Long Julio Poems

Premise
The great poem by the italian poet Dante is the DIVINA COMMEDIA
I have tried to translate in english verses of INFERNO (HELL).
It was a very difficult task. 
I expect criticism.

When just the midway of my...

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The oldest man I’ve ever known was Harvey Lee Kaneeble. And at the age of 
one-o-six…(in nineteen forty-five)… 
Some of those who really got around had speculated - Harvey might have actually been the oldest...

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The difficult translation of first Canto of Divina Commedia is here completed
In the part published before, Dante imagined to find himself in a dark forest where he met three beasts. 
Now he is going to...

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There IS a Subtle Difference!



A friend of mine, of mixed descent - Nadia Bugerelli - called me on the phone last night and told me right straight out
That Juan Kazenski planned to beat me up...

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This story begins with Julio Jones,
a logger who worked trees in the Cascades,
never married or had a family,
he was a loner, that just was his way.

Now he was no hermit, by any means,
he would show...

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...The bigfoot poked out again the next day
with the little one not that far behind,
came lunch time Julio put out apples,
before each he would stop and make the sign.

He did this for days, an entire...

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Naciste en San Jose, California; eres Americana. Mis padres creados en Guanajuato, son Mexicanos. Me crié hablando espanol con música de mariachi y fue inculcada en mi la cultura y tradiciones de mi México. Estuviste...

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ENSEMBLE
Oh when the days seem long, and when the sun shines bright
We step out the door, and stand in the light
We walk down the street and go around the corner
The sun is shining brighter, and...

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Julio was born in Guadalajara,
And waited for years to leave.
Got his visa and moved to Dakota
To work in the oil fields.

Some folks in suits came up to him,
To cheer illegal voices.
He scoffed and said he...

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With you I could do it my way is a pleasure   
If you go away my bouquet will be empty
I know you'll fill the vase forever and ever
Hey stay in the gray and...

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inspired by Julio Eglesias song March 9, 2016
Composed by Joan May Donnelly Ellis

To all the men I've loved before
Who found their way to my heart's door, 
I'm grateful to you, 
I've learned a thing or...

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On 59th Street, there's a bridge I know
where people, feeling groovy, go to walk.
The sounds of silence: troubled waters flow -
A homeless man cries out, "I am a rock!"
Late in the evening, me and Julio
down...

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"Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary
 tries in vain to lock inside every free word.”

                 ...

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The wind is brewing very close by
Make sure things are tied down, so they don’t fly.
Iselle is on her way
Just don’t know what she’ll say.
We know rain is in the plan
And she’ll probably dump all...

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I'm in a hospital room 
for something. 
Head trauma? 
The doctors are feeding 
me these pills. 
Except, they're not 
doctors, 
they're these, you know 
cosmic beings 
stalking from the corner 
of this dusty 
Hexagon. 
What...

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As i sit here think of ur sweet voice
that lingers in my head i know the truth
i really do love u with my entire Heart the 
time i spend with u in my arms i...

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I love just the way you are 


I don't want you to change 
your life for me.

Just wait a while, and soon 
you'll see.

I love you for more than 
what you are,

I love you for...

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Lord I feel senses of a 2 FACED SPIRIT
And it hurts
It made fun of me at Julio's Place
But it didn't cut me as deep
As your Holy Word
A Two-edged sword
I saw it look into the eyes...

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