Eskimo Joe and Nebraska Flo
...Eskimo Joe took a liking to Nebraska Flo
His bro said, oh, no, not her, no, no, Joe!
When Joe was with Flo, they each had a glow
Bright as flashing bulbs at a Kansas light show
Love for each ot...
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Categories:
tijuana, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Tijuana Rain Puts Me Into a Mood
...Tijuana rain puts me into a siesta like mood
I sit by the window allowing her to lull me to sleep
relaxing the way only Mexicans know how to relax
releasing troubles, trials and tribulations of th...
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Categories:
tijuana, travel,
Form: Free verse
Neighborhood Hacienda
...her Tijuana hacienda bursts with warm oranges and reds.
pops of vibrant yellows peek from among her rich blooms.
leafy green accents cool down the shiny petals so bright
she is the heart of our ne...
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Categories:
tijuana, house,
Form: Free verse
Swift Justice
...suspect
hiding out
incognito
in ol’ Tijuana town
nabbed
lucky
border guard
recognized him
in Juarez, Mexico
Sunday
captured
at gunpoint
handcuffed and jailed
extradited Monda...
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Categories:
tijuana, humor,
Form: Cinqku
Prima Nocta
...12/17/20
"Prima Nocta"
No matter how hard I think
Still can't find the missing link
All night long I drink
I'm on the brink
No, I don't need a shrink
Or to consume more zinc
Trying to s...
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Categories:
tijuana, addiction, dark, deep, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Excuses
...I appreciate you asking me for a date
but, errr... the invitation arrived too late.
You see; I stumbled and took a tumble
that broke my nose and bloodied my toes.
My face is swollen and my clo...
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Categories:
tijuana, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Herb Alpert Part 2: Tijuana Brass
...mmm was she
was she Italian
or Hispanic nor
either no brainer
no breather
gasping
album cover art
a photograph
for the tunes
on the cover
but me under
cover for the sales
of Whipp...
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Categories:
tijuana, muse,
Form: I do not know?
No Title, I Just Wrote What I Felt
...I’m sick of needing to choose
Between grass stains and sunburns
All the kids these days think
It’s cool to drink alcohol and sit
In the back seat of limousines.
My dad always told me when
He w...
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Categories:
tijuana, absence, anger, children, dad,
Form: Free verse
Juana
...took some marijuana
to the capital of Botswanna
where I ran into Madonna
we smoked until nirvana
now im going to Tijuana...
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Categories:
tijuana, celebrity, drug,
Form: Free verse
Would You Believe
...I appreciate you asking me for a date
Would you believe you asked too late?
No? Well I have another excuse
A list of them that's quite profuse
I tripped and fell, breaking my nose
Now there...
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Categories:
tijuana, nonsense,
Form: Couplet
American Dreams Smashed To Smithereens
...AMERICAN DREAMS SMASHED TO SMITHEREENS
Miss American pie has a dream -
whipped cream of tijuana brass.
Groovy tunes quit on smoking grass.
Frisbee LP like steaming saucers crash.
The homec...
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Categories:
tijuana, america, baby, death, murder,
Form: Free verse
This Song I'M Listening To
...I hear once more the lyrics of this song I'm listening to-
a gentle blast from my very youthful past,
and I am back in middle school,
an attractive skinny girl
despite the horn rimmed glasses
w...
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Categories:
tijuana, longing, , cute,
Form: Free verse
Rescue of Sergeant Tahmooressi
...One of our brave marines languishes in a Tijuana jail,
Sufferin' inhumane treatment, sans the right of bail!
Ain't it ironic that America treats illegals like welcome guests,
While our "neig...
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Categories:
tijuana, how i feel,
Form: Couplet
A Texas Size Problem
...One of the most gallant stands of courage and undying self-sacrifice which has been handed man ...
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Categories:
tijuana, humor, political, satire, science,
Form: Grook
Peace
...Peace
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.”
~ Attributed to Francis of Assisi
How many years
Of Sunday sermons taught me
How easily
I can get away with it all
How terribly unfor...
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Categories:
tijuana, corruption, peace, relationship, religion,
Form: Verse
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