Best Sevilla Poems

Limerick : Once a Senorita from Sevilla – 3

Once a Senorita from Sevilla
Caught a Cock to make a paella
Paella tasted good
But Cock stayed in bad mood
Crowed all the way down : Mama ! Mia !

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 7

Once our Senorita from Sevilla
Hurried with unborn twins to Lisboa
Some said twins were long due
Others : Port Ugh ! Geese knew
Why then she named twins : Macau and Goa ?

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 12

Once our Senorita from Sevilla
Entered a dance contest in Bahia
Others danced the salsa
Rita dirty samba
Since Sevilla sells the new dance : Salsamba !* 

•	« Sal » in French means « dirty ».

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 8

Once our Senorita from Sevilla
Climbed ladder to pluck tree guava
Gathered under a crowd
Gaping under her shroud
So she squeezed juice to stop saliva.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 9

Once our Senorita from Sevilla 
Lied about going to Colombia
Rivals said : You know why !	
Others : Her life’s a lie !
Our Saint confessed lie in Iglésia !

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick : Once slick Senorita from Sevilla – 6

Once slick Senorita from Sevilla
Watched proud Toro shamed by faena*
So she lured Picador
Behind her unlocked door
And gored him till he split on his Pica.

•	faena : the manœuvres with the cape
the toro is subjected to by the matador
after...

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Limerick : Once a Senorita from Sevilla

Once a Senorita from Sevilla
Took to hiding looks under mantilla
Not unbeknown to her
Sullen senior Senor
Gazed but at her wide open Gran Via.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick : Once a Senorita from Sevilla – 4

Once a Senorita from Sevilla
Gobbled four water-melons from Murcia
Head took the shape of one
Buns in front then weighed ton
Sad, only one bum could say : Bon Dia !

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Sevilla, the evening pins flowers on your hair
A pirouette of tasselled gown rustles by
Igniting a lusty swirl along theater’s wing,
Over spotlights on red liquefied hips
That kiss of flamenco gyres into a dance ;
Relishing the wine which drips as you lift
And tap those feet through moonshine’s...

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Limerick : Once a Senorita from Sevilla - 2

Once a Senorita from Sevilla 
Took a short cut to Segovia
Met Toro on the way
And rode him half the way
Bore Toro on back rest of via.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 10

Once our Senorita from Sevilla
Took to reading books set in Castilla
One Knight de la Mancha
Tickled her jugular
Since at windmills rails : Anda ! Lucia !

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick : Once a Senorita from Sevilla – 5	

Once a Senorita from Sevilla 
Learned Flamenco to strut at Feria
Eyes flashed to kill gallants
Bitten by red hot ants
Now at ferias she sells tortia.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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Limerick croisés : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 11

Once our Senorita from Sevilla
Shed tears for Don Carlo in Opera
Touched by Verdi in heart
Present in Phillip’s Court
She could give her life for Isabella !

Oh ! How she cursed the Princess Eboli
Denounced hers-Inquisitor’s treachery
Upped her seat...

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Limerick crochetés: Once our Señorita from Sevilla – XV

Once our Señorita from Sevilla
Came to Paris on a flotilla
She stepped out on high deck
Slipped and twisted her neck
Guess what happened to her mantilla

She stood under five metres flood pour
Couldn’t help but gulp Seine while she swore
Dreamed...

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