Best Leche Poems

This was only our second date...

A Black Tie Affair...

...Set against an incredible view,
vineyards, waterfalls,
a plentitude of flower beds,
all just outside a charming postcard Town.

This indeed...

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Estaba lleno el verano,
Estaba lleno el verano
de flores, de deseos
como un espejo de cristáles azules,
reflejando los sueños 
y el suave color del cielo,
estaba lleno el...

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--- Matamoros, Café Los Panchos
     mid-1990's

The old panaderia (café y pan de dulce)
on dusty Calle Guerrero between Once y Diez
is noisy...

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If I Tell You, 2011
Vickie M. Ortiz Vazquez

If I tell you, Puerto Rican I am
What comes to mind?
Morena of “el barrio” or Blonde woman of...

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He has no poetic garden to gaze upon
no outside to the inside of this room
Soft breaths of brothers 1, 2 and 3
like the breeze on...

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La verdad en rebanadas
Visión cotidiana
No hay vuelos
Giros o inmersiones
Geometría emparedad
Que embotella seguidores

Humedad en la arena
Del desierto surge un bosque
Son sombrillas los primeros brotes
Rocas de algodón
Lo...

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Have you ever been told that you want your cake and to eat it to.
Well of course, I do.
A Tres Leche cake…you would too.

A moister...

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THE AL-ANDALUS QUARTET: PART FOUR
ALMERÍA / UMM AL-MARIYA   2007 AD / 1427 AH 

The traveler who journeys to the City of Almería
arrives at...

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a double parrilada
beef empanados
chimchurri chips
morcilla pudding
dulce de leche ice cream
provlone
cheese!...

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I remember how
you'd heat the leche
to make me a cafe con leche.

You'd use that special sock
to strain the grounds
fresh ground!

We'd sit and talk
by the window
watching...

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Al completar trece, decidi lo mejor seria no crecer. No sere el primero en morir 
como martir pues la pobreza tal vez me convenza que...

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I’m from the smell of cafe con leche dancing around the house and
los primos already full of energy in the backyard.
I’m from guava and cream...

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secretos en las
semillas
las lagrimas en
las mejillas
duska denuda
pajaros sin alas
cojera
silencio de la 
musica
fluye en el aire
mistico
ataudes de colores
santos ke marchan
sangre del pezon
la leche materna
sin sabor
tu eres...

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desnudos oscuros, pájaros sin alas cojeando
Silencio de la música divina que fluye
ataúdes coloridos, santos marchando
sangre del pezón
Leche materna insípida...

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she says 
to me baby

in her arms
i try to suckle

leche from
her pezon

i'll try all
day from

both but by
night will try

to climb back
into the womb...

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