Long Nicaragua Poems

Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place

I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and quite casually made mention of contra dancing, which inopportunely, inextricably,...

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Saudi Arabia is also being courted by Red China and Russia. And President Biden's over seas visits were not successful at least as far as I currently know. It has been said that he botched...

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Unidentified

Flying 

Objects


Are thought to be impossible by some
And by others, who have seen, Like me
a reality!

My friend was digging for gold in Nicaragua
His company was large and the Press was there taking photographs
as his dump...

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Cuba…Mamma Mia…like most of the Caribbean; part of the 1492 slam…
Slavery, sugar plantations… invasions, upheaval, independence…
Then the American kisses; with a slight twist…who initiated the ’disses’…?
Was it Blaine…is he insane…?
Was it Marti…the heart of the...

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey arose from a little town, yes my lord
A Leo lifting Harlem, kingdom bound, yes my lord
Resuscitated religion around the black man’s looks, yes my lord
Cuddling pickaxe, hoe, and cradling books, yes my...

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I saw the ugly dweeb in the school yard
Thought I'd teach him that life was hard
He was weak, I felt like pushing him around
Jane and Mike were with me, I picked him off the ground

Mike...

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My family is everywhere like wild seeds sown
On the whim and bluster of a wind
Some left for Cuba before the revolution
Bring green stalks of sweet grass to sugar
And are still there, root sunken in the...

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Storm: Mexico's Killing Fields
A failed state by anyone's definition. With a corrupt government. Hand in hand with the drug cartels. Same with every branch of the armed forces and police. All in it together. Partly...

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If we pray for other countries to prosper, real neighbor ...
As Old Cultures and Histories model, imbibe, declare ...
There would be fewer dark nations seeking refuge in whiter

Would you even consider praying for Nicaragua, El...

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Deborah happened on it by chance…and it had immediate allure
an advertisement in Asheville…for chocolate factory tour.

“We get to tour a chocolate factory.” she said. “And taste chocolate. It’s a win win.
Before you could say Willy...

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MEMORIAL DAY 
June 1, 2015

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To all of you that have ever worn
"THE UNIFORM"
The Uniform of safety and security,
 The Uniform of pride and liberty
THE UNIFORM OF FREEDOM

THE UNIFORM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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THANK YOU

Thank...

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Is freedom given? Is freedom taken?
Should San Andres sit, sit like the beggar?
Beg for freedom, beg to get better,
Or defy the oppressor, and our soul deliver.

Take your freedom, take it now!
For only beggars have no...

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Existence of this ageless tomb
another sense given to invoke.
Resurrected from a socialist womb
with a success left to provoke.

Two firey breasted beasts will greet,
few miles across a frontier.
Cloud capped and complete
a glowing moment of fear.

This was...

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Rebel/ i consider myself out the ordinary level
sound silly?/ its just the way my words tend to treble

im the beggining/ you the end
im coming forward/ all dressed in red

revolution/ not an evolution
soldiers in motion/ whats...

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The rotting of a socialist


I knew of a young man a rebel who wanted
his country to adopt the Scandinavian model of socialism.
He was elected to great acclaim by the people,
to do what he wanted taxes...

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The rotting of a socialist

I knew of a young man, a rebel who wanted
his country to adopt the Scandinavian model of socialism.
He was elected to great acclaim by the people,
he wanted taxes to rise, especially...

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I’m an alien
From a poor country
 A refugee in a rich country
From a far away third world country
Where corruption as cancer is spread every where
And people starve of hunger.
Within frontiers at El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Guatemala.

Refugees like...

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Five years ago, on New Year's Eve,
I resolved to love forever,
Weeks later, the mailman came,
My draft notice arrived.

Four years ago, on New Year's Eve,
I wished to be discharged,
A month later, my "prayer" was answered
I was...

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Parted by the cobbled stones
colonial brick patterned high,
baby boomer's and fragile bones
strolling under a watchful eye.
The dizziness continues to bustle
joined by beggars and thieves,
marveling at the persistent hustle
as the sun is setting to leave.
Cultures meet...

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Danny has a mobile
Car wash business,
Saves some money 
From paying a rent.
Born in Nicaragua
A believer, 
We 
Talked about God 
While his crew
Speedily washed 
My 2006 Scion xA.
Discussing humility,
Danny told a story about a Lady
He knew...

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Jeff’s dull life began to glow,
His Jeff’s weight to around throw,
Great winds telling when to blow;
Tap asking to again flow…
Wasted years in Canada
And USA’s Nevada,
Though, there, had driven Prada
And chance had to love Sandra…

He’d wanted...

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