The Old Aqueduct
...It juts out by the river road,
traffic passes it each morn,
what’s left of the old aqueduct,
something stately, yet still forlorn.
The rock, with no mortar, was set
so fine it would make Incas p...
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Categories:
incas, appreciation, history, imagery, in
Form: Rhyme
Incas Point the Way To the Skies
...welcome to macho picchu built in urabamba, peru
lovely archeological site major andes mountain delight
her engineering is unique, inca family do you seek?
possible mausoleum face. pachacutec’s fin...
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Categories:
incas, culture, travel,
Form: Blank verse
Ecstasy
...ECSTASY
O morning breeze of West and South Asia
Let my soul sip sherbet
From your breasts like lily of the Incas
Nightingale of the night,
The aroma of your voice,
So sweet and soo...
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Categories:
incas, black love, cinderella, crazy,
Form: Free verse
Losing the Way
...Riding stormy winds to the past
To find out how we lost our way
How long did the great ones last
Mayans left their pyramids where trees sway
We are left to ponder the whys
As vines constr...
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Categories:
incas, lost, people, places,
Form: Rhyme
Tribute To the Incas
...Inti, the Sun God, was happy always
Moon deferred to him in all kinds of phase.
Incas pussyfooted under his gaze.
He ruled Mexico in the good old days
The priests and alpacas met Inti’s gaze.
Mi...
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Categories:
incas, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Alien World Power Grids
...Elfish eyes
Airplane goggles
Sky turtles
New Mexico
Incas Mayans
Peru’s Stonehenge
Archeologists
Extraterrestrials
World grid
Alien airports
Mythology
Alien artifacts
Giants’ ske...
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Categories:
incas, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Ummmmmmm Become Ymmmmmmm
...What makes a word?
Who made each word?
Someone had to, right?
It may have been Adam and Eve.
Or perhaps they sat around staring at apples and fig leaves.
Maybe they hummed, and marched and san...
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Categories:
incas, funny, humorous, poems, word
Form: Free verse
Sanguinea, Queen of the Incas
...*Image of Burgmansia Queen Of The Incas.
Sanguinea, Queen Of The Incas
In the lush jungles of constant condensation,
A royal order of an ancient kingdom,
That had ruled from an un...
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Categories:
incas, allegory, flower, imagery, nature,
Form: Personification
Ancient Mysteries
...Ancient mysteries regarding God and men
And the possibilities between extraterrestrial beings
How was it Rome and Greece advanced so fast
And what happened to Atlantis, the Incas and the May...
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Categories:
incas, betrayal, god, heaven, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Stars
...There are stars in place for the planets and moons,
to see how to dance.
So the wolf and the damsel, can share a kiss under.
Stars for a child to twinkle, twinkle to,
Not the Hollywood fading kin...
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Categories:
incas, stars,
Form: Free verse
Latino-Americanos: the Children of An Oscuro Pasado
...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 language was Spanish.
Learned from sweet stories told by m...
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Categories:
incas, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
A Warning To Aliens
...When sharks kill people we go hunt them,
though the sea's not our home, it is theirs,
and when we trespass and get kicked in the ass
do the same thing to Lions and bears.
The Aztecs fell foul of ...
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Categories:
incas, humor, space, , western,
Form: Rhyme
Sacred Lake Titicaca
...Sacred Lake Titicaca
High atop the Andes, between Bolivia and Peru,
sits the birthplace of the Incas, sacred Lake Titicaca.
A powerhouse of nature through and through,
it was created by ...
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Categories:
incas, beauty, mountains, nature, water,
Form: Rhyme
Red Man's Pain
...Red Man's Pain
By Linda Hays-Gibbs
Why is it not mine?
The black earth
Or the red clay kind
The swamp or mountain high
All the places where my grandfathers lie
They used to roam free with the...
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Categories:
incas, betrayal, corruption, discrimination, earth,
Form: Ballad
The Amazing Life
...I was taking an early morning walk. A beautiful day had dawned,
cool and crisp, with only a whisper of breeze. I am told it’s revitalizing;
it will do my health much good. But, you see things to ...
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Categories:
incas, life,
Form: Haibun
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