Peace Spanish Poems

This is such a special lovely island
having spent a wonderful seven days
there in the month of March full of sun
enjoying its sunshine with its warm...

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Grey cotton wool clouds enfold the mountain tops,
Creeping forward like an army on the move.
Now and then, dropping their wet cargo
On vegetation, withered from long...

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There is nothing without his breath in my air
May his eyes always light my life until darkness overwhelms my flesh
May my soul sit with you...

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Every Day You Play
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Every day you play with Infinity’s rays.
Exquisite visitor, you arrive with the flowers and the...

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I love you only because I love you
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I love you only because I love you;
I am torn between...

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Spanish rose I suppose you are unique
With that attitude Our future looks bleak 
A fragrant rose of ?? red is what I think
When I look...

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Dear Barcelona

Bride of Spain
Mourn not precious jewel
For we are praying for you
We are praying for your children
That they may find favour in heaven. 

Sea feliz!
To...

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It’s thirteen thousand miles from Boston to
San Diego around  far Cape Horn’s way.
Ship needs to sail to that distant quay.
The Cape is a hard...

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O how
Ruefully I pine
For mi pueblito perdido,
What I wouldn’t give,
To be young again,
And happy as I was back then.

Maria, full of peace, 
Do you remember
Francis...

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O how 
Ruefully I pine
For a long lost 
Espanya,
What I wouldn't give,
To be young again...
And happy as I was back then...

Maria, 
full of peace 
Do...

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Little one I am here
you are not alone
Mama will guard your sleep 
and you are safe at home
I will hold you closely
in protective arms
and keep...

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