Best Spaniards Poems

Haiti, the home of voodoo practices
Seventeenth Century Spain cedes to France
Catholic Spaniards trembled when they saw
“Dead” men revived to wander in trances

A vile poison can...

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©1996 RICO LEFFANTA

THE 4TH GA-AN RISES FROM THE FLAMES IN AN APACHE RITUAL OLDER THAN RELIGIONS BROUGHT TO THE “New World” FROM THE “old world”—Apache...

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Lost in a Land of Gold and Honey


What is white?
 
What do you call white?

White can be a mixture of races like shepherd pie.
A mixture...

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* For Carol Brown's Story Time Contest

Feathered serpent was more than an Aztec legend
Depicted in multihued native art
Sculptures, paintings adorned humid cities
Spiritual sketches messages impart

Quetzalcoatl,...

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On the Greatest country on this Earth
The American, country of their birth
Sioux, Cree Apache
Native Indians all of thee
 
For generations they hunt and live
Summer bloom,...

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Half-Eleven Form Contest/Nina Parmenter

THE ETOWAH INDIANS

The Etowah indians, tribe of redskins,
trading their buckskins.

Mississippian mounds base of temple grounds —
history astounds.

Spaniards kick dust, sitting high on...

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I'm a Hispanic because that's what I'm branded... 
I'm not a race I'm but a culture... 
I'm but a mixture conquered by vultures... 
I'm these...

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The Amistad Mutiny

Slavery, a dirty word no matter how it’s pronounced:
Abducted and herded to the slave fortress of Lomboko1 for trade.
To be tossed in chains...

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BELIZEAN BLEND

In the beginning it was the Yucatec, the Mopan and  Kekchi  as well
Who came from the steppes of Asia where nomads dwell
They...

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Throughout history from time to time, our country has gone to war;
they called upon our brave young men to enlist and join the corps. 
Some...

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Jamaicans should know their country’s history
Imperialism, European Colonialism, Indentureship as well as African slavery
Centuries ago when our ancestors were trapped in misery   ...

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Henry Morgan was an admiral of the Royal Navy
In his time, commissioned, but most found him crazy
Such that the Spanish called him a pirate rebellious
Whilst...

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Nadal came out on top today,
His eighth time at the French.
He looked relieved and quite composed
While sitting on the bench.

And when that silver trophy
Was placed...

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Sir Henryi Morgan lived a life
of rags to riches.  In his time,
he first was an indentured slave.
When freed, he drifted into crime.

The century was...

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Limerick : Once a Toro in a Madrid prairie

Once a Toro in a Madrid prairie
Wondered why it had two horns, not three
Spaniards signal cuckold
With two...

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