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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ACUPUNCTURE FOR THE BACK, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come now! %green snake
Last Line: Whatever she finds %she will eat %she will destroy
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


AGAINST ANGER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come forth %tlazopilli
Last Line: Through this drink %medicine %spirit %will change this heart
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


AGAINST SCORPION'S STING AND POISON, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %I, priest
Last Line: Right here %your power ends %you shall not pass!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


AGAINST UNRULY ANTS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come now! Mother water
Last Line: Chase them away %close their town
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


AGUAMIEL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: In its heart %the maguey
Last Line: Streams %of sweet %tears %and drops
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


ALL HAVE COME, by XAYACAMACH    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Inebriated with the heart of the cacao flower
Subject(s): Aztecs


ANCIENT NAHUATL POEM, by ERNESTO CARDENAL    Poem Source                    
First Line: They only had one god. %his name was quetzalcoatl
Last Line: Which you must offer him %which you must sacrifice to him
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


AZTEC, by CARL SANDBURG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You came from the aztecs
Last Line: Before the days are longer.
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC MASK, by CARL SANDBURG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I wanted a man's face looking into the jaws and throat
Last Line: Proud-eyed gambler.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Masks


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Which flower
Last Line: In the place where both sides are
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With ropes of flowers
Last Line: You breathe it here I first one
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Open your heart like the flowers
Last Line: I am going I am going to your house
Subject(s): Aztecs; Love


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So many wings come here
Last Line: In your house oh %god
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It is so hard
Last Line: No happiness on the earth %for me
Subject(s): Aztecs; Grief


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We live on earth
Last Line: A little while only
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mortality


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Only with our flowers can we find pleasure
Last Line: Only with our songs does our sadness dissolve
Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Until today my heart was happy
Last Line: If only they would never wither %earth!
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In god's house
Last Line: For nothing I am leaving the earth %broken!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Death


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A little time at your side
Last Line: Here on earth
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Black flowers wrinkled with gold
Last Line: With many flowers torn from man
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Do you exist do you really exist
Last Line: Don't break our hearts again
Subject(s): Aztecs; Love


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I begin to sing
Last Line: Through whom everyone lives
Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now you revive us
Last Line: From this weeping
Subject(s): Aztecs; Grief


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On the edge of war near the bonfire
Last Line: We taste knowldge
Subject(s): Aztecs; Knowledge


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Because I cry
Last Line: I am bitter
Subject(s): Aztecs; Grief


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We disappear
Last Line: Nothing in the word
Subject(s): Aztecs; Nothingness


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Over there now
Last Line: There you are o first one
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am going to guard the mountain
Last Line: I cry
Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the place
Last Line: In the middle of the flowers
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where are we going oh where are we going
Last Line: They make truths!
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Only we come to make songs on earth
Last Line: And nothing breaks
Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Nothing is so precious nothing so strong
Last Line: Now the claws of the white eagle hiss
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am nothing more than a singer
Last Line: In the house of light
Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh gods makers of life
Last Line: In your endless hands
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beat the great drum
Last Line: A little time %here
Subject(s): Aztecs; Transience


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh never never die
Last Line: On the faces of the dead
Subject(s): Aztecs; Death


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the room of yellow feathers
Last Line: Your word oh %giver
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The flowers have come
Last Line: Touch them
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Flowers of red and blue
Last Line: For a little while I can see the earth
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now in spring we are moving
Last Line: The first mexican passing
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Just like the flowers I will go
Last Line: To the last flower the last song
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers; Singing And Singers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where are you my god
Last Line: In the house of color upon color
Subject(s): Aztecs; God


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You have come
Last Line: Sweet tastes on my lips
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now my friends
Last Line: Put on a collar of rare stones
Subject(s): Aztecs; Dreams


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who who give life
Last Line: Sigh through flowers
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My soul fills to the brim with what I say
Last Line: No one is born twice
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In vain friends
Last Line: We have to leave beautiful %flowers!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Is the word of god with us
Last Line: It is your song
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have tasted the wine of mushrooms and my heart screams
Last Line: Nothing is left
Subject(s): Aztecs; Despair


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where there is no death
Last Line: I am terrified!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Fear


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My mouth is full of cries
Last Line: Is the truth inside you
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I see eagles tigers I see glory
Last Line: That we have here
Subject(s): Aztecs; Grief


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Cheerfully sing cheerfully
Last Line: Now give joy to the giver of life
Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh nothing will cut down the flower of war
Last Line: Dust rises over the bells
Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers; War


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A piece of fallen jade
Last Line: It is your song
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Many pictures my heart
Last Line: Red-throated flowers open
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am here! I am here!
Last Line: Its colors %dawn
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Drink honey
Last Line: It is a flower!
Subject(s): Aztecs


AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Between cactus and acacia
Last Line: The sound of the songs that hear
Subject(s): Aztecs


BE JOYFUL, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Be joyful with the intoxicating flowers
Last Line: The joyous flowers, %with these your sorrow is put to flight
Subject(s): Aztecs


BEAUTIFUL SONG RESOUNDS, by XAYACAMACH    Poem Source                    
Last Line: With flowers the princes are sighing
Subject(s): Aztecs


BEGINNING OF THE DIALOGUE, by TECAYEHUATZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Where have you been, o composer of songs?
Last Line: Have brought the princes together: %precious stones, quetzal feathers
Subject(s): Aztecs


BESIEGED, HATED, HUEXOTZINCO WOULD BE, by AYOCUAN CUETZPALTZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Besieged, hated, %the city of huexotzinco would be
Last Line: My golden house of paintings, %is also your house, one god!
Subject(s): Aztecs


BIRDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Snakes
Last Line: In flight
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


BIRTH, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Cuaton %caxxoch %goddesses %of love
Last Line: And catch %this child %of the gods
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


CALENDAR KEEPERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Rattlesnakes %renew %themselves
Last Line: They trace %the shining %path of our %rainy seasons
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


CANTO A LAS TORTILLAS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I go on %calling
Last Line: Inside %the humblest %tortillas %of life
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


CHICOME-COATL/SEVEN SNAKE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Corn stalks %are upright
Last Line: Corn ears %rattle %in the wind
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


CHICOME-XOCHITL/SEVEN FLOWER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Deer %father
Last Line: All %stems %pointing %stars
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


CIHUACOATL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the barrios %la llorona
Last Line: Has run out %of tears
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


CLOUDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mountains
Last Line: Dreaming %up the sky
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


CREATION, by JULIA MAY COURTNEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: He took a lump of yellow clay and folded it
Last Line: From his deft hands.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Pottery And Potters


CUTTING WOOD, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Ahmo %tinechelehuiliz
Last Line: I offer tobacco %for your shin
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


DAY AND NIGHT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I bleed %in silence %all alone
Last Line: Broken teeth %blood %butterflies
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


DIVINING BY LOOKING IN THE WATER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come now! %come forth
Last Line: Perhaps his tonal %has left him
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


DIVINING WITH CORN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Welcome %tlazopilli %seven snake
Last Line: If this medicine cures him %or if he gets worse
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


DIVINING WITH THE HANDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %I, spirit in flesh
Last Line: Will he get worse? %will he last some time?
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


DOMINGO HERNANDEZ, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Please %let him free
Last Line: (green spirit %dark spirit) %in nomine patris %et filii %et spiritus sancti
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


DOORWAY, by JAN LEE ANDE    Poem Source                    
First Line: I was young and almost ridiculous that year, riding the train
Last Line: Rain falls like tears and the corn grows tall as trees
Subject(s): Aztecs; Guests; Memory; Mexico; Travel


DREAM OF A WORD, by TECAYEHUATZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: And, o friends, %hear the dream of a word
Last Line: We know that the hearts %of our friends are true!
Subject(s): Aztecs


DROUGHT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Despite %dry %years
Last Line: Siempre %verde %inside
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


ENSNARED DEER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Spirit %seven flower
Last Line: He was taken %it's all over with
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FEAST BY THE MANZANARES, by HERNANDO RUIZ DE ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Midst the opacous gloom %and dense opacities
Last Line: Precipitates his course, %so the beginning day %may terminate the feast
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FIRST OFFERING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Ourselves %molded out
Last Line: The first crop %smiling %everywhere
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FLOWERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: A day %is all
Last Line: We last %a breath!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR BATHING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come forth %mist hair
Last Line: I, spirit in flesh %I, the enchanter
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR BONE FRACTURES, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: What have my elder sisters
Last Line: Beware of messing up %I'll see you tomorrow
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR FATIGUE AND BODY PAINS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come here %yellow relaxer
Last Line: Go and destroy %the green pain %the dark pain %(meaning the stiffness)
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR FEVERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come on! %come now
Last Line: Who is destroying %your creation %I myself %I, the enchanter
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR FINDING AFFECTION, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: On mirror mountain %the place of encounters
Last Line: I am not truly at war %I'm of a woman's womb
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR HUNTING BIRDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %I, poor orphan
Last Line: Here I shall wait %for my uncles %the spirits %olchipinque %olpeyauhque
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR HUNTING DEER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I'm leaving %I, poor orphan
Last Line: And reed flower %that's who I shall carry back
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR KEEPING ANIMALS OUT OF SOWN FIELDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %I, the wizard jaguar
Last Line: O father %four reed %flaming one!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR LOVE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Enchanted %words %at dawn
Last Line: A handful %of flowers %and stars
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR PLANTING CAMOTES, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %I, poor orphan
Last Line: With her I shall heal %I , just a poor person
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans; Potatoes


FOR PLANTING CORN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %spirit in flesh
Last Line: I shall greet %I shall honor %my elder sister %tonacacihuatl
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR STORING CORN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %spirit in flesh
Last Line: You, my elder sister %you, tonacaihuatl
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOR STRAINED CHESTS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come %nine-times-powdered-one
Last Line: Do your duty %you, yellow woman
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FOUR DIRECTIONS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: West %we are %salmons
Last Line: South %we turn %into snakes %by eating %chile
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


FROM WITHIN THE HEAVENS, by AYOCUAN CUETZPALTZIN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Or is it only here on earth %we come to know our faces?
Subject(s): Aztecs


HE ALONE, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL    Poem Source                    
Last Line: With eagerness have I longed for them, %empty wisdom had I
Subject(s): Aztecs


HEART, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Fragrant %flower
Last Line: Open at %midnight
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


HELLO, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tahui %tahui
Last Line: Tahui %tahui
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


HERBS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the market %herbs begin
Last Line: Over and over %my own %back bones
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


HERNANDO RUIZ DE ALARCON, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was you %you were looking for
Last Line: This cenzontle bird %in the wilderness: %your tomorrow
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


HOLOCAUST, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Your eyes %don't see
Last Line: Bleeding in %your altar %vases %fields mines
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


HOME SPIRIT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: You lock %windows %doors
Last Line: But I'm %inside you: %am you
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


I AM SAD, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am sad, I grieve
Last Line: For this I withdraw from myself
Subject(s): Aztecs


I AM WEALTHY, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL    Poem Source                    
Last Line: From experience I recognize the jade %the precious bracelets
Subject(s): Aztecs


I HAVE HEARD A SONG, by AQUIAUHTZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: From afar I have heard a song
Last Line: Begin the dance, o friends together, %in the place of the drums!
Subject(s): Aztecs


I SAY THIS, by XICOHTENCATL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I say this, I the lord xicohtencatl
Last Line: O my old ones!
Subject(s): Aztecs


I'M NOT REALLY CRYING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: It's just %the sheer
Last Line: Number %of chopped %onions %in the world
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


IN IXTLI YOLLOTL/ FACE AND HEART, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: May our ears %hear
Last Line: To this huge %playground: %the universe
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Sobs %woke me
Last Line: I got up %and saw %myself %in a corner %crying
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


IN XOCHITL IN CUICATL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Every tree %a brother
Last Line: In the night %dreaming up %the cosmos
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


JOURNEY, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: In each village there was a large, well-kept courtyard, something like
Last Line: Here I'm watching you %I oxomoco %I, the ancient one %I, cipactonal
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


LA NOCHE TRISTE, by ROBERT FROST    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Changed is the scene: the peace
Last Line: Where they have ruled alone.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Cortes, Hernando (1485-1547)


LAST OF THE AZTECS, by JOSE LEON DEL VALLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Oh, not for thee the pastoral flute's soft notes
Last Line: Neath the black feathers of thy royal plume!
Subject(s): Aztecs; History; Statues


LET THE EARTH FOREVER REMAIN!, by AYOCUAN CUETZPALTZIN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Let the earth forever remain!
Subject(s): Aztecs


LISTEN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Every %landscape
Last Line: A wonderous %story
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


LITTLE TOLTECS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Bees are %godly %servants %of the flowers
Last Line: The incantaions %of the beehives %he knew better %than his ave marias
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MARTIN DE LUNA, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Martin de luna
Last Line: (take me now %from this cell %and lose me %in the darkness)
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MASSAGE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Hands put %our pains
Last Line: Lead them %as fish to %whirlpools
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MATRIARCH, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: My dark %grandmother %would brush %her long her
Last Line: Even ferns %would bow %to her splendor %and her power
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MESSENGERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Chairs %doors %walls %lay %themselves
Last Line: Murmurs %secrets %bits of %dreams %to each %other
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MESTIZO, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: My name %is not %francisco
Last Line: No rule %no code %no lord %for this %wander's %heart
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MIDNIGHT WATER SONG, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: The eagle's %wing is %my fan
Last Line: Of peyote's %flowering rain %in the desert
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MOON, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Celestial %drop of milk
Last Line: Of our mother's %breast
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MORNING RITUAL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I fold %kiss %carry
Last Line: My life %inside %my pocket
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


MY FRIENDS, STAND UP!, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL    Poem Source                    
Last Line: You also will have to go away
Subject(s): Aztecs


NAHUAL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: This whale %can't stop
Last Line: Singing %from %the bottom %of the sea
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


NATURE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: The nature %of poetry's %nature
Last Line: The nature %of nature's %nature
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


NECER ALONE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Always %this caressing
Last Line: This boudless %desire %of being %grass %tree %corazon
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


NEW DAY, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: From the hilltop %near my village
Last Line: Their own campfires %awaiting %for the new day!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


NIGHT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: How vast %how enormous
Last Line: And yet %disarmed %by one %needle %of light
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


NOMATCA NEHUATL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself: %the mountain
Last Line: The search %the face %the dream %the heart %the voice: %nomatca nehuatl!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


NOT POEMS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Just ink %on paper
Last Line: Like air %like you
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


NOW GIVE HEED TO THE WORD, by CHICHICUEPON    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Some mexicans, acolhuans, tepanecs %have done this to the chalca
Subject(s): Aztecs


NOW LET US SING, by TECAYEHUATZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Now let us sing, %let us continue our songs
Last Line: The flowers that intoxicate. %o, rejoice
Subject(s): Aztecs


ODE TO TOMATOES, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: They make %friends
Last Line: First asking %their blessings!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans; Tomatoes


OLLIN/MOVEMENT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I call myself %waterfall
Last Line: I go on calling %names %keep hearing %my mirror
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


OLOLIUQUI, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Seeds %of wisdom %divine eyes
Last Line: Lead us %back %to the lap %of our mother
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


ORACLE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: It's me' %I say
Last Line: It's us' %rocks echo
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


PLUMED SERPENT: 1. THE COMING OF QUETZALCOATL, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the place of the west
Last Line: Saying to herself: quetzalcoatl
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 10, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am the son of the morning star, and child of the deeps
Last Line: I am lord of the two ways
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 11, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am the living quetzalcoatl
Last Line: I am quetzalcoatl, of the two ways
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Birds; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 12. WELCOME TO QUETZALCOATL, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We are not wasted. We are not left out
Last Line: Put star-oil over me %call me a man
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 13. THE MID-DAY VERSE, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun has climbed the hill, the day is on the downward slope
Last Line: And the top of the morning
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 14. THE DAWN VERSE, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The dark is dividing, the sun is coming past the wall
Last Line: Man in the twilight
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 15. THE SUNSET VERSE, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Leave off! Leave off! Leave off!
Last Line: You belong to the night
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 16, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Metal for resistance
Last Line: The heart ceases not
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 17. FIRST SONG OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am huitzilopochtli
Last Line: Of fire bent back again
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 18. SECOND SONG OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He is huitzilopochtli
Last Line: Fire of the passion of men
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 19. THIRD SONG OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Man that is man is more than a man
Last Line: Maybe they kennel the grey dog
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 2, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The lord of the morning star
Last Line: That washes the lords of life
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 20. THE SONG OF THE GREY DOG, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When you sleep and know it not
Last Line: Where dogs creep unclean
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 21, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The lords of life are the masters of death
Last Line: The lords of life are the masters of death
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 22, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Huitzilopochtli gives the black blade of death
Last Line: Who pardons once, and no more
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 23. HUITZILOPOCHTLI'S WATCH, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Red huitzilopochtli
Last Line: Is malintzi's blade of grass
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 24. SONG OF THE DEAD, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The dead are on their journey, the way is dark
Last Line: Within the noiseless
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 25, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Like the green candles of malintzi
Last Line: In the morning star
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 26, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My way is not thy way, and thine is not mine
Last Line: For all we are worth
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 3, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Someone will enter between the gates
Last Line: Shall you? Shall I?
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 4, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My name is jesus, I am mary's son
Last Line: Let me come home
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 5. QUETZALCOATL LOOKS DOWN ON MEXICO, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Jesus had gone far up the dark slope, when he looked back
Last Line: Or else prepare for the other things
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 6. WHAT QUETZALCOATL SAW IN MEXICO, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Who are these strange faces in mexico
Last Line: Wait! Only wait! Little by little it all shall come upon you
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 7. SONG TO THE TUNE OF LA CUCARACHA, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Don ramon don't drink, don't smoke
Last Line: That he's stolen from the mother of god
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 8. JESUS' FAREWELL, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Farewell, farewell, despedida
Last Line: Say adios! My children
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


PLUMED SERPENT: 9, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What is god, we shall never know
Last Line: Peeping, they will lose their sight, and lingering, they will fall very lame
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico


POEM OF TEMILOTZIN, by TEMILOTZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I have come, o my friends
Last Line: I have come to make friends here
Subject(s): Aztecs


POTENT SEEDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Few corn %kernals %enough
Last Line: To turn %anger %around
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


PRAYER FOR THE SUN BEFORE TRAVELING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come %help me %nanhuatzin
Last Line: Up in the sky %I shall go %I shall walk
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


PRAYER TO FIRE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come forth %father of mine
Last Line: I, spirit in flesh %I, the enchanter
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


RAINBOW, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Seven %snakes
Last Line: Giving %thanks
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


RECONCILING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Chalchiuhcueye %mother water
Last Line: Flower of the sun %walking calendar: %don't shame yourself!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


RESCUE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: At the end %I found
Last Line: Myself %holding %the other end %of the rope
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


SAD SONG OF CUACUAUHTZIN, by CUACUAUHTZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: My heart craves the flowers
Last Line: I will take with me the beautiful flowers, %the beautiful songs
Subject(s): Aztecs


SAME, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: We see %feel taste
Last Line: Are so %differently %the same
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


SEER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I sweep %and clean %my house
Last Line: I am resting: %my hamaca %is a canoe %crossing %the milky way
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


SHAME, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I washed %my arms
Last Line: Brown %boy %getting %ready %for school
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


SILENCE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I smell %silence %everywhere
Last Line: Can put away %this stink %of silence
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


SNAKE WHEEL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I %you %are %this %future
Last Line: Turned %past %all %that %once %was %is %will %be
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


SONG OF AXAYACATL, LORD OF MEXICO, by AXAYACATL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Here on the earth the flowery death has descended
Last Line: For this I, in solitude, try to do away with my suffering
Subject(s): Aztecs


SONG OF MACUILXOCHITL, by MACUILXOCHITZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I raise my songs
Last Line: But then his women made supplication for him to axayacatl
Subject(s): Aztecs


SONG OF NEZAHUALPILLI DURING THE WAR WITH HUEXOTZINCO, by NEZAHUALPILLI    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am intoxicated, %intoxicated is my heart
Last Line: To drink the flowery liquor, %here where I weep?
Subject(s): Aztecs


SONG OF SPRINGTIME, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the house of paintings
Last Line: You make the people happy
Subject(s): Aztecs


SONG OF THE ELDERS, by AXAYACATL    Poem Source                    
First Line: They called us to become intoxicated
Last Line: Conquerors of ancient times, %live once again!
Subject(s): Aztecs


SONG OF THE FLIGHT, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL    Poem Source                    
First Line: In vain was I born
Last Line: Near, at the side, of the giver of life!
Subject(s): Aztecs


SONG OF THE WOMEN OF CHALCO, by AQUIAUHTZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: You, my little sisters, get up
Last Line: Rest, my little son, %you, lord axayacatl
Subject(s): Aztecs


SONG OF TLALTECATZIN, CUAUHCHINANCO, by TLALTECATZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I come to guard the mountain
Last Line: But let it be without violence
Subject(s): Aztecs


SONGS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Xochitl
Last Line: Flower %flor
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


SONGS OF CACAMATZIN MY FRIENDS, by CACAMATZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: My friends, %listen to this
Last Line: Still on earth, near the place of the drums, %I remember them
Subject(s): Aztecs


SPIRITS OF THE FOREST, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: When the last %rain forests
Last Line: What will take %the place of %our spirits
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


STORY OF YAPPAN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Xochiquetzal: %dear brother %yappan
Last Line: Because of this he is called %'head-carrier''
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


SUN'S CHILDREN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Although %we may lose
Last Line: We will win %this war %in peace
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TEMICXOCH, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: In my sleep
Last Line: I smell the roots %of this flower
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TEPEYOLLOTLI, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Water's %the heart of
Last Line: Its voice: %a jaguar %of echoes
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


THE AZTEC CITY, by EUGENE FITCH WARE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a clouded city, gone to rest
Last Line: Came out but me -- I, I alone, survive.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ironquill
Subject(s): Aztecs


THUNDER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tlaloc's %laughter
Last Line: From %afar
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TO AN AZTEC, by JENNIFER TONGE    Poem Source                    
First Line: You missed the vocation most suited
Last Line: Your hand on my breast, ready, sloe-eyed
Subject(s): Aztecs


TO AN AZTEC IDOL, by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Little idol of gold / with your legs interlaced
Last Line: Lusts, little god,—little fiend!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Idols


TO CAST SLEEP, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %I, the one-called-night
Last Line: Soon I shall do this to them %and all shall be drunk with night
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TO EARTHWORMS BEFORE FISHING WITH A HOOK, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Help me %white spirit
Last Line: The man fish %the woman fish %dwellers of meanders
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Crossed %in despair
Last Line: A fantasy island %some time ago %turning %natives %into aliens
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TO UNDO THE SLEEP SPELL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I'm going to take them back
Last Line: From their dream-flower %I am %the night-drinker
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TOBACCO, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Piciete: %sacred dust
Last Line: The lips %the hands %the living %quarters
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TONAL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: If you lose %your tonal
Last Line: Might as well %be dead
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TONALAMATL/SPIRIT BOOK, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Pages %whisper %sigh %sing
Last Line: I start %singing %all kinds %of flowers
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


TONANTZIN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mother %are you here %with us?
Last Line: And fire of %our rebellion!
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans; Women - Bible


TRAVELER'S PRAYER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I myself %I, quetzalcoatl
Last Line: To be stained %with blood %come forth %cross my path
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


URBAN VILLAGERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Hummingbirds %consoling
Last Line: The flowers %of the avenues
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


VISIONS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: At night %I see
Last Line: By ear %by hand %by heart
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


WATER SPIRITS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: These rivers %flow deep %inside
Last Line: Well uphill %stream off %volcanoes
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


WE COME ONLY TO DREAM, by TOCHIHUITZIN COYOLCHIUHQUI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thus spoke tochihuitzin, %thus spoke coyolchiuhqui
Last Line: Thus spoke coyolchiuhqui
Subject(s): Aztecs


WE'RE ONE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Sea %dust
Last Line: Tear %pollen
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


WISER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Now I know %why my father
Last Line: Would go out %and cry %in the rain
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


WORKING HANDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: We clean %your room
Last Line: One day %will write %the main text %of this land
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


YOLILIZTLI/LIFE IN MOTION, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Something %more than nothing
Last Line: Capable of turning %caterpillers into %butterflies
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


YOLLOXOCHITL/HEART-FLOWER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was you %sister
Last Line: It was you %sister %your blood %your wounds
Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans


YOU HAVE LIVED THE SONG, by TOCHIHUITZIN COYOLCHIUHQUI    Poem Source                    
Last Line: The garlands of flowers %fall out there
Subject(s): Aztecs