Short Puerto Poems

On this day stand
For your flag
Even if its in
Puerto Rican sand...

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sweet puerto rico
dancing with brilliant colors
oranges blues yellows...

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I’m a coqui frog from Puerto Rico.
Noisiest amphibian as you know.
I’m an inch long
With a mighty song.
My hundred decibel call scares a foe....

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at the water's edge
tiny creatures seek refuge
warm sand inviting

written November 21, 2021
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...

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jumping for new friends
dolphins skim along surf's edge
chattering fun times

written November 18, 2021
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...

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orange and yellow 
vivid hues predominate
in the tropic spring

anaranjado y amarillo
vividas tonalidades que predominan
la primavera tropical 
 







4-4-2016...

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Puerto Rican girl
thin, thin, 
let street lights pour

bourbon on your hair,
anise on your skin.
Puerto Rican girl,

thin, thin, 
gin one white smile for me.
Let tambourines begin


Donal Mahoney...

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When another year 
Passes without getting 
The striving results
Change totally life aspects
Future should improve someday









_______________
Nayda Ivette
11-24-2015

Puerto Rico
9:55 p.m....

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Chaos In Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico living conditions became crude;
Was without much water or enough for food;
We were bare to bone;
Out things were thrown;
All we had was Trump who us liked to delude.

Jim Horn...

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Let Tambourines Begin

Puerto Rican girl
thin, thin, 
street lights pour

bourbon on your hair,
anise on your skin.
Puerto Rican girl,

thin, thin, 
gin one white smile for me.
Let tambourines begin


Donal Mahoney...

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Faces smiling, nodding politely 
At words they don't seem 
To understand,

Show me pictures,
Showing the richness of
A faraway distant land,

Multicoloured motor cars,
Brown apartments 
Rising high in Puerto Rican skies....

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Just beautiful
Puerto Princesa
My first time
Visit the charm

The breeze of the
Sulu Sea
In the bay walk
touches me

The blue sky
The blue sea
Reflected the beauty
of Palawan


Badjao Inn
Restaurant Hut
PPC, Rizal Avenue...

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a popsicle 
a 
moment 
on 
the 
beach 
we 
never 
had 
Richard Burton 
the iguana 
Puerto Vallarta 

we 
never 
had 
a 
drink 
sitting 
on the king and I 
purple faced 
dream 
island 
mime 
retreat  

a moment of calm, 
………..meditating

ok...

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I spotted the gal laying on the beach
She was quite beautiful, just out of reach
So, stopping, I said hello
I noticed her instant glow
And, boy, did she turn out to be a peach.

written November 23, 2021
on the beach in Puerto Vallarta...

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Constance
Sarcastic, Mother, Loyal, Friend
Daughter of Mikal and Donna
Lover of writing, music, and moonlight
Who feels love, sadness, and hope
Who fears failure, flying roaches, and lonliness
Who would like to see Ireland, Puerto Rico, and Maine
Resident of Beaumont, Texas
Gilmore...

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The Bishop St. Paulinus of Nola
      was also a writer

I'm wired 
it's so admired. 
There's one in Puerto 
Rico exact same 
as mine. Another
online says it's so 
fine, we should
form an alliance 
of all who claim 
our common name, 
and if you care 
to place a bet, 
I'll get to Nola, 
Italy, YET....

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I learned that a Brit will take offense if mistaken for an Australian,
and that Puerto Ricans take offense if mistaken for Mexican.
Canadians take offense if mistaken for American,
and Jamaicans take offense if mistaken for African.
Understandably, the great apes take offense when mistaken for human ....

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Power 
Blue power
Atlantic oceans power

Impetus a million tons of water
Vast spray a haze of salty mist in the air
Three hundred yards of sea 

Iridescent rainbow in the bright sunlight
Withering pounding and crushing
Waves a thousand mile voyage

Relentless night and day
Past millenniums 
Millenniums to come...

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Power 
blue power
atlantics oceans power

Impetus a million tons of water
vast spray a haze of salty mist in the air
three hundred yards of sea 

Iridescent rainbow in the bright sunlight
withering pounding and crushing
waves a thousand mile voyage

Relentless night and day
past millenniums 
millenniums to come...

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A misty sky hovers over the bay
Awaiting the Majestic Princess
Suddenly appearing on the horizon
Like a garganuan beast plowing
Through frothy watery furrows,
Eager shopkeepers making ready
For bargain hunters their wares
Expensive doodads for souvenirs.

written November 17, 2021
in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...

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Shadowy figures reflected in the panes
Framed with aloe and bougainvilleas,
Unaware, they move furtively like spirits
Dancing in another dimension of space,
They whisper of happier times long ago
When they were young and I was not here.

written November 15, 2021
in a Puerto Vallarta restaurant...

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Power 
blue power
an oceans power
impetus a million tons of water
vast spray a haze of salty mist in the air
iridescent there rainbows in the bright sunlight
three hundred yards distant felt inertia of the sea
withering a pounding and a crushing
waves a thousand mile voyage
relentless night and day
past millenniums 
millenniums 
to come...

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My naked feet slipping into the sand
Toes wriggling like tiny crabs scurrying
To safety while the tide rocks relentlessly
And seagulls swoop down to feast.

written November 17, 2021
on the beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

HONORABLE MENTION
entered "Bite Size Poetry No. 28" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Line Gauthier...

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Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Have you survived the storm ?
The hurricanes the hurricanes
no mercy do they show.
We ask eternal question
what have we done wrong 
Don't blame yourselves,it's no ones fault
Nor punishment from God
Time and unforeseen occurance
I've learned be falls us all.
Prayers are the saving hope
Prayers for our souls....

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Couples chattering strange sounds
Languages I do not understand.
I see their meaning in their expressions
Laughter and tears say more than words,
Be careful not to make first impressions
A single instrument does not make a band
Remember Almond Joy looks like a Mounds.

written November 22, 2021
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...

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