Best Hombres Poems

*** Notice to the residents of Milton Creek ***

Tom serves as mayor. never complaining, so he gets what he requests 
No blood in his steak, apple pie with sweet cream. Aces cooks that meal
to perfection and I profess it will be made available to all...

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When asked to write Limericks about ladies
I said, "Oh, no. There's no way in Hades!"
Too many are my friends
I'd have to make amends
Not even for a brand new Mercedes

Then, I gave the matter a bit more thought
And chose women closest to my heart
The ones in...

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Tiptoe, tiptoe, what they say is not what they say it is . . . 

Cameras rolling, take one, action! 
“How stupid can you be? You’re fired!”    
He told a judge quite candidly. 

In take two, from his office on Fifth Avenue,...

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As morning glowed pale light over the town of Soup Creek,
Jenna woke with a start when she heard a floorboard squeak.
She raised her gun and took aim at a shadow near the door,
"Hold it right there, Mister, unless you're lookin' to start a war."

A familiar...

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La pandemia de gripe española de 1918 (Tom Cunningham)
                  
En mil novecientos dieciocho hubo un brote de gripe
Causó poca preocupación, sólo afectó a unos pocos
Pero ese año regresó...

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The marshal saddled up as dawn broke over old Dodge City.
Upon town rabble and mean hombres he took no pity!
He donned his ten-gallon hat and strapped on his gun.
On his vest the marshals' badge gleamed in the rising sun!

Sheepskin chaps and fancy boots completed his...

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Boricuuuaaaaaaa pa que lo 
sepa. White rice and beans on 
the dinner plate got yelled at 
by your mom for being 10 
minutes late . el coqui you hear 
at night the coquito you drink 
during Christmas time . Los 
timbales hasta La conga musics...

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Señorita, señorita, curveous, saliente, sassy lady, con su vestido de flamenca rojo brillante, lleno de vida, llena de carácter, vistiendo mi 'manton' para alejar el frío de la noche, ha decidido llevar goyesca estilo esta noche, listo para una corrida de broche.


España es deportivo, womens...

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Caín
Resentido, egoísta y violento
Hijo de Adán y de Eva
Amaba el reconocimiento,
recibir grandes favores de
Dios y vivir a su manera
Odiaba que otro obtuviera
mayores logros,
que no lo honraran cuando
hacía algo y que le reprocharan
Creía que Dios no era capaz
de descubrir, juzgar y condenar
el mal, que dando poco...

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omo al aire que respiras asi dices que me quieres
y que de todos los hombres soy el unico que prefieres
que en tu corazon supuestamente ya me tienes
y que mi amor es mas que suficiente para que te llenes

entonces porque cuando me miras platicando con otras...

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(La ballade de) La femme Woor – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “The Woor Woman” by T. Wignesan

Le chasseur Bhoori demandit de la colline,
Puisque le ciel à l’ouest était de rouge,
Et le monde entier devenait triste et calme

Les arbres chuchotait quand-t-il passa là-bas,
Il n’y avait eu...

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This is the story of old Mexico
Long ago in Nogalez town
About a young farm boy, while riding his burro
He could see something that was in the ground

He climed off his burror and started to dig
He could tell it was something round
All wraped in burlap was...

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Si de pronto no existes, (If of a sudden you were no more,) 
si de pronto no vives,(if of a sudden you live no more,) 
yo seguiré viviendo. (I'll continue to live.) 

No me atrevo,(I do not dare,) 
no me atrevo a escribirlo, (hardly will...

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small boy at a game kiosk
vending machines that smell stale
separate stairways climbing up
to hombres and mujeres
a ticket vendor chained to his desk
wearing shiny black shoes
below wasted legs
mandatory alcoholic in checked shirt
with faded vomit spots
the homeless sober bearded man
Safeway trolley overflowing
with trash from a lifetime 
of...

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Two cowpokes stagger to the saloon
Fighting because thems fighting words
Over a red parrot blocking their path
Pacing arrogantly before the bar entrance
Flapping green wings and screeching
The two men eventually find their way in
Order up a bottle of whiskey
Drink it down quickly and ask for another
Both argue...

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