Block Party
...Double-dutch ropes slap the sidewalk -
snap - snap - snap -
braids whip air,
girls jump in, counting
uno, dos, three,
feet flick like drumsticks.
The ice cream truck jingles off-key,
icy lady ...
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Categories:
piragua, celebration, community, culture, music,
Form: Free verse
What do you call it
...what do you call it
when a chica’s dreams melt faster
than the piragua man’s ice
on a July Harlem block?
when sweetness drips down brown fingers,
but the city never tastes it right?
what do you...
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Categories:
piragua, culture, hip hop, identity,
Form: Free verse
Croatoan Wingina
...I can’t see your face for spirits move mysteriously But terrible evil is haunting, this dark place ...
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Categories:
piragua, death, metaphor, murder, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Piragua Man
...Raspar ese hielo
That cold Brick of ice
Raspar ese hielo
Crystal clear and light
Raspar ese hielo
Dame una de piña
Y una de coco
Piragua man
I like the way it taste
So cool and refresh...
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Categories:
piragua, culture
Form: ABC