Long Mariachi Poems

It was about seven in the morn as the sun was starting to rise
Unbeknown to the folks of Milton Creek they were in for a surprise
Outside the saloon wagons were unloading, before noondays heat
Rumour had...

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If you're passing by Soup Creek our peace loving town
Do pay us a visit but wear a big smile not a frown
Our town is open to everybody all colours and creed
But check in your guns...

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The Metro

At the metro 
Railroad cars run on steel, metal tracks above and below ground
A narrow pathway in the dark 
A screeching halt
A loud whistle
A train is approaching  now 

Subway lines follow their route...

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the serene people whose ease of manner
once made him yearn and confabulate
are laughable cartoonish and piteous now
could have been much worse he said
as his last breath left his scarred throat
feral hand closing his own eyes
St....

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Indestructible, for Johnny Cash
by Michael R. Burch
 
What is a mountain, but stone?
Or a spire, but a trinket of steel?
Johnny Cash is gone,
black from his hair to his bootheels.
 
Can a man out-endure mountains’ stone
if...

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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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Ever since I can remember we visit my grandmother´s house every Sunday.  In the dinning room were we usually spend the while there, she has always had this big glass carved showcase lying against...

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My mother dear, the world's our stage today,
Let's celebrate in a vibrant, global way.
For you, the sun around which my life does spin, 
A Mother's Day adventure, let the journey begin!


First, Mexico's joy, a mariachi...

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Going on a cruise to Pirate Island where women rule.
The men have been taken prisoner where they eat gruel.
They are looking for a pirate queen, a strong minded wench.
I speak Spanish, and I eat my...

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Endless possibilities expand my dendrites, kicking up hopes.
Lasagna boat floats, Play Dough Dragon, Speedy envelopes
Wherever I turn I see another idea, which might be grand.
A pink penguin army shying away from a Mariachi band.

Orange stuffed...

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Ah, it is her eyes
that mesmerizes me
eyes that open flowers
as if caught by surprise
even ivory swans
extend their necks
from small still ponds
just to see them...

I so desire to be
her prince of fantasy
to taste the rich red...

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the phantom called a meeting, for he wished to unionize
the trucks had been delivering, unloading their supplies.
  Bat man and his robin boy, busted threw the night
  the shadow showed up early, to...

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The Phantom called a meeting for he wished to unionize
the trucks had been delivering unloading their supplies.
  Bat man and his robin boy came bursting threw the night
  The shadow showed up early...

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The cat who owned dogs was boasting loudly the other day.
That she had the means to convert them with her ample pay.
She made them wear whisker masks that made them look like cats.
Then she indoctrinated...

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The phantom called a meeting for he wished to unionize
the trucks had been delivering unloading their supplies.
  Batman and his Robin boy came bursting through the night
  the shadow showed up early to...

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Cinco De Mayo, the fifth day of May, to all Mexican and Mexican-Americans, is a very special day,

It celebrates the Mexican's Armies, unlikely victory over France, The Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, was...

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Mrs. Claus kept warning Santa that this day might come.
But he pooh poohed it, and thought surely not, surely not.
Today he balked as he stared at the chimney, tight and glum.
Wishing he had spent last...

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The phantom called a meeting for He wished to unionize
the trucks had been delivering unloading the supplies.
  Batman and His robin boy came bursting through the night
  the shadow showed up early to...

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Move in the Dark with animal Stamina
Annuals Be Jamming Ya, 
More on the most HIgh
More Diatribe about the mote 
In the minds eye 
Far as my eye can see
So far they spying me
So Far the...

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I will die intoxicated
by the poison of sweet lies
falling from your cheating lips...
ah...
how well they lie...

when they touch me whispering
and drink me slowly
stirring storms
on my warm and quiet shores, mi amor

nights turn into days
days grow...

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                          The Mission in Milton Creek, I’ve acquisitioned
  ...

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We are not supposed to fall in love, but we do.
He is a yellow wide mouth; I’m a pup of two.
We meet clandescently as many times as we can.
To kiss and snuggle and sing with...

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I'm eating my way through the fridge, tra-la!
I'm eating my way through the fridge
Do I feel a little bit guilty about it?
Maybe a bit more than a smidge

Someone's got to get rid of this stuff
It's...

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There is a little dark girl I adore
Just down Mexico way
who loves my poetry written of her
and to hear the mariachi play...

She smells of golden apples
the scent of perfume from finest flowers
Senorita Jocelyn you are...

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Thunderheads in the western sky
Rumbling across the Llano Estacado
A band is playing outside
Mariachi and country songs
Striped lizard on a rock
Snake coiled ready to strike
Coyote on the prowl

It only threatens
And never rains here
In the spring and...

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