Long Sevilla Poems
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Lorca Translations IiiLorca Translations III
Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright and theater director. He was assassinated by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and his body was never found.
Paisaje (“Landscape”)
by...
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Categories:
sevilla, bird, dark, death, light, rain, river, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Lorca Translations IiLorca Translations II
Canción del jinete (“Song of the Rider”)
by Federico Garcia Lorca
translation by Michael R. Burch
Cordoba. Distant and lone.
Black pony, big moon,
olives in my saddlebag.
Although my pony knows the way,
I never will reach Cordoba.
High plains,...
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Categories:
sevilla, death, love, moon, spanish, sweet love, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Window SeatWINDOW SEAT
Sitting beside him in the window seat as they
taxied for take-off at the end of the day, she was
nubile and pretty, as young as his daughter, nearly
perfect in the way of a late-autumn sunset...
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Categories:
sevilla, love, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
Taking the OathTAKING THE OATH
For those who are born again through the Oath of Citizenship
at the Onondaga County Courthouse, Syracuse, New York!
The morning prayers over
the neighbor’s car cold, the ride
to the court house quiet as...
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Categories:
sevilla, immigration,
Form:
Free verse
Flamenco In SevillaSevilla, the evening pins flowers on your hair
A pirouette of tasselled gown rustles by
Igniting a lusty swirl along theater’s wing,
Over spotlights on red liquefied hips
That kiss of flamenco gyres into a dance ;
Relishing the wine...
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Categories:
sevilla, dance, passion,
Form:
Ekphrasis
SlaveryJamaicans should know their country’s history
Imperialism, European Colonialism, Indentureship as well as African slavery
Centuries ago when our ancestors were trapped in misery
The days when our country was once ruled by...
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sevilla, history,
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I do not know?
Ibn Zaydun: Always Yours, WalladaWallada, oh my Wallada, come back to me
I write for you my poetry in pain
Once you loved me, my world, you see?
I never sought for you in vain
My lips on yours, our love wrote poetry...
My...
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Categories:
sevilla, betrayal, longing, lost love, love, love hurts,
Form:
Rhyme
Limerick Crochetes: Once Our Senorita From SevillaLimerick crochetés: Once our Señorita from Sevilla – XV
Once our Señorita from Sevilla
Came to Paris on a flotilla
She stepped out on high deck
Slipped and twisted her neck
Guess what happened to her mantilla
She stood under five...
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Categories:
sevilla, drink, fun, humor, natural disasters,
Form:
Limerick
Limerick Croises: Once Our Senorita From Sevilla - 11Limerick croisés : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 11
Once our Senorita from Sevilla
Shed tears for Don Carlo in Opera
Touched by Verdi in heart
Present in Phillip’s Court
She could give her life for Isabella !
Oh !...
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Categories:
sevilla, humor,
Form:
Limerick