Short Argentina Poems

with feet of genius 
                 diego maradona
            played the hand of god
    


By
David Kavanagh...

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One spring break I went to Argentina
And met a sweetheart ballerina
Gina was her name
A Virginia dame
She was my very first Va. Gina...

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A gringo in Argentina
made his hosts all laugh like hyenas.
Wanting food before bed,
what he asked them instead:
donde estan las llaves de la cochina...

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Exotic flower, native to Caribbean, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
Growing wild in West Indies and Argentina
It takes you six years to reach maturity and bloom
You are worth the wait...

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I once met a sultry girl from Ipanema
Dancing in a South American cantina
I stepped on her toes
The least of her woes
But quickly I departed for Argentina....

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In argentIna a such  rice grain
of great magic i could not explain
produces great amount of paella  rice
enough to feed a troop by cooking nIce
just one grain , so much of rice contains...

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Messi hits the wall
Iceland Argentina draw-
rock the Viking clap






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "2018 World Cup Senryu" via wattpad.com...

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With a shadow around him,
He was slowly drinking
Whisky and cyanide,
Walking in silence towards his death,
He was watching a river,
Dreaming of  becoming a river,
And sleeping like a river-
He reached the shore of his dream 
Now he sleeps, without end
With Argentina placed in his breast...

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I remember how
you'd heat the leche
to make me a cafe con leche.

You'd use that special sock
to strain the grounds
fresh ground!

We'd sit and talk
by the window
watching our "kids" playing
in the back yard.

They'd bark to come in
wanting to share in the aroma
of your special roast
imported from Argentina
just like you!

I miss you, dear.

To: Enrique Esteban Barrera
1930-2005...

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Seagulls from Ontario, Canada migrate to Brazil and Uruguay
They want to survive the winter, in a warm, comfy way.
European gulls migrate to Africa or the Middle East.
Enjoying litterbug’s garbage, a glorious feast.

Seagulls head home, when they feel spring is on her way.
I passed ten of them flying north, just the other day.
United States gulls who migrated to Argentina,
Fly back there in March, without a subpoena...

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She's a strange girl, Agustina
She runs through my mind like a cheetah
Who would've thought I'd fall for a girl from Argentina

I've never met her, only seen her
She's a little older than me, yes
And we don't speak the same language
But i'll find her one day, I think 

There's some doubt in my mind 
Maybe i'll never get to meet her 
But I tell myself to cross that bridge when I get there
And for now, keep dreaming...

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Next Fight
How easy is it for countries who are friends
To become enemies and go to war?
Like Britain and Argentina in the 80s
Argentina bought British warships
Their crews trained here in 81
But in 82 they invaded the Falklands
We were at war and we won that war
But hundreds on both sides were killed
This is one example of conflict
It can and will happen again
Who will we fight next?


from LIZARD SNAIL 124K
Nick Armbrister and other writers...

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LETS TANGO

Nobody said, Let’s go to war
But an invasion, well I never
An Atlantic territory, remote
Who’d respond, they thought
Or perhaps get overwrought
Eight thousand miles by boat
Surely a link one could sever
As we’d not bothered before

For Argentina, a big mistake
The UK was much offended
Assembling ships and troops
Going to recover our islands
Even if it took some violence
To conquer, the Lady stoops
A few months later, it ended
Falklands never theirs to take
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The cold generation

They don’t dance the tango in Argentina anymore
but you can do the twist alone but keep your distance.
However, the elegant the waltz is out, superb dresses
is not a defence against the virus.
To do the swing is awkward to without a hand to hold
on to, I don’t know about square dance though.
We are becoming a withdrawn society, like the Swedes
they are not famed for warmth and kisses.
That is the way they have porno-industry to make up for
the lack of intimacy....

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