The Cry of Dolores
...A popular priest in 1810, Spanish rule he spoke against
those who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray
A speech calling upon the people to protect in angst
Their King Ferdina...
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Categories:
vicente, cinco de mayo, cry,
Form: Rhyme
The Guardians
...You came and faded in the rising sun like snow
But left my heart a glow
Your smile was ever golden and pure
Like the heart of your nurture
You shed tears so my hopes and dreams will show
Eve...
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Categories:
vicente, grandparents,
Form: Rhyme
El Charro
...For Vicente Fernandez
The dirt
The sweat
The horses,
Saddles off,
Brushed.
The girl who thinks she is pregnant.
The woman who is.
The man with no money is his pocket
The man with pockets...
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Categories:
vicente, guitar, lonely, love,
Form: Free verse
Adios Don Vicente
...Chente—mi amigo, compadre, hermano
Troubadour of our pain untold
Minstrel of our abandoned souls
Keeper of our traditions bold
So loved by La Virgen de Guadalupe
That she took you on Her day
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Categories:
vicente, celebrity, death,
Form: Epitaph
Enjoyable Sentence
...P-oetic
R-emembrance's
E-njoyable
S-entence
C-onveys
I-nspiring
L-etter
L-etting
A-nnual
V-erse
I-n
C-omposition
E-mploy
N-ame's
T-rue
E-ssence
Topic: Birthday of ...
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Categories:
vicente, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Captivating Event
...P-oem
R-ightfully
E-mploys
S-imple
C-ompaser's
I-nspiring
L-ines
L-etting
A-crostic
V-erse
I-mplement
C-aptivating
E-vent's
N-iftily
T-hought
E-xpression
Topic: Birthday of Presci...
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Categories:
vicente, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Birthday of Noble Thinker
...V-erse
I-s
C-omposed
E-mploying
N-oble
T-hinker's
E-ventful
B-irthday
A-s
R-ighteous
C-elebrant
E-njoys
L-iterary
L-ine
A-t
N-atal
O-ccasion
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Vicente Barce...
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Categories:
vicente, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Noble Tendency
...P-oetic
R-ighteousness
E-xpresses
S-weet
C-ompassion
I-nside
L-etting
L-ove
A-nd
V-ery
I-mportant
C-harity
E-mploy
N-oble
T-endency
E-verywhere
Topic: Birthday of Prescilla Vicent...
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Categories:
vicente, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Letting Light Abate Night
...V-iew
I-n
C-lear
E-nvironment
N-aturally
T-winkles
E-ndorsing
B-eacon
A-s
R-efulgent
C-oolness
E-merges
L-etting
L-ight
A-bate
N-ight
O-bscurity
Topic: Birthday of Vicente Barcel...
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Categories:
vicente, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Do It Again Now
...D-o
I-t
A-gain
N-ow
A-s
M-inutes
A-nd
E-yeblink
V-anish
I-nto
C-louds
E-very
N-ight
T-ill
E-arliness
Topic: Birthday of Diana Mae L. Vicente (September 02)
Form: Vertical Monocr...
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Categories:
vicente, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Jago and Uma: We Didn'T Start the Family
...jago christos uma rose
ethan cuevas corone
kelly elizabeth christos
alexia daniel wade jonathan james
emily-rose pau and willow too
we didn't start the family
it was always growing
since th...
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Categories:
vicente, birth, brother, family, father,
Form: Lyric
In Coolness
...V-iew
I-n
C-oolness
E-rases
N-ight's
T-wilight
E-ndorsing
B-eacon
A-s
R-ainy
C-old
E-vening
L-ets
L-ight
A-nd
N-ewness
O-pen
Topic: Birthday of Vicente Barcellano (June 01)
Fo...
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Categories:
vicente, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Latino-Americanos: the Children of An Oscuro Pasado
...Baile con migo, hips made from the rhythm of merengés and cumbias, samba, swagger and a pinch of azucar mixed into my backbone.
My first language was Spanish.
Learned from sweet stories told by m...
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Categories:
vicente, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Question, Translation of Carlos Bousono's Poem: La Cuestion
...The Question, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : La Cuestion
« …Oh ! God, Oh ! Centre »*
for Vicente Puchol
(* Note by the editor, Alejandro D. Amusco, attesting that the above quo...
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Categories:
vicente, introspection, , memorial,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Somber Psalm, Translation of Carlos Bousono's Poem: Salmo Sombrio
...Somber psalm, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Salmo sombrio
(from Carlos Bousono’s first book of poems, written before he was 22 : Subida al amor (Ascent into love), 1945, and dedicated to th...
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Categories:
vicente, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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