Best Tamale Poems

Hot Tamale
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Man from 
Guatemala,
Educator-
Hot tamale.
Lessons learned
Adoration churned.
Another’s love
A young heart burned.
From darkest fear,
You drew love near.
Esteem encroached.
By promises cloaked.
Straightforward.
Real.  Life had zeal.
It was a huge ordeal.
Living had been.
Battered by sin
Until that day,
You ran my way.
My mind would...

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