Long Gracias Poems

Asi como Cornelio Reyna yo también me caí de la nube en que andaba
por andar de enamorado terminé poniendo en la mujer de otro mi mirada
una sonrisa y buena conversación y su numero telefonico me...

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I saw you beyond the forest,
Jogging your life away…away…
I’m actually trying my hardest
To get through everyday…but hey,
Life is so temporary 
But, you turned the other cheek
Speak to me silently
I am still this dorky geek…so, don’t...

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La conciencia no aguanto el remordimiento
el sufrimiento va consumiéndome Lento
pero se bien que yo me Lo eh ganado
eh pecado y por ti seré castigada 
puedo mentirle a Los demás pero a ti no dios 
se...

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I desperately wanted to come back
And you surreptitiously checked out of my life
I no longer have a friend, confidant, lover and wife
Indeed, I’m out of luck
Thank God the firmament remains blue
The clouds are traipsing left...

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Though amply rested, I still yawn

And feel energized after
light exercise doth spawn
break through viz mental impasse,
where endeavor to coax 
germinating ideas to sprout
about as successful as 
buzzfeeding, jump/kick starting 
rooting brown lawn
to whether drought.

Long fostering...

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Como’ Si’ Yama’, Senor’
Como’ Si Yama’, Por Favor’…
… for Below That Embroidered Sombrero’
Shone Eyes Like El Dorado

He Was A Tall and Handsome Hombre’
Like The Range of Sierra Madre’
…Now, He Sat Center The Cantina
Surrounded by Bonita...

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Sound Check

At five this morning
I opened the drapes
There was a little
Blue bird perched
On the white railing

He did not move
Holding a peanut
While I was singing
Santana

Picturing Santana
As I had seen him
At Grant Park
Wearing a blue 
Bandana 

And...

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e doy gracias a Dios el haberte conocido y poder llegar a ser tu amigo
y todas esos lindos momentos que juntos compartimos
quien se lo fuera imaginado que tu lindo ser mi corazón fuera cautivado
y en...

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No Luz (No Light)

We were sitting in a Spanish restaurant,
A strange place, but oh so elegant.
We ordered our meal, but much to my disgust,
The call of nature came, and I thought my bladder would bust.
‘Donde...

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Nunca fue mi intención decepcionarte
perdoname porque a tiempo no pude contestarte
ahnelaba el poder verte y estar contigo
abrazarte y besarte y ser tu abrigo

Se que eres algo impaciente y no quiero causarte estres
y quizas pienses que...

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These old boots, they've sure been around. They don't know where their goin' but they sure know where they've been. Drinkin' Corona and dancing with a Mexican Senorita in Jaurez, the smell of perfume and...

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And feel energized after
light exercise doth spawn
an mental impasse,
where endeavor to coax
literary creativity analogous
to a figurative curtain drawn

shut tight within
thy noggin unresponsive
even when brute force
strongly applied, but still...
no progress made come crack of dawn,
thus temporarily...

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Aun recuerdo cuando te conocí
estabas trabajando cuando por vez primera te ví
sin saberlo en aquel entonces tu serias para mi
despues de mi madre la mujer mas importante en mi existir

comenzamos como solo amigos y todo...

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Within womb universe’s birth
nebulous placenta housed 
seeds of life and white lily
billions of years in future

mid-wifery lady Madonna i.e. Gaia
twill abort... cancel... fail 
cosmic amniotic fluid infinitesimal kernel 
unknowingly intimated mother earth

giver of extant flora...

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It’s a dream
Conceived by no one but me
To be pursued by no one but me
Aim at greatness, fame, and legendary
Until its accomplishment, until I’m there.
 
Aiming greatness
Set for all that it takes
Not minding the morass
Ignoring...

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Para Mi Familia Y Amistades

Si ustedes estan aqui sentados, escuchando estas Palabras
es porque yo ya no soy de este mundo. Yo todavia estoy aqui
pero ustedes no me pueden ver. A ustedes mis hijos - quiero
decirles...

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This was the year that I Iost all my flab,
Met so many people
Ì'm really quite glad
That i put on my shoes
And took to the floor,
Watch out 2020,
I'll be back for more!

This time last year you...

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Let me paint you like a summer’s day,
Upon luscious landscapes where lovers play…
With oils of Celestial Blue and Carmine Red,
Cherry Blossom Pink with a Saffron spread.

Brushing spectrums of the radiant rainbows,
With Lava lips against the...

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Adam Lay Ybounden
(anonymous Medieval English Lyric, circa early 15th century AD)
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Adam lay bound, bound in a bond;
Four thousand winters, he thought, were not too long.
And all was for an apple,...

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Todo lo que comienza con el tiempo se acaba
uno nace, luego crece y bajo tierra hace su morada
pues asi es el ciclo de la vida en este mundo
un dia estas aqui y luego partes en...

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ADORABLE And You Are Loveliness---

Adorable
El sol brilla debajo de tus hombros;
Hermosa cervatillo;
El pastoreo
Levantándose por encima del alba;

Y doy gracias a Dios por tu amabilidad;
Tus tiernos toques y cálida caricia;
Y le agradezco al Señor que siempre...

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You consider us not just employees but treat us like your children.
You lead us like fathers do and console us like mothers too.

For so long you are here and it will be forever,
You will be...

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Adorable,  Emerging On the Dawn---


Adorable, surgiendo sobre el alba;
El sol brilla debajo de tus hombros;
Hermosa cervatillo;
El pastoreo
Levantándose por encima del alba;
Adorable, surgiendo sobre el alba;
Y doy gracias a Dios por tu amabilidad;
Tus tiernos toques...

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If I would have known you wouldn’t be here 
I would have stopped worrying about the small stuff 
I would have held you tighter and said “I love you “more often 
If I would have...

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