandoned control for something much rarer
outrageous velocities
innately more fun than triangles isosceles....

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I killed the earth last night,
with my unregistered gun and I joined
rich men with toupees, and backbones 
of little boys. 
I killed the earth last night,
by bringing my .38 caliber to school.
Bang. Bang.
I killed the earth, and danced to the tune of
slam,
the bodies falling to...

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Paladin

I thought dragons
are but a fairy tale
saving tattered butterflies
broken and frail.

He sheltered her
from harm
breathing love
and kept her warm.

She may not be 
the butterfly of his past
but she knows
she will be his last.

(C)2017 Maricris Cabrera...

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Standing by my window this afternoon
I raise my glass to Venice in parting
Three days at the Venetian Lagoon
Down  Rialto Bridge on a taxi we're riding.

"Buona giornata, Mademoiselle" greets
The room boy smiling, " Fiori per te"
I put the fresh bouquet on crumpled sheets
"It's masquerade ball...

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He writes, pouring down his words of glory
Disclose the echoes of his wondrous dream
Down into his soul her untold story 
Boundless desire; her tears, her eyes gleam.

With strokes of rufous and cherry and wine
Erasing the dark shadows from her eyes
Canvas of ivory their love entwine
Surround...

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My Naked Soul

The singing reaches my naked soul
And the drums begin to roll
I have loved your thorns that tore me apart
Rhyming, piercing through my pale heart.

Some dark things are to be loved
Secrets hidden beneath the moon above.
The dark night has begun then you depart
Rhyming, piercing...

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Your eyes say there's a room for everyone
I lost my way, welcome me to your shore
Light up your torch, I'm avoiding the sun
Of fear as I sailed across with my oar.
Are there words unsaid in your silenced lips
The waves churn, the winds gather the voices
Behind...

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Moontrail

Alone to view this moontrail, loss felt keen
And sharp, for you, have cross’d it in the night
Bleak morning light has barr’d my path, this plight
Cuts my heart deep, as it has never been.
Let me paint your face under the moonlight
Your eyes are full moons shimmering...

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You descended down from the Heavens in a hurry,
You heard my cries, Oh Lord.
As a child weeps in the arms of her father,
You wrapped your arms around me and wiped away my tears. 
You held onto me tight with your peace comforting my soul.
You held...

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When the day comes 
For me to fly away to a happier place,
What will I say 
When I meet my Saviour face to face? 
Will I tell Him 
how much I prayed day and night? 
Or will I tell Him 
how much i cried? 
Will...

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Yesterday when we were walking
You asked me how I was feeling
That gale I so well remember
Tears fell like leaves in September.

Disabling words just made me sad
Tore my heart it made you feel bad
Your hazel brown eyes keep telling
Tears fell like leaves in September.

And the promises...

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I remember spring
cherry blossoms they are here
on a day like this

white and pink burst forth
so they flutter to the ground
the last petal clings

a hummingbird's nest
the wind drops the blossoms
outside my window

sidewalk umbrellas
when winter snow melts away
in the city fields

life and cherry trees of old
storm, don't...

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