Cervantes Poems - Poems about Cervantes

Latter-Day Don Quixote

...
When and how
did we see chivalry last
or is it now
a thing of the past
and honour among thieves
is no honour at all
while beating my brains
against the wall
besting the dragons
at ...

THAT STRANDED GALLEON

...A cool September day
We came to La Magdalena of Santander
Next to the Beach of Sardinero
To see the penguins and the seals
And the galleons "Ana de Ayala"
The "Cantabria" and the "Quitus Amazona...

Various Heresies 12

...Various Heresies 12

God Had a Plan
by Michael R. Burch

God had a plan
though it was hardly “divine.”
He created a terror: 
Frankenstein.

He blamed death on man:
was that part of the pla...

The Forgotten Bards: Song of the Classical Minstrels

...
Forever extinct seems the age of classical poetry,
With all its cheers from caves, cottages, marble domes and temples,

When now a country honors not classical bards:
O Hugh MacDiarmid, Petrarc...

farewell

...Farewell 

I'm tired of Portugal
this small country, not bigger
than a hamlet in Spain
their worldview is what 
is seen from an Olive cops 
small-minded 
and deceitful, bewildering  
where t...

Lorca Translations Iii

...Lorca Translations III

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright and theater director. He was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War and his body was never found.

Pais...

Places of the World

...As Cervantes said:
                    For sightseeing, Milan,
                    to the sea, Lusitania...
                   As I say:
                    To work, São Paulo...
               ...

Miguel Cervantes Revisited

...Whirrrrrrrr went the wwwwwwindmills
     as the sworrrrrrrrds sliced the airrrrrrrrrr

   Climate change grrrrrrrrrrroaned
     as the trrrrrrrrruth was laid barrrrrrrrre...

Poem Revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 At 1500 Hours

...Poem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours

Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior 
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women, 
based upon a charact...

Love Cento Poem

...True Love Cento 

There must be a million ways 
To say I love you
But these words will suffice for now 
Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all:
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If...

Once Upon a Horse

...(Fighting windmills is the story.)

A fantasy to escape the fall, the void of all
Reality is not that tall when on the horse
Stories plunge the young into the light
Truth stabs the heart once in...

If Ever I Had To Have a Country Victim of Pedophily:Lxxxiv

...If ever I had to have a country victim of pedophily : LXXXVI

[Note: 216,000 cases of pedophily, perpetrated by the clergy, have been recorded by the Catholic Church in France since 1950.]

If...

Speaking With Your Ink Not a Blot

...The mind indeed is a wondrous thing
it has so much fully retained within
therefrom schooling years to old age
but no matter what it's tainted with sin

Only God can deal with such a state
His j...

The Last Cowboy

...A nightmare
 after something I'd had, 
a cowboy film,
 the late-night news
 and Cervantes at bedtime.

On a spavined jade
the last of all the cowboys
with lean shanks
astride gaunt flanks
r...

Nicanor Parra Sandoval Translation: Advice To Young Poets

...Advice to Young Poets
by Nicanor Parra Sandoval
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Youngsters,
write however you will
in your preferred style.
Too much blood flowed under th...

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