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Carioca Poems - Poems about Carioca


I Miss Rio De Janeiro

...I miss my Rio and  own  behalf
but it's not from any river,
but rather from the unusual bay,
How nostalgic I cry and laugh...

From the mountains monuments,
extraordinary division of the city,
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Categories: carioca, adventure, allegory, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Talking About Music

...MADE IN PARAGUAY

     In "Asuncion"
   the saddest guarania song
    is "paraguayan"

       TANGO

   The father of the porteño tango
     he's not  born argentinian
      he is a son of ...
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Categories: carioca, allegory, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Free verse



Heart Rythms

...SAMBA

The samba from Morro Carioca
survived for the world,
Long live Mama Africa... !

   ROCK

The rock and roll
runs wild
on the rocks...

   SPEED GONZALEZ

In Juanita's canteen
ma...
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Categories: carioca, allegory, allusion, appreciation, extended
Form: Light Verse

Me and Ginger

...Thunder off the ocean blurs my vision.
I think I see among the white caps
a school of mermaids trailing a mackerel boat
into shore. A gull and I turn to watch
a fisherman reel in the tide before ...
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Categories: carioca, fantasyocean,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things