Long Latinos Poems

I was born in Sunny Southern California, in the hottest month of the year! cries out my mother.  California is known for its drought season; one we just came out of, it lasted four...

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I got it from watching my 60-year-old abuelo come home every night chingotiado from picking cilantro till his hands turned green and purple So that his children’s children could go to school in Tejas. It...

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When I see a black person go
and vote for a Republican,
I do not think I’ve seen a more
self-hating and disgusting man.
Do they not know of the struggle?
How can they even show their face?
They deserved to...

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Stifled cries
No concern for the black man until the black man dies
Images of black and blue flash before my eyes
How many times?
Unprotected our men go into the world
Our protectors unafraid to kill even in front...

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You see all of these protesters out
chanting and screeching on the TV,
convinced that we’ll solve all our problems
Ii we just get rid of the police.
They claim that they’re targeting people
merely of the color of their...

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Bloody, bloody Ezra Pound
I never got my head around
his magnum opus: The Cantos
I’ve tried so hard but goodness knows
he didn’t intend it to be easy
for me or his mate Mussolini.

Perhaps obscurantism was his policy
or perhaps...

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Terrible, Tempestuous Trump Poem

Write tempestuous poems have changed my mind
On Facebook account somewhere you will find
About Trump some have inferred and insinuated
Campaign is designed for those lower educated.

What will Trump add next to extremely long...

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"La Voz"

La Noche sin agua --- I spill my loving lips
Dancing, laughing, and celebrating life 
I am his queen, aka' dulce Nina
A night he must not forget 

Lunesta ... Suave ...
He savors every moment;
Then questions...

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Okay here we go again two in morning
 on the end of nothing known
 trying everyone for what they had
 I know its bad 
but not so long ago it was what it was
 no...

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It’s in Los Angeles, California
where I spent some days 
to be with a few friends and confreres;
they welcomed and invited me for dinner
a great experience, well appreciated!

With the continuing summer heatwave,
it limited the option to...

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We need to come together As one big nation,Put the hate on the shelf to stop the devastation,Do new public relations write a new proclamation, If we plan to succeed As one big nation.Come on...

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No department of Education
No anti-corruption
No health care
No unemployment benefits
No social security benefits
When you’re old enough to retire
No help for people in needs, no welfare
No grants or loans for college students
No housing vouchers for elderly parents
No...

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small gasps of air
    escape hearts of a feather

someone lifted the ground higher
someone lowered the sky closer
because somehow the clouds seem so close
like a minute away
like I just want to raise my...

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Good morning world, wake up
Today’s Egypt, tomorrow’s ancient Eldorado, El Paso, Colorado, Suzhou, Picasso, Pissarro, Pizarro, Pirandello, Paganini, Mandela, Nakym, Muhammad, Mugabe, Jabbar, Quadir, Kalani, Nahzi, Adirah, Baariq, Noni-n-Zhari, Mrs. Sheffield, My mommy, a list...

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Whose turn is it to take the stage,
In a circus of a lost & somewhat forgotten 
race.  Where our value in life has 
diminished,  we are no longer a thriving 
culture living in...

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Walking into the La Fiesta, a group of young latinos were exiting
A short young man(little man syndrome) says "grande torro"
so I can hear and understand, it is a petty thing but it hurts deep.

Especially coming...

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I been through hell.


Man I even been chain and sell.


But I stand tall because like a black person I will not fail.


I have the heart of a king and a dream that can not be...

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I been through hell.


Man I even been chain and sell.


But I stand tall because like a black person I will not fail.


I have the heart of a king and a dream that can not be...

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CNN Chyrons

BREAKING NEWS
SOON.

MY NAME'S WOLF BLITZER
AND WE'RE
JUST HOURS AWAY
FROM FIRST ELECTION RESULTS.

Ummm...

BREAKING NEWS
EARLY VOTING SPIKES AMONG LATINOS IN 3 KEY STATES

You can...
TAG YOUR ELECTION DAY INSTAGRAMS
#MYVOTE

BREAKING NEWS: VOTING UNDER WAY ACROSS U.S.
JUST HOURS AWAY FROM...

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Look.
I'm not saying your wrong
What I am sayin to your face is 
YOU ARE NOT RIGHT
you're an educated racist
our children cannot inherit that
and you're angry with me now
I embarressed you
when you love our daughter
she is...

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April Fool’s Day

There’s still time to find jokes from think tanks 
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