Best Vicente Poems

Elegy on the Death of Vicente Aleixandre, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Elegia en la muerte de Vicente Aleixandre

(Born in 1923, Carlos Bousono, a...

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Chente—mi amigo, compadre, hermano
Troubadour of our pain untold
Minstrel of our abandoned souls
Keeper of our traditions bold

So loved by La Virgen de Guadalupe
That she took you...

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Baile con migo, hips made from the rhythm of merengés and cumbias, samba, swagger and a pinch of azucar mixed into my backbone. 
My first...

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Fear of God, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem, Miedo de Dios

(The second and fourth lines of these quatrains all end in the same rhyme, a...

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The Cry Of Dolores

A popular priest in 1810, Spanish rule he spoke against
those who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray
A speech calling upon...

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jago christos uma rose
ethan cuevas corone
kelly elizabeth christos
alexia daniel wade jonathan james
emily-rose pau and willow too 

we didn't start the family
it was always growing
since the...

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The Poet’s Task, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : La Labor del Poeta

				To Vicente Aleixandre

(It might be worth bearing in mind, while reading this poem,...

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Somber psalm, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Salmo sombrio

(from Carlos Bousono’s first book of poems, written before he was 22 : Subida al amor...

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The Question, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : La Cuestion

				« …Oh ! God, Oh ! Centre »*

		for Vicente Puchol

(* Note by the editor, Alejandro D....

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THE   RIVER   SEA

Even from islands of the Antilles -
Taking Pinzon’s route to El Dorado
In  the  very foothills of the...

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AMAZON  

Death-dealing its piranha and crocodile   
And its fast bore fierce and tidal. 
Life-giving, the earth’s river-daughter
Floods half a continent with water,
Floods...

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For Vicente Fernandez

The dirt
The sweat
The horses,
Saddles off,
Brushed.

The girl who thinks she is pregnant.
The woman who is.
The man with no money is his pocket
The man with...

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You came and faded in the rising sun like snow
But left my heart a glow
Your smile was ever golden and pure 
Like the heart of...

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P-oetic 
R-emembrance's 
E-njoyable 
S-entence 
C-onveys 
I-nspiring 
L-etter 
L-etting 
A-nnual 

V-erse 
I-n 
C-omposition 
E-mploy 
N-ame's 
T-rue 
E-ssence 

Topic: Birthday of Prescilla Vicente (March 06) 
Form: Vertical...

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D-o
I-t
A-gain
N-ow
A-s

M-inutes
A-nd
E-yeblink

V-anish
I-nto
C-louds
E-very
N-ight
T-ill
E-arliness

Topic: Birthday of Diana Mae L. Vicente (September 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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