Short Colombia Poems

i just
paid
more
for a
glass
of wine
then i did
to gain entry
into the modern

museum of art
Cartagena
Colombia
twenty
twenty...

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as if on death
row asking what
last meal before
the eternal
flight

what better
in Colombia
then Mexican
where i can
still use my

bad
Spanish...

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Limerick : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 9

Once our Senorita from Sevilla 
Lied about going to Colombia
Rivals said : You know why !	
Others : Her life’s a lie !
Our Saint confessed lie in Iglésia !

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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standing
thumb out
pointing south
sign saying
Colombia

hitch
hiking
sick
of hiking
all these

years
getting
no where
still
standing

here
here
comes
a car
now

stopping
the driver
dressed
as a clown
i turned it down...

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Moments are melancholy 
Because, lives have been lost 
People are in a state of bewilderment 
Dithered, confused, and distraught 
Nothing but a chaotic scene 
Filled with lots of bitterness 
With tragic events in London and Colombia 
Many people are sullen and filled with emptiness...

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The beans come from tropical South America.
The biggest producers are Brazil and Colombia.
When you drink that first cup early in the day,
just remember your beverage traveled a long way.
With all the coffee houses in town everywhere,
do you thing their patrons give a damn or care?
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from a street
in Cartagena
stepping
suddenly

into a 

restaurant
so Italian
surely i was
in a time warp

for i

i was still
in Colombia but
fooled by the food
so authentico

and even

the wine was 
from Italy so
after paying
my bill

instead

of using
the usual
gracias i just 
had to say

grazie...

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#1:   

             synapses firing
      my closed eyes see July 4th
         please just let me sleep

#2:

          my mind's still working
  stop thought but think only of sleep
                 find Colombia

#3:

            my wife hid the gun
        not mine but the other one
             i don't have bullets...

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What a curtain Bisbee has
   That keeps Mexico subdued
And influences the lands
   From which the Sierra was hewn.

What purple folds keep Oaxaca
   As a fortress in the sky
Breaking only in Panama
   To let a vessel dredge by.

No courier have I on hand
   Except the initial breezes that blow
So a whisper I channel into it:
   Give to Colombia my hello....

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Natalia Andrea Larranaga Fajardo 

Here lies one who died pitifully
She would have sought anonymity,
But publicity stole away her privacy
She threw herself off a ship at sea.
Trying to salvage her favorite flip-flops
And got sucked into the vessel’s props. 

Written December 4, 2022
[as reported by San Andres, Colombia
newspaper on November 27, 2022]...

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Ofelio
lives in a box
in a basement
in a house
in a city
in Colombia

not knowing
he's a turtle
never
seeing another
other 
turtle

head hidden
in his shell
selling
himself off
as if
sleeping

but he's 
peeking
at a moto
trying to find
how to climb
like the gato

once seated
on the seat
he turns the key
now moving faster
then his feet
he dreamily drives 

out
of Cali...

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My coffee still proud
halfway from the mouth.
Golden in light.
It's glow from the south.

A cup made of paper
rolled to a cone
with a lustre of candy
that's sweet and alone.

Invisible vapours
float on the surface
sealing heat in
for their miniature purpose.

Staggered clear bubbles
floating on top.
Some of them larger
that some are going pop.

All with a flavour
as rich as the beans.
Thanks for Colombia,
the pickers and machines....

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I am walking with grace
Shimmering crown on my head
Crowd is rejoicing
My phenomenal moment
All of a sudden
I fall from my poise
The magic is gone
I can’t take this anymore
The dreamy crown
Take away from my head
Freezing to shame
This embarrassing moment
Dethroned after minutes
This is a disgrace
Got nothing to face
I’m dying inside

Note: I really feel bad for Ms. Colombia. Anyway, congratulations Ms. Philippines (Ms.Universe)...

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Sandy nations of Arabia
bushes of Tropical Congo
rocky lands of Afghanistan
the dry soils of Somalia
waters of the Mediterranean
bush land of Karamoja*
forestland of Colombia
ragged dress of ozone layer
swampland of South Sudan
homeland of Aborigines
All dance to rhythm of same music
tragedy of intelligent man!

*Karamoja is the remotest
part of Uganda where the people called
Karamojong depend on cattle and nature!
Many die of hunger in a nation of plenty!...

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i'm confused
not knowing
where to go
what to do

my compass
needle sticks
out reading 
south by 
south 
west
but 

google map
and my gps
suggest
another
place
as 
to

where
the X
may be
yet directing
me are directions
that are directionally
my instincts telling me

you are
exactly 
where
you are 
meant
to 
be

but by my
calculations
with sexton and
star eyed gazing
the Americas weren't
discovered by Columbus
so Colombia isn't spelled

with
a "u"...

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Without a little bit in their morning cup,
most people find it difficult to wake up.
Before leaving the house and heading for work,
they put a scoop in the pot and let it perk.
Making a quantity of the homemade brew,
is what most morning risers will do.
Nearly all the ground beans come from South America,
specifically from nations like Brazil and Colombia.
Just remember when you consume your quantity each day,
the beans to make your beverage came a long, long, way!
...

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