Long Peso Poems

The young boy was pale, 
He walked slowly in the alley 
No. 41.His skeleton hand hold a rusted tin can. 
He was in business,for him it was. 

On his innocent face, 
In a modern world,who...

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Hola, te escribo en esta noche callada,
preguntando si tu alma aún no está helada.
Espero que estés bien, aunque ya no estés,
te quiero, aunque duela, aunque no me ves.

Ojalá respondieras, aunque sé que no,
el destino nos...

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The Immigrants

By

Elton Camp

Mexican man, father of three
Feed, clothe them, would he.
But a job is not to be found.
Not in his own hometown.

To the north he will go
Jobs to get, he’s heard so.
Come here you cannot...

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Alarm clock screams, it's time to rise,
bye bye sleepy dreams, into the lows from last night's highs,
ready yourself for the line or the cubicle cage,
tell yourself you'll be fine, while you silently rage,
what new rules...

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Prognostic,___Anticipation
      Doce de Leite

It was a bold statement.
One that was made in front of a lot of 
people. But pouring tea and reading
the leaves$!2$-$%!!! (trademark
restrictions means we can't reveal
 the...

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The sow beauty queen’s 
favorite color is money green
The cloven jaw cutie’s
favorite sound is “cha-ching”

Miss Piggy Lips loves how the cash registers
throughout the land constantly rings

That jade oinkment noise
is a pigmentary salve to her greedy...

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we were young and dumb,
but not reckless,
two boys skimming the edge of fear,
a twenty-year-old shadow
and his seventeen-year-old brother,
riding the spine of Interstate Ten,
from Tallahassee to San Diego,
then back to Florida—
outlaws without blood on our hands.

the...

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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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Les C. More back from the vay-cay holidays,
giving my poetry peeps
a look-see at an odd Klondike meet




He ain’t nothing but
small potatoes
Trying to live
big-talk lettuce large

His backsliding snowshoes
walk so holey
That short con grifter grin
spin tall tales...

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Y entonces aquí estoy -
y aquí en blanco me veo,
mi piel -la nevada de medianoche
donde ya nadie me atraviesa 
con sus huellas, y sus huellas negras.
Y aquí entonces estoy sola,
la madrugada me canta desinhibida.
Ella canta...

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Let me break it down,
ghetto-wise ...
from a penny to a dollar

Intellectual property
is owned by a cosmic entity,
known as God
A heavenly voice from above
has infinity echoed:
Trust not in clay sod

Don’t trespass 
the Sol   ...

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He had a dream one night that gave him such a fright 
 he was a Mexican laboring in a field that could not yield
 sun beat hot, parched and hungry, he did not like...

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Cinnamon and apple fill the air 

Scent of Gram's famous pie

Warm fire roaring in the hall

Music turned up for all to hear

"Vivo per lei da quando sai
 La prima volta l’ho incontrata,
 Non mi ricordo...

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Will You Help Me See The Green, Green Grass Again

Old man said, I've a peso and one old penny
Lord help me, my sad thoughts are far too many
Will you help me see the green, green...

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flying around in the attic
crashing into the walls
these dark angels never sleep
circle games and bocce balls
old men on sidewalks
blind canes tapping
faucets dripping iron 
ghosts, ghosts
I smell the fear
vipers fangs
antique dogs barking
cluttered rooms 
play ground to...

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It’s thirteen thousand miles from Boston to
San Diego around  far Cape Horn’s way.
Ship needs to sail to that distant quay.
The Cape is a hard challenge for the crew
It’s where the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans meet...

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Last night
June 10
Jobs done
Going home
Rode the jeepney
Freaking slow
Driver's texting while driving
Arrived about 7 Pm
Went to the computer shop
It was full
To the second shop
Lots of vacant seats
I logged in
It was a drop coin type
1 peso
Cant login...

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Dia do feriado

Hoje,
Dia da memória
e 
do feriado 
em memória!

Hoje 
e
sempre
é na memória paciente
que viajamos
rumo aos mares
e às terras sonhadas!

AH!
A Paciência
para esperar
é inevitável,
para o sucesso
e o progresso continuado.

AH!
A Paciência
para esperar
o progresso
deve ser atitude voluntária, 
fiel, 
bem...

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La gravedad se hace intensa con tu recuerdo 
Creo que la tierra quiere llevarme contigo,
La escucho reclamando mi cuerpo mientras pudre el tuyo 
Como si pensara que los dos somos uno solo 

Y en el...

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I
Do reach deep down
For wizened warm words
When wordsmiths drown
Human hopes with swords
and pen 
(No pen is mighty, thanks to Eternity)

II
Things happen that slice your tongues
Put your hearts in meat grinders
Do reach down, refuse to drown
In...

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A Penny for your thoughts,
or a Quarter for your rhyme?
A Dollar for your compassion,
for a Dime to go back in time.

A Nickel for your honesty,
or a Ruble to speak your mind.
A Jackson for your patience,
and...

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