The Tejano Queen
...April rain fell from the sky
like tears of mourn for a love gone by;
A memory of a golden past,
sweet love that ended so, so fast;
A gorgeous face like a beauty queen;
A heart so soft and so...
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Categories:
tejano, appreciation, beauty, memory,
Form: Rhyme
The Foothill Mountains Followed Me Home Every Night
...I still remember my childhood being poured out of me slowly
I was 7 or 8 when I experienced my grandfather suffer.
He choked to death on his vomit (died the next day in ICU)
My father never recove...
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Categories:
tejano, drink,
Form: Free verse
Las Lagrimas Del Recuerdo
...Endless Indian summers were spent in his embrace,
the only time as a child that I remember feeling safe
though the danger lurked mere bottles away.
I have only seen the sea with a child's eyes, bu...
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Categories:
tejano, addiction, death, depression, family,
Form: Free verse
Tex-Mex
..."Tex-Mex," en breve;
"tejano-mexicano,"
en forma larga.
Traducción: [Translation:]
["Tex-Mex," in short; "Texan-Mexican," in long form.]
Recuento sílaba española por: [Spanish syllable c...
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Categories:
tejano, food,
Form: Haiku