Paso Poems - Poems about Paso

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For 20 years, I lived outside El Paso, Texas, home of the Chihuahuan Desert and the Franklin Mountains. During my daily morning commute, I drove past the mount......Read the rest...

...The Franklin Mountains are a succession of jagged peaks, as if the earth had sprouted the spiny backbone of a monstrous, petrified beast. Each tip pierces the horizon, creating a chaotic symphony of ......Read the rest...

...Franklin Mountains loom near Chihuahuan Desert majestic, serene......Read the rest...

...“Journeys” I reread “Grapes of Wrath” Today, Then went to El Paso And stared at the wall.......Read the rest...

...Recluse by dint of circumstance Proud anonymous troglodytes forerunners of mine confronted threats less horrific than forty fifth commander in chief of United States of America. He/him (ma......Read the rest...

...A strong wind blows across the Texas sand, As the sun is sinking low in the sky. Three men ride into the town of Laredo, In the distance you hear a coyote's cry. Ponies hitched outside a Cantin......Read the rest...

...Long time ago in town of El Paso there's a handsome cowboy named Hunter Joe. Charming as Buffalo Bill, his mere looks could even kill; Ladies flocked him like a wild Wild West show. May 1, ......Read the rest...

..."Were it possible, a vast number of human beings would likely relive at least one day in their lives -- each being utterly ignorant of the consequences." -- a Rationally Ethical poet not a......Read the rest...

...Behind the thunder and the lightning hides a ghost, so fair but fright'ning; the Ghost of lovely Felina who was a dancer in Rose's cantina. She left her hometown of New Mexico to find her f......Read the rest...

...Inviting you into my heart was both a blessing and a curse did you not think ? to tell me in less reckless ways you lost yourself in this fragile dance for two Inside this tango of passion you d......Read the rest...

...Artfully dodging explosive solutions pretending shackles restrained prisoner lobbed pseudo Molotov cocktails kindly, loosely, and mutinously linkedin liberal short (make believe) chain leashe......Read the rest...

...Cada camino es desconocido en el camino de la vida, No dijo nada, y todas las cosas pasaron Su silencio lo decía todo. Ahora cada momento es su esclavo El silencio también tiene su propia identid......Read the rest...

...Cada paso que demos será un año en nuestra vida, lo tomaremos como un lento vals desde el que poseernos sin otro tempo que la fijación de nuestras miradas y las vueltas cap......Read the rest...

...These old boots, they've sure been around. They don't know where their goin' but they sure know where they've been. Drinkin' Corona and dancing with a Mexican Senorita in Jaurez, the smell of perfume......Read the rest...

...Speaking Spanish wasn't easy for a gringo like me, but I had no choice. I was playin' cards and drinkin' Mezcal at a nowhere bar in El Paso. I didn't have any money in my pockets but I was bluffing t......Read the rest...