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Guardia Poems - Poems about Guardia


Street Music
...STREET MUSIC Manhattan, in nineteen thirty six And a growing Italian population Poor immigrants, no job no food And so impossible not to intrude Yet there was strong motivation Out on the str......

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Categories: guardia, music, society,
Form: Rhyme
No Llores Por Ml Costa Rica
...No llores por mí Costa Rica Don’t cry for me Costa Rica Me llamo Cabuya de la familia Agave. My name is Cabuya from the Agave family. Yo tengo hojas largas y verdes con forma de espadas denta......

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Categories: guardia, nature,
Form: Free verse



Manuel's Beach Prose Poem
...It is hard to walk in the sand especially with boots and a heavy rifle. Manuel and I would sit on a rock and watch the moon give birth to a distant blue Africa. Franco's Guardia Civil were not a......

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Categories: guardia, poetry,
Form: Prose Poetry
Diverted
...Left Tampa bound for home And though all caution we exerted, We've landed in Virginia Since our flight has been diverted. La Guardia said no more flights Could land and so we skirted The air......

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Categories: guardia, flying,
Form: Rhyme
Road Trip
...A number of times have I got lost, trying to follow the direction of my destination; with my map guide that serves me right, to trace the streets and exits to make. It’s a kind of familiarity with t......

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Categories: guardia, angst, introspection, life, places,
Form: Narrative



Escapism
...Once upon a long time back When the woodlands hosted unicorns pack If you made a wish with an honest heart At the farthest corner where rainbows start You could pick your share of the gold-laid s......

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Categories: guardia, healthblue,
Form: Free verse
Miracle of the Hudson
...On early Thursday morning, Terror filled the New York sky. And two engines were disabled, By a flock of birds passing by. Departing from La Guardia, Bound for Charlotte, N.C. US Airway......

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Categories: guardia, dedicationcourage,
Form: Quatrain
The Heroic Pilot
...The plane takes off before three o' clock from La Guardia Airport, but in a few minutes, it is suddenly struck by a flock of geese killing both engines; and the undaunted pilot with his forty year......

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Categories: guardia, thank youprayer, miracle,
Form: ABC
Sharing a Sunday Afternoon
...with my multicolored bundle of charismatic joy Running back and forth to and fro, putting her "babies" to sleep, "Wow, everybody's sleeping Oh, I'm sooo happy!" (sh......

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Categories: guardia, caregiving, daughter, father,
Form: Free verse

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