Mayo Poems - Poems about Mayo

"Faith and Fireworks: Cinco’s Call to Remember" (A Linking Pin Sonnet in Spence Format – Celebratory & Historical) Remember the cry, the cause, the stand, Stand for the faith that defended the land. Land once trembling rose firm and proud, Proud were the voices chanting aloud. Aloud rang truth through valley and hill, Hill of defiance, God’s sovereign will. Will of the people,...

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video of "Ironic" is for my 'Cinco De Mayo' contribution. Alanis Morissette, emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting with a feminist’s choice Canadian, nineties rock-star famous for Jagged Little Edge Raw naked cringe-y to the profound, empowering by virtue I pledge (She’s helped countless women and girls to find their voices, to speak out, and to take up space) Thank...

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Let all bye gone Be bye gone The preacher man Keeps teaching Let them correct you When you're wrong Be guided, so you don't go astray. Wake up he says From the darkness Come into the light He keeps teaching In the light no deceit You see and know Everything behind, beside and ahead of you. The people always Endure and enjoy...

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Nothing grows there anymore not even the old tree stump can be found, the land is barren and empty, the plants have dried up, just thorn and thistle can be found, the land is vast and it used to have acres and acres of sweet corn growing, one crop harvest proceed the other and all...

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Space I am surrounded by space ...

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Right now, I sit here, alive, because of you. I met the most important people in my life, because of you. I got with her because of you. I learnt who I was, because of you I found my joy in you Then… because of you I learnt fear I learnt hate I learnt pain Ignorance… I became ignorant because of you I became aggressive...

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Tires rang against the road in my eyes The grinding of whetted knives Tinnitus rings in my teeth Threats are thought, silently Back sores scream and swamp Ass creeps through the carseat In the beauty of County Mayo I am it's tourist blemish This trip was a supposed celebration A turning of a page, a grasping of roots Some sort of self discovery but I Have...

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Me and my friends down from Ohio Just paying them back for what I owe A little salt and lime Plus three shots at a time Another drunk Cinco de Mayo...

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Brief Mane n' Tail shampoo tall (tell) tale Living social amidst crime infested urban jungle bumping uglies cheek to jowl analogous fate being housed in jail escape room of great outdoors spurred subject matter in question to journey to hinterlands far from madding crowd of Fort Lauderdale woodsman ever watchful for Centaur the body and legs of a horse and with...

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In 1862, Mexicans were elated As the French army was decimated Today is Cinco de Mayo Tacos—free Pico de gallo! The Battle of Puebla is celebrated Emperor Maximillian was fooled by the Mexicans he thought he ruled Carlota the Queen, insane Died in France from her pain After a firing squad had ensued Note: The Chapultepec Castle: Maximilian and Carlota´s Love Story ...

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Since Mexico cast off the French Make sure a Corona to clench And forgo the Merlot On Cinco de Mayo But buy beer which can a thirst quench...

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The morning sun rises from behind the shady hill warming the village with a solemn hymn, everyone has gone out of the town leaving dryness and darkness all around; the dogs are running and barking at the cars as they scramble through the deserted street creating a brawl in the middle of the town. The cold...

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Date: April 2049 11 pm late night paradise. Some are Conspicuously conspiring as to their Next day. Damian's Household now Consisted of his brother Sidney Sidney's wife Saderi their two sons Benawi (Nawi) and Holikiah (Hoki). their daughter Myselah and 15 years old Joshua with 17 years Old identical twins Justin and Jordan. Still a full house. And...

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American sonnet Today is sunny with a few decorative clouds drifting idly about the sky and the mood is of optimism When it is overcast and dull my feet scrape the pavement An old man bent to the ground regretting past When my mother died there was a forest of umbrellas around the hole in damp soil, the...

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Almost died myself the 1st of May, 2 years ago, Seizing as I had another death of my ego. Flashing forwards to first 4 days of May just a year ago, I lost a cousin all because of sins of "the ego." Suddenly remembering my grandfather who passed 2 years ago, I recall how he was born post-war on Cinco...

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