Best Dolores Poems

A popular priest in 1810, Spanish rule he spoke against
those who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray
A speech calling upon the people to protect in angst
Their King Ferdinand VII was held captive El Rey
Hidalgo rung the bell on the morning of the 16th...

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Her voice, it touched me with all it enclosed, 
giving me feelings and memories I will never lose.
Her voice, a veil behind which lay so much more,
hidden in darkness as the sunrise illuminated the shore.
Her voice, it navigated her ascent as she rose,
as her essence...

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I feel empty and I don't want to accept the vanishing voices of my youth

I feel regret and I apologize that maybe I didn't listen to Tomorrow like I listened to I can't be with you
 
the daffodils wilt
does anyone care?

now we have left it...

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"Hide all the babies and board up the windows"
"I am telling you, grab everything and run"
"You can feel her, like a storm that you have never seen before""
"Like a hurricane, that is how she blows"
"The Devil's right hand, meaner than anything under the Sun"
"Watch all...

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Anti-Poem – “At The Hollywood Plaza With Eddie And Dolores”

(Poet’s Instruction – Kindly play “You Can’t Be True, Dear,” by Ken Griffin, 1946, while reading).

she be smelling mighty good my dolores
she be my mexican chick from silver lake
man her deep brown eyes hypnotize me
her momma...

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Kelly closed her eyes in the mist of dawn
                                When she opened petals the...

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Translation of Eric Mottram’s A Faithful Private - 3 Dolores Huerta by T. Wignesan

3. Dolores Huerta

aucun coq n’y annonce la reveille:
les étudiants et les dirigeants des travailleurs 
font partie du piquet de grève contre les Wine Brothers:
les bourrasques collent contre les pancartes de grève
les jeans...

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AKA the saint from Arichat
Devoted wife to Johnny
Beloved mother and grand-mother
Kindness exuding from every pore
A smile and kind word for everyone

Lover of family reunions
Any reason for a card game or party
Prize-winning baker of pies galore 
Apple, date, blueberry, custard
Raisin, strawberry, lemon meringue
Date cookies and tea...

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Dolores VOICED NOT A WOMAN OF SORROW DAUGHTER OF REJOICE-

Delores, daughter humanity the world of Sorrows.
Spanish named and is a form of Dolores.
Named of a time
Generations of pain, of sorrow

Father sought to gift you voice
Within Himself cause you to rejoice
Yet blessed, in the Fathers arms
Only...

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