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Best Cinco De Mayo Poems

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Cinco De Mayo and the Conquest of Puebla
Cinco De Mayo, the fifth day of May, to all Mexican and Mexican-Americans, is a very special day,

It celebrates the Mexican's Armies, unlikely victory over...

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Categories: history, cinco de mayo,
Form: I do not know?



Cinco De Mayo
Every May 5th, all of the Mexicans and the Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo. This Mexican holiday has been an annual holiday since the Mexican...

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Categories: cinco de mayo, holiday, on work and
Form: Epic
Premium Member Cinco De Mayo 75
From top to top
     of hills we skip,
And back again we came,
Hand in hand and
     Toe to...

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© Wm Paul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: holiday, cinco de mayo,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member May May Be
May May Be
By Franklin Price
4/25/2015

May may be the nicest month
Of all the dozen best
You may ask why would I say this
Let us put it to...

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Categories: may, cinco de mayo,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pigeon Tai Chi
Park of unfenced wildness
          densely packed in light infused summer
city folk beat paths of free spirited...

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Categories: bird, cinco de mayo,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Poetry
poetry 
deep sentiments expressed through the pen,
hard to say why it flows and when,
it is a signature of thoughts that are formed within,
said with tears...

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Categories: cinco de mayo, depression,
Form: Free verse
Redneck Saw a Black Girl
Racial slurs fly in Michigan like footballs. 
I'm not supposed to point the finger at white women,
but white women who enjoy NASCAR, and mass 
quantities...

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© Lyon Brave  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cinco de mayo, black african american, cinco
Form: Blank verse
Holidays With a Change In the Weather
Holidays with a change in the weather

      It starts with a chill in the air.  January the first day...

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Categories: cinco de mayo, holiday, labor day, cinco
Form: Rhyme
Happy French Defeated Day
He raised his glass, then sipped his beer.
Gringos all then raised a cheer!
"To Mexico!" Hear them cry, "Oh!"
"Today is good old Cinco de Mayo!"

"To freedom...

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Categories: cinco de mayo, celebration, holiday, humor, cinco
Form: Free verse
Forgotten Memory
The forgotten memory
Years ago I received a video from a place I had left I put it in a drawer
 where it languished for years,...

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Categories: cinco de mayo, candy, cat, character, childhood,
Form: Blank verse
Across the Border
Cinco de mayo, 
Fourth of July-o, 
The whole enchilada will do.
Pie in the sky-o, 	
Cleveland Ohio,
Ciudad Mexico, too....

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Categories: cinco de mayo, peace, people, places, cinco
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member May 5
Feliz Cinco de Mayo,
Hope everything’s okay-o!
Worry not about the wall;
Trumpty Dumbty’s soon to fall....

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Categories: cinco de mayo,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Recipe: Poulet Roti - French Style - Ballade Le Chant Royal - Concluding Stanza
RECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style - La Ballade “Le Chant Royal” -Concluding Stanza

(Note: As you can see, I have taken certain liberties with the fixed...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cinco de mayo, abuse, allegory, child abuse,
Form: Ballade
Tasting Petals
I'm tasting the petals and hymn.
It's hard to know where to begin.
Except when my brain falls out and my hate comes in.
I'm tasting the petals...

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Categories: cinco de mayo, courage,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Pointed Fingers
Fingers are wrongly pointed in accusation
Assuming poems are written for intimidation
Voices raised in needless defense cry aloud
As they huddle and mutter among the crowd

Consider how...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: character, cinco de mayo,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things