Fatima
...Bent on reprisal sword in hand
Gonzalo and friends paddle ahead
To Alcácer Do Sal where Christians
By Moors are held
Concealed by dusk
Disembarking their boat
Toward the city bravely walk
Hid...
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Categories:
gonzalo, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Satisfaction, Part 4 of 4
...The Fuente
Those little birds (he'd never known their name)
went skittering over ground, to hide in brambles.
How nimble Nature is! The swallows screamed
and wheeled above, descanting their ...
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Categories:
gonzalo, inspiration,
Form: Blank verse
Satisfaction, Part 2 0f 4
...A Spanish Farmer Goes to Fetch Water
The limestone, thought Gonzalo, was a sponge.
So soft, the raindrops pocked it. It absorbed
it all, and slowly bled it back. He looked
along the path, to...
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Categories:
gonzalo, inspiration,
Form: Blank verse