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Tamales Poems - Poems about Tamales

Premium Member Creel, Sierra Tarahumara
...He ran to the mountain. They were arguing again. This time it rained warm, covering him the way she should have but yelled instead at father. When the steam stopped rising from the ground ......

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Categories: tamales, anger, childhood, parents,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gumdrops and Raindrops Nursery Rhyme
...Gumdrops and Raindrops Nursery Rhyme Raindrops patter in such sweet, sweet songs How I love their song - to sing along. Jelly beans bloom in the peppermint's lane Cinnamon bear showers dance......

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Categories: tamales, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme



Mexican Food
...I may be unpopular in this thought But I’ve considered this more than I ought And the conclusion has presented itself It comes from my extra ordinary culinary wealth So I’ve put an exclamation m......

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Categories: tamales, food,
Form: Dramatic Verse
She Sells Goat's Cheese, Not My Favorite
...she sells goat's cheese, not my favorite plying the beach ramada to ramada at times she sits with me lowering the basket from her head her clothes are worn, patched i roll eggs, beans, chorizo i......

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Categories: tamales, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nothing Moves the Moon
...The customs men shake their heads and watch the women enter Mexico. Three with skirts, white socks, one with jeans and proper blouse. Seventeen, eighteen just out of Concord Academy in a blac......

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Categories: tamales, mom, moon, war,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Feliz Navidad
... Feliz Navidad, carolers sing so fare Smell of Tamales, Posole, red chile fill the air Christmas eve, luminarias all a glow Spirit and magic of Christmas in New Mexico......

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Categories: tamales, christmas, december, holiday,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Black Police Matter
...As I travel through my hometown Chicago's neighborhoods There's a comfy, down-home feeling; these places are good One of the things that makes them this way is their ethnic character and pri......

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Categories: tamales, city, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
Night Sounds
... Outside my window on a dusty cobbled Beach street Each sound I hear a vision Blooming in night air A voice calling tamales in drawn-out lamenting sounds A moto buzz......

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Categories: tamales, beach, life, sound,
Form: Free verse
Celebration of Life
...The stage was being set. I needed to get out of the way so that I Would not end up squashed by the stage's immense size. Yet even as the edges of the stage did nudge me, I could Feel the softne......

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Categories: tamales, beautiful, celebration, destiny, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Purim Amp Stamp
...We're mailing Purim cards w Latino Food stamps, hence this poem will accompany: Purim Amp Stamp! Note the Stamps? "Not chosen, Just Hurled"?, Au contraire, They're Lamps, Hot Tamales U......

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Categories: tamales, community, humorous, jewish, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Me, God and Hot Tamales
...You ever had a day off from work where God placed it upon your heart to go walking with Him? Well, I did just that today. I started my walk in this beautiful subdivision. After walking for a while, t......

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Categories: tamales, blessing, god, peace, silence,
Form: Narrative
How Sweet It Is
...Life most certainly has its ups and downs. Sometimes life may be as breathtaking as a Galaxy of whimsical Starburst. Heroes and adored Lifesavers protect our most beloved town......

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Categories: tamales, candy, funny, sweet,
Form: Rhyme
How Sweet It Is
...How sweet it is Please Take 5 minutes of your time to read my poem This sweet adventure actually won't take that long Step inside my imagination Mr.Good Bar gave us a <>...

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Categories: tamales, candy,
Form: Rhyme
How Sweet It Is
...How Sweet It Is Walking down the Rocky Road Pay Day! Skor! 100 Grand in hand Passing the Three Musketeers The Chunky Jolly Rancher, Mike ......

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Categories: tamales, candy, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member How Sweet It Is
...I was walking on the heath near Rocky Road with Mike and Ike, we’d been pals since our college days and called ourselves The Three Musketeers. We’d just had our pay day......

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Categories: tamales, fun,
Form: Narrative

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