Long Burro Poems

*Image of Many Meanings by KWC.

Likeness ssenekiL: Part 1

(HOMONYMS: Homophones & Homographs)

He'll heal his heel.
They sow so they sew.
His aide aid with an ade.
You saw a ewe eat a yew.
I ate on the ait eight...

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those early attempts at a Mexican food
no store bought cardboard taco shells
she had to prepare her own
the appearance of the tortilla press
the arrival of the tortilla holder
became a beginning to a menagerie of new tools...

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More money makes themselvs better,
Such fancy cloths and shoes made with real leather,
They judge not knowing what happens behind the curtain,
They dont see the lost soul hidden,
Beneath the skin holds only darkness within,
Unless you have...

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porta con sé una croce e la promessa di
riscatto
circoli danzanti attorno al tuo dolore
sussurrando parole dolci a voi come voi
try & sleep,
la sua voce si suppone per portare conforto
suoi incantesimi dovrebbero cacciare gli
problemi che state...

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This is the story of old Mexico
Long ago in Nogalez town
About a young farm boy, while riding his burro
He could see something that was in the ground

He climed off his burror and started to dig
He...

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Don't let yourself be fooled Mexico is not a poor country
Not just tortilla and bean, or a old Mexican man on a burro
But very rich nation, gold, silver, copper and oil galore
And the poor people...

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Prospector Pete had roamed the hills fer years searchin' fer gold!
He and his faithful burro, Fred, were both growin' weary and old.
He'd looked fer color in many a mountain and stream in Colorado,
Lookin' fer that...

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Prospector Pete had roamed the hills fer years searchin' fer some gold.
He and his faithful burro, Fred, were both growin' weary and old.
He'd looked fer color in many a mountain and stream in Colorado,
Lookin' fer...

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Maybe some fifty years back, give or take nine or ten
In a one horse town, Owen was the burro
For many a year he rode with the wild bunch, that he did
Never could get enough whiskey...

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My name is Don Quixote Del La Mancha.
I am a knight in the coat of arms 
Give me a lance, give me a sword, and give me a steed
Where is the king in all of...

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I see a green tree. It is all I want.
A dry rocky mountain and a hawk
satisfy. To die spiritually in
the hot sun and the body go on
climbing. To take the paths among
the rocks and mahogany...

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High Priests and Priestesses of Environmental Conservation
  My comrades and I hereby present our observations

In light of runaway climate change and glacier-melt
  That among our brothers and sisters is so keenly felt

We see...

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EXPATRIATE…
     (Apropos Soon Come)

Heard the chichi budo singing
in the banana walk; heard
the burro braying; and
the mongoose roaming the coop;
smelled the aroma of roast breadfruit,
ackee and salt fish; and
felt the icy cold...

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There was a little ladybug in my house tonight
that means pleasing luck and prosperity hindsight
as her son Jesus riding a pack animal burro
Mary Ladybird our Lady spots joy and with sorrow
from her cloak in primal...

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In Mexico there are no aliens with visas
If you listen carefully earthquakes whisper 
A carriage lumbers along on 3 square wheels
With sounds known only to God in His infinite wisdom
Plump women sing volcanic tunes to...

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God came down in human form
As an infant snug and warm
Held within His parents' arms
Faith kept Him from evil harms.
Joseph and Mary plodding on,
Traveling on faith alone.
Warned by angels, a sudden flight,
Shielding Babe from Herod's...

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Like a shadow living over,
Mirroring what I do,
Jealous number thirteen,
Making all my accidents happen too,
Laughter as I lose jealousy as I win,
Each time I pay tribute to my life living within,
Sacrifice the glory,
Live without a...

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My furrow’s too shallow;
the farro’s gone fallow.
To foul things up thorough,
I can’t plant my yarrow.
Can I borrow your burro?
My barrow’s too narrow,
my plow’s in a burrow,
and I’m clouded with furor.
The cargo from the borough
to my...

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A 'beast of burden' he's often dubbed
  And even when he's cleaned and scrubbed
He's known by another term more crass
  That may be censored; it rhymes with gas

He moves so slowly and seems...

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Life in Afghanistan must be simply grand
    No more news stories on the Taliban

  As for Iraq, seems it's quite the democracy
    Else the media's engaged in a...

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