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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MEXICO Matches Found: 434 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BUFFALO DANCE AT SANTO DOMINGO, by WITTER BYNNER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dawn came Last Line: Our breast and forehead with the turquoise sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Native Americans; New Mexico; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America A DANCE FOR RAIN (AT COCHITI, NEW MEXICO), by WITTER BYNNER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You may never see rain, unless you see Last Line: Rain, rain in cochiti! Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): Cochiti, New Mexico; Dancing & Dancers; Hopi Indians; Native Americans; Rain; West (u.s.); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Southwest; Pacific States A FIESTA IN THE MOUNTAINS WAS A RARE TREAT, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Mexico 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 ALBUQUERQUE GRAVEYARD, by JAY WRIGHT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It would be easier Last Line: And turn for home Subject(s): Albuquerque, New Mexico; Cemeteries ALBUQUERQUE SUMMER '89, by SUSAN SHERMAN Poem Source First Line: I didn't leave willingly was sent away Last Line: Without memory without place %the dirt beneath me still %andgreen Subject(s): Albuquerque, New Mexico; Summer ALBUQUERQUE, 1937, by MARINE ROBERT WARDEN Poem Source First Line: The mountain fit in my hand Subject(s): Albuquerque, New Mexico 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 AND SO YOU GO, NEVER TO COME BACK, by JOSE EMILIO PACHECO Poem Source First Line: Land of those childhood stories Last Line: Wherever we are Subject(s): Mexico AND THE CHILD A BOAT, by RAUL BANUELOS Poem Source First Line: Once there was a little boat Last Line: And the inventions of children %when they play Subject(s): Mexico ANDREA, by GUADALUPE MORFIN Poem Source First Line: Andrea hummingbird %went into the garden Last Line: In the garden %of my heart Subject(s): Mexico ANGEL DEL TEMBLOR, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Fallen bronze head, your welds apart Last Line: Teresa almost skips. She is so %happy just holding angelita's hand Subject(s): Mexico; Travel ANT, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: In this country a traveler Last Line: Turns out to be an anthill! Subject(s): Mexico APPLE, by JOSE GOROSTIZA Poem Source First Line: Yes, the apple tastes of light Last Line: So much like morning! Subject(s): Mexico AT THE DOOR, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: People, words, people Subject(s): Mexico AT THE DOOR, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: People, words, people Last Line: Up there the moon, alone Subject(s): Mexico AT THE WATER'S EDGE, by HOMERO ARIDJIS Poem Source First Line: Hungry gulls %in the drizzle Last Line: Hungry gulls %far-off on the meadow Subject(s): Mexico BABIES IN THE MEXICO CITY EARTHQUAKE, by D. M. WALLACE Poem Source First Line: Days and days after the crumbling Subject(s): Disasters; Earthquakes; Mexico City BACK IN MEXICO CITY, by DAISY ZAMORA Poem Source First Line: Your city for ten student years Last Line: Has remained as the final, fragile proof %of the dream Subject(s): Mexico City BALLOON, by EDUARDO HURTADO Poem Source First Line: There goes the balloon Last Line: Baptizing landscapes and vistas Subject(s): Mexico BATHING PLACE, by LUIS MEDINA GUTIERREZ Poem Source First Line: The girl greets the water Last Line: Jumps %the pool sneezes Subject(s): Mexico BECOMING ONE OF THE GUYS, by DEBRA KANG DEAN Poem Source First Line: When he said my thigh was nothing like his girlfriend's Last Line: Dave, wake up, your best head on back to the hut' Alternate Author Name(s): Dean, Debi Kang Subject(s): Adolescence; Boys; Mothers And Sons; New Mexico BELLY BUTTON, by ALBERTO FORCADA Poem Source First Line: Like the balloons %that float at parties Last Line: So I won't go flat Subject(s): Mexico BIRDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Snakes Last Line: In flight Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans BIRDS, by RAMIRO LOMELI Poem Source First Line: Birds, %they are heaven itself Last Line: Birds pecking the water Subject(s): Mexico 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 BLOOD, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: In the market a bull's skinned head Last Line: Hurry across the room Subject(s): Mexico; Travel BLOOD OF THE CHIEFTAINS RAN LIKE WATER', by FRANK LIMA Poem Source First Line: Moctezoma is drowning Last Line: As a song %I was born %as a flower %I will %die...' Subject(s): Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans BOATS, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: A poem is a boat built of wood Last Line: That reflect our globe %with all its shadows Subject(s): Mexico BREAKFAST IN BAJA, by PETER LUDWIN Poem Source First Line: Restaurant jalisco, the sign read Last Line: Where the pelicans flocked to greet us? Subject(s): Food And Eating; Mexico BROTHER SUN, by CARLOS PELLICER Poem Source First Line: Brother sun, when it pleases you we will go Last Line: Walk behind a deep wall Subject(s): Mexico BUEONO-BYE, by ALLISON ADELLE HEDGE COKE Poem Source First Line: Dusk %mountain view transforms to street scene Last Line: This is %sante fe Subject(s): New Mexico BURROS, by JOHN CURTIS UNDERWOOD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The burros soak in the sun Last Line: They shall be standing between rimrock and sky. Subject(s): Donkeys; Sante Fe, New Mexico; Burros CABALIST, by ANGELINA MUNIZ-HUBERMAN Poem Source First Line: Abraham, the cabalist, sat the children down around him in a circle of light Last Line: Creation's tree of knowledge Subject(s): Mexico CABALLOS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: The painted caballos of the carneval Last Line: Cheeks goodnight, and shut the door Subject(s): Mexico; Travel CACTUS, by HOMERO ARIDJIS Poem Source First Line: It grows on itself %like a flame Last Line: Burnt and dry %it flowers Subject(s): Mexico 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 CAPTIVE, by LUIS MEDINA GUTIERREZ Poem Source First Line: A pool is reluctant Last Line: Prisoner to the twinkling stars Subject(s): Mexico CARVER OF MASKS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: He works the knife Last Line: Pig, he thinks, and wipes his knife on his jeans Subject(s): Mexico; Travel CASA, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: I am walled and atop my walls Last Line: Come to me in ribbons Subject(s): Mexico; Travel CATECHISM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: From where do they come Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CATEDRAL, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Below the gold virgin, notes fade Last Line: She feels them fill with light Subject(s): Mexico; Travel CEDAR CHEST, by ROSARIO CASTELLANOS Poem Source First Line: The ax that felled Last Line: Or the wind or the birds Subject(s): Mexico CENTRIPETAL, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This time if there is time if time Last Line: Remains. Subject(s): Absence; Longing; Love - Loss Of; New Mexico; Separation; Isolation 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 CHILES: A BIRTHDAY POEM, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Lanterns, orange and veined Last Line: I will be who I am Subject(s): Mexico; Travel CHIMALPOA; A MONODRAMA - FOUNDED ON AN EVENT IN THE MEXICAN HISTORY, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Subjects! Friends! Children! I may call you my children Last Line: Perform your office! Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Death; Duty; History; Mexico; Public Worship; Sacrifices; Dead, The; Historians; Church Attendance 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 CIUDAD ACUNA, by PETER LASALLE Poem Source First Line: Let me have this forever Last Line: With their trunks whitewashed so bright lower down Subject(s): Mass; Mexico; Religion CLIMBING VINE, by VICTOR MANUEL MENDIOLA Poem Source First Line: As I lay down in the garden grass Last Line: Its grave notes and its enormous flight Subject(s): Mexico 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 COATLICUE'S RULES: ADVICE FROM AN AZTEC GODDESS, by PAT MORA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rule 1: beware of offers to make you famous Subject(s): Chicanos; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Women In The Bible; Mexican Americans; Virgin Mary COATLICUE'S RULES: ADVICE FROM AN AZTEC GODDESS, by PAT MORA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rule 1: beware of offers to make you famous Last Line: Rule 9: be selective about what you swallow Subject(s): Chicanos; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Women - Bible COMING DOWN TO THE DESERT AT LORDBURG, N.M., by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stand there on the rock Last Line: Hand in hand Subject(s): New Mexico CREATION OF THE WORLD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: For every destruction, a creation Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CRICKET, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: The night contains his wit Last Line: In the grass of the sky Subject(s): Mexico CRY, by ALFONSO REYES Poem Source First Line: At the closing of the day, the friends gather Last Line: But the little voice doesn't stop crying Subject(s): Mexico CUANDO MORIMOS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Hernan fell. He used not to be afraid Last Line: Do business in its rooms Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 DAY THAT LEFT, by HOMERO ARIDJIS Poem Source Last Line: On the ash-trees and dust Subject(s): Mexico DEAD CITIES, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out of it all but this remains Last Line: To guard its ruined shrines from harm. Subject(s): Mexico DELIRIUM IN VERA CRUZ, by MALCOLM LOWRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where has tenderness gone, he asked the mirror Subject(s): Veracruz, Mexico DELIRIUM IN VERA CRUZ, by MALCOLM LOWRY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where has tenderness gone, he asked the mirror Last Line: He smashed all the glass in the room. (bill: $50.) Subject(s): Veracruz, Mexico DESERT MONTAINS (MEXICAN COAST), by STANTON ARTHUR COBLENTZ Poem Text First Line: Their loneliness lies brooding like a cloud Last Line: Mere spindrift flying in a windy place. Subject(s): Mexico; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) DESERT SONG, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I came on from santa fe Last Line: The scent of rain, the scent of rain! Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Sante Fe, New Mexico DEWEY AND DANCER, by JOSEPHINE MILES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cambises king, the mexican bandit Subject(s): Mexico; Dancing & Dancers; Storms DISMAL MOMENT PASSING, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is, this is Subject(s): Mexico 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 DOG, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: The dog on the roof leans snarling Last Line: The hairs rise on my arms. %I want the dog Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 DRIED SHRIMP, by JOANNE KYGER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When no alternatives are left Last Line: And our old father leaves us Alternate Author Name(s): Snyder, Gary, Mrs. Subject(s): Grief; Loss; Mexico; Nostalgia DRIVING THROUGH NEW MEXICO, by KURT LELAND Poem Source First Line: What are the signs of a god's withdrawal? Last Line: Grandeur arched over a cemetery Subject(s): Driving And Drivers; God; New Mexico 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 DRUNK IN PECOS, by WILLIAM WITHERUP Poem Source First Line: We smoked 2 joints and talked Last Line: To the full moon and the dust Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Drinks And Drinking; Love - Complaints; New Mexico DUCKS, by HOMERO ARIDJIS Poem Source First Line: On cold mornings the ducks Last Line: The dog and the stone alike Subject(s): Mexico ECLIPSE, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: The government says that women Last Line: Would whiten our eyes forever Subject(s): Mexico; Travel EDWARD WESTON IN MEXICO CITY, by PHILIP DACEY Poem Source First Line: Clouds, torsos, shells, peppers, trees, rocks, smokestacks Last Line: I'll look at what's under the sun; if I see right, %I'll be remembering what I see tonight Subject(s): Art And Artists; Mexico City; Photography And Photographers; Weston, Edward (1886-1958) EIGHTEEN-DOLLAR TAXI TRIP TO TIZAPAN AND BACK TO CHAPALA, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A taxi driver / with a good life Last Line: Upstairs over a bodega Subject(s): Taxis; Mexico EL CAFE, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Stone arches frame the table where a man has joined melinda Last Line: Melinda shows him the mask Subject(s): Mexico; Travel EL CAPITAIN-GENERAL, by CHARLES GODFREY LELAND Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a capitain-general who ruled in vera cruz Last Line: Even two like don alonzo estaban san salvador. Alternate Author Name(s): Breitmann, Hans Subject(s): Mexico EL COMETA, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is said, when the star of rumi burns azul Last Line: All our eyes will explode all the eyes – in praise Subject(s): Mexico; Liberty; Mexican Americans EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, by RAFAEL CAMPO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In mexico, I met myself one day Last Line: In mexico, they sing so beautifully Subject(s): Mexico; Gays & Lesbians; Illness EL GRITO DE DOLORES, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: A bus passes %I drink its sweet black air Last Line: Wet lips. Get off the road Subject(s): Mexico; Travel EL MERCADO, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: In the center of the mercado Last Line: There is rope. No one was leaving after all Subject(s): Mexico; Travel EL MILAGRO, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Adela sees the pig ascend to heaven Last Line: She will never again eat pork Subject(s): Mexico; Travel ENCHANTMENT, by ALBERTO FORCADA Poem Source First Line: The trees are birds bewitched Last Line: How many times must I kiss them? Subject(s): Mexico 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 EVENT, by JULIE CARR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A motel in new mexico Last Line: A gathering of cars hum together %in the irrepressible yellow Subject(s): New Mexico EX-SANTA FEAN, by MERLIN WENDLAND Poem Text First Line: So, caballero, you go now? Last Line: For that town of santa fe. Subject(s): Sante Fe, New Mexico EZLN, by ANNE WALDMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Note this / a range of which Subject(s): Clubs (associations); Freedom; Human Rights; Labor Unions; Mexico; Military; Poverty; Strikes; Liberty; Labor Disputes; Lockouts EZLN, by ANNE WALDMAN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Note this %a range of which Last Line: Terra-cotta idols %smashed to the ground Subject(s): Clubs (associations); Freedom; Human Rights; Labor Unions; Mexico; Military; Poverty; Strikes 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 FINAL, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: I will die in tonala among the ceramic hamburgers Last Line: Anything in my life, I will want to play too Subject(s): Mexico; Travel FIRE AND THE OPOSSUM, by CARLOS INCHAUSTEGUI Poem Source First Line: It is told that long ago there was an old woman who succeeded in capturing fire Last Line: And that is why, even today, all opossums have a hairless, naked tail Subject(s): Mexico FIRE IN THE OLD WAY, by FLORENCE FRIESEN LARSON Poem Source First Line: God, so young!' you groan of the photo Last Line: How we knew to keep that flame %burning Subject(s): Caves; New Mexico; Pictures; Travel; Vacation FIREFLY, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: In the country, heart Last Line: The fireflies are little stars Subject(s): Mexico 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 FISH THEY CALL SIERRA, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: They name it for how it leaps, for its wish to become sky Last Line: Unclenches the star on his hand Subject(s): Mexico; Travel FLIGHT OF THE ITZAS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: They came with a fury Last Line: Just death and blood %and sorrow, sorrow, sorrow! Subject(s): Grief; Mayas; 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 FLY, by EDUARDO HURTADO Poem Source First Line: Because the fly is filthy Last Line: -and be sure to be home %both night and day Subject(s): Mexico 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 GENTLY BENT TO EASE US'; FOR BILL KNOTT, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rainmakers are these second growths Last Line: Like the emerald gear of a long-dead martyred king. Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Creative Ability; Mexico; Heritage; Heredity; Inspiration; Creativity GIRLS IN TIJUANA, by LINDA K. SIENKIEWICZ Poem Source First Line: Along revolucion street, she braids Last Line: From the ocean into another world Subject(s): Begging And Beggars; Hunger; Mexico; Poverty GORGE: CUERNAVACA: 2. VIEW FROM THE GORGE, by BEN BELITT Poem Source First Line: Dore knew this overhang Last Line: And the spirit is willing Variant Title(s): View From The Gorge (cuernavaca Subject(s): Cuernavaca, Mexico GUAYABAS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Puckered pears %arranged in hard pyramids on the stone Last Line: The curve of her cheek Subject(s): Mexico; Travel GYPSY GRANDDAUGHTER, by MARTHA BLACK JORDAN Poem Source First Line: You are strumming gypsy chords Last Line: With the clack of my castanets Subject(s): Mexico 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 HER STORY, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Her palms pale with masa Last Line: Vanish into the twilit water like prayer Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: ANDREA BELARDE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Which man is the greatest villain? Last Line: They brought for our destruction Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Mexico - French Invasion; Napoleon Iii (1808-1873) HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: ARCADIA ALVARADO, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I reject their monarchy Last Line: My country free from all disgrace Subject(s): Mexico - French Invasion HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: BELL WARNER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I long to see all the north Last Line: I give a hail! To our president Subject(s): Juarez, Benito (1806-1872); Mexico - French Invasion HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: FRANCISCA GARCIA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Mexico! You in whose countryside Last Line: Gaze upon you silent and amazed Subject(s): Mexico - French Invasion HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: MERCED J. DE GONZALES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My heart tells me Last Line: Gives a hail to benito juarez Subject(s): Mexico - French Invasion HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: REFUJIA DIAZ, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My friends, I give a toast Last Line: Maximilian soon will die! Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Mexico - French Invasion HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: REFUJIO DIAZ, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: That stupid maximilian Last Line: With no more talent than an owl Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Mexico - French Invasion HIDDEN WORLD, by JOSE EMILIO PACHECO Poem Source First Line: It's the place of the computers Last Line: #name? Subject(s): Mexico HIGH TREASON, by JOSE EMILIO PACHECO Poem Source First Line: I do not love my country. Its abstract splendour Last Line: And three or four rivers Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 HOMAGE TO A GIRL IN A SWING, by RAUL ACEVES Poem Source First Line: The pale girl bounces her body happily Last Line: Like the blue deer's arrows Subject(s): Mexico HOMAGE TO A SEA HORSE GARDEN, by RAUL ACEVES Poem Source First Line: In the fish tank, world of transparent walls Last Line: The little horses would neigh Subject(s): Mexico HOMAGE TO THE COOKIE ISLANDS, by RAUL ACEVES Poem Source First Line: The cookie islands don't exist on any map Last Line: Even if I had to travel into a watercolor or %lithograph Subject(s): Mexico 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 HOMENAJES DE GRATITUD: FILOMENO IBARRA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In ancient rome there stood Last Line: Take constant care of our lamp Subject(s): Mexico - French Invasion; Patriotism HOMENAJES DE GRATITUD: ISABEL WARNER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When the french, to their shame Last Line: May our liberators always succeed! Subject(s): Mexico - French Invasion; Rosales, Antonio (1822-1865) HOMENAJES DE GRATITUD: REFUGIO ARCE DE SILVA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In the middle of the evening Last Line: Had gazed upon rivera Subject(s): Mexico - French Invasion; Rivera, Aureliano (1832-1904) HOMENAJES DE GRATITUD: TERESA MORALES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Tell me, lovely mexico Last Line: I hail! That his fame may never die Subject(s): Herrera, Hipolito (1830-1885); Mexico - French Invasion; Shrines HONEY BEE, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: When you go to bed Last Line: And your dreams the honey Subject(s): Mexico HOTEL FLORA, by MIRIAM SAGAN Poem Source First Line: I want to go to mexico city and be mysterious and sad Last Line: To a room that is not mine Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Women - Bible HUERTA, by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A man of destiny. A sword Last Line: No text-book pedant, but a man. Subject(s): Huerta, Victoriano (1854-1916); Mexico I AM A PEACH TREE, by PANCHO ERNANTES ERNANTES Poem Source Last Line: But the rain cares for me, so I will grow Subject(s): Mexico I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO KNOW THE SEA, by ERIKA RAMIREZ DIEZ Poem Source Last Line: Every time it arrives %it leaves Subject(s): Mexico 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 IF YOU SEE ME IN L.A. IT'S BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR AIRPORT, by VICTOR HERNANDEZ CRUZ Poem Source First Line: Even without hollywood Last Line: Beholding the distance %of the smog Subject(s): Hispanic Americans; Los Angeles; Mexico City; Travel; West Indies IMPRESSIONS OF THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lieutenant governor sits in the center Last Line: "may say 'ay', those opposed may raise their feet." Subject(s): Legislation; New Mexico; Politics & Government IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION FROM P.W., by LEW WELCH Poem Source First Line: Ikn mexico I'll finish the novel I'll write, rough, while Last Line: Holstein, but I gotta see your money first Subject(s): Mexico; Writing And Writers 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 MAZATLAN, by RUTH SCOTT DANCER Poem Text First Line: In mazatlan, the ocean roars Last Line: In mazatlan. Subject(s): Mazatlan, Mexico IN MEXICO, by EVALEEN STEIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The cactus towers, straight and tall Last Line: In mexico. Subject(s): Mexico IN MEXICO THE BIG, LOVELY, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Becoming a normal woman %only more so Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Mexico; Nature; Women IN PASSING, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: The moon is only %dust in the curtains Last Line: Her voice guides %a cat's shadow Subject(s): Mexico IN THE MARKET, JESUS CLEANS FISH, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: One slick hand slides in Last Line: Like lupe when she moans Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 THE SILVER, by JENNIFER CLEMENT Poem Source First Line: The smallest star in me %was split in two %for her Last Line: We'd ride the carousel %22 times Subject(s): Mexico 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 INTESTINE OF TAOS, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The dirt part of the road is five miles Last Line: Cool summer night in the desert; boulevard of stars. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Love - Complaints; New Mexico ISLA MUJERES, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The shoal we saw from the boat was fish; Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Dreams; Isla Mujeres, Mexico; Anglers; Nightmares JA JA, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: The guard at the jewelry store sights along the barrel of his Last Line: Turns the corner. He lowers the gun. Ja ja Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 JUAN OF THE ANGELS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Sits in the dark bar. The hotel Last Line: The boy plays on alone Subject(s): Mexico; Travel KA PO'O OWENGE, by ROSEMARY DIAZ Poem Source First Line: Grandma's flowers wilted Last Line: The clay was calling her home Subject(s): New Mexico KATUN PROPHECIES, SELS., by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans LA ESTRELLA, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: The star is everywhere, says miguel Last Line: Is closed, holding his star safe Subject(s): Mexico; Travel LA SENORA DE GARCIA-MARCOS CONSIDERS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Can I cover me with a snake? Last Line: My jeweled wrists and hands Subject(s): Mexico; Travel LADYBUG, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: From the distance the ladybug Last Line: And bright red lips Subject(s): Mexico LAST DAWN, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your hair lost in the forest Subject(s): Mexico LAST DAWN, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your hair lost in the forest Last Line: Will tomorrow be another day? Subject(s): Mexico LEMON TREE, by JENNIFER CLEMENT Poem Source First Line: If you climb a lemon tree Last Line: And you might find stories %in its branches Subject(s): Mexico LENGTHENING LIGHT, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: My shadow over the plaza is growing long Last Line: The beautiful lengthening light Subject(s): Mexico; Travel LETTER EXPLAINING THE HUMMINGBIRD'S FLIGHT TO LITTLE PAOLA, SELS, by DANTE MEDINA Poem Source First Line: When the hummingbird alights Last Line: The rose sipper Subject(s): Mexico LETTER REMEMBERING THE DOG THAT AGNES ONCE HAD, by DANTE MEDINA Poem Source First Line: He was a simple dog Last Line: Oops: you've just added six feet to happiness! Subject(s): Mexico LIBERATOR, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: She is five years old, wearing pink ruffles and shiny Last Line: She will never escape Subject(s): Mexico; Travel LIBERTY, by A. L. JAUREGUI Poem Source First Line: What I love the most Last Line: Shall I take it %away, ever Subject(s): Mexico LIGIA, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: The family sleeps. Their hammocks Last Line: Where he has spread them to dry Subject(s): Mexico; Travel LINES WRITTEN IN THE 16TH CENTURY, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For aye be hynce ye vayne delyghts Last Line: Forlettying erthlie loste. Subject(s): England; Mexico; Poetry & Poets; Religion; English; Theology 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 GIRL WITH CHOCOLATES, by HUGO GARCIA GONZALEZ Poem Source First Line: A little girl in sandals Last Line: Walking in sandals on the avenue Subject(s): Mexico 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 LOS VIEJITOS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: They leer from market stalls Last Line: They will overwhelm us all Subject(s): Mexico; Travel LOST WHITE BROTHER, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are about / to move away from guys getting messy Last Line: My love. Subject(s): Absence; New Mexico; Solitude; Separation; Isolation; Loneliness LOVE IN OLD MEXICO, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I dreamed of ships sailing across the sun Last Line: And thro' them all there gleamed the face of you. Subject(s): Dreams; Mexico; Ships & Shipping; Nightmares LULLABY, by LETICIA HERRERA ALVAREZ Poem Source First Line: In late afternoon when the sun turns 'round Last Line: From a citron moon, the barefoot night Subject(s): Mexico MAD LUMP BUMPED, by JOSE JUAN TABLADA Poem Source Last Line: Toad %tiptoed Subject(s): Mexico MALINCHE'S TIPS: PIQUE FROM MEXICO'S MOTHER, by PAT MORA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My face isn't red Last Line: Sound familiar? Subject(s): Mexico; Ancestors & Ancestry; Mothers MAN IN THE LARGE AND GLITTERING HAT, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Thinks the stars flurried down Last Line: The hat, like a galaxy, on its peg Subject(s): Mexico; Travel MARBLES, by JENNIFER CLEMENT Poem Source First Line: In the patio %I play with marbles Last Line: And a piece of blue candy Subject(s): Mexico MARCH IN NEW MEXICO, by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Coming home in the cold wind Last Line: The trail is a love poem, a little stanza which the desert %wind will erase Alternate Author Name(s): Beston, Henry, Mrs. Subject(s): March (month); New Mexico MARIA OF THE SWEET GREEN PEARS, by CONSUELO DE AERENLUND Poem Source First Line: Seventeen and shy %she greets my words Last Line: The tree will surely die Subject(s): Mexico MARTA OF MILRONE, by HERMAN GEORGE SCHEFFAUER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I shot him where the rio flows Last Line: O marta of milrone! Subject(s): Animals; Cowboys; Death; Horses; Man-woman Relationships; Marriage; Mexico; Ranch Life; Revenge; West (u.s.); Dead, The; Male-female Relations; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Southwest; Pacific States 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 MAXIMILIAN, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not with a craven spirit he Last Line: "poor maximilian!" Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67) MEANING OF TAQUITOS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: She flips bits of meat into small limp Last Line: Red? A few moments. Thousands of years Subject(s): Mexico; Travel MELODRAMA BEFORE LUNCH, by GARY SOTO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: How I love mexican women with mascara Last Line: The exhaust of self-pity ever again Subject(s): Eyes; Mexico; Women MEMOIR OF A PROUD BOY, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He lived on the wings of storm Last Line: Is a leather bag of poems and short stories. Subject(s): Mexico; Murder; Villa, Francisco (pancho) (1878-1923) 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 METEOR, by ELIAS NANDINO Poem Source First Line: Upon the table %a glass Last Line: A galaxy %is born Subject(s): Mexico MEXICAN DESERT, by MARGARET LATHROP LAW Poem Text First Line: Where desert sage and agave are rimmed Last Line: The shallow will tremble in solitude. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Mexico MEXICAN IMPRESSIONS, by GREGORY NUNZIO CORSO Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Through a moving window Last Line: They have ordinary %american cows Alternate Author Name(s): Corso, Gregory Subject(s): Mexico MEXICAN LONLINESS, by JOHN KEROUAC Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And I am an unhappy stranger Last Line: If I do nothing %nothing does Alternate Author Name(s): Kerouac, Jack Subject(s): Mexico; Nothingness; Solitude MEXICO, by EDA D. FLAGG Poem Text First Line: Strange land! You lie there like a dragon crouched Last Line: But light the land from blue and cloudless skies. Subject(s): Mexico MEXICO, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: I have lived here before but always Last Line: For fear. Yes I am coming home Subject(s): Mexico; Travel MEXICO IN THE SHADOW OF MERCADERES, by G. TOD STONE Poem Source First Line: Puerto vallarta is %a society of mercaderes Last Line: Amigo, %--what you need, I almost have it....' Subject(s): Mexico MEXICO IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY; FOUR STUDIES IN NATURALISM, by ROBERT PENN WARREN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Butterflies, over the map Subject(s): Mexico; Butterflies; Mangoes; Soldiers; Nature; Old Age 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 MOMENT, by HOMERO ARIDJIS Poem Source First Line: Light examines the bread %on the table Last Line: And there is nothing else Subject(s): Mexico MONCHITOS' LITTLE CAR, by MARGARITA ROBLEDA MOGUEL Poem Source First Line: Monchito, monchito had a car Last Line: Because it belongs to monchito Subject(s): Mexico MONDAY MORNING IN THE PLAZA DE LAS ARMAS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: The tiny plastic soldiers dangle Last Line: Comes up, rock softly, like lullabies Subject(s): Mexico; Travel MONTERREY SUN, by ALFONSO REYES Poem Source First Line: No shadow of doubt; the sun Last Line: Knew shadow, only sunroom Subject(s): Mexico MONTERREY SUN, by ALFONSO REYES Poem Source First Line: No doubt: the sun %dogged me when a child Last Line: No shadow in my childhood %but was red with sun Subject(s): Childhood Memories; Monterey, Mexico 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 MOON IS YOURS, by JAIME SABINES Poem Source First Line: Look at the moon. The moon is yours, no one can take it away from you. You have Last Line: I give it to you, as I give you my heart and my days. I give it to you so that you will let it go Subject(s): Mexico MOON, A BANANA, by JESUS CARLOS SOTO MORFIN Poem Source First Line: A banana left %at night Last Line: In the sky %and we call him moon Subject(s): Mexico MORELOS PARK, by ADRIANA DIAZ ENCISO Poem Source First Line: A washed morning %announces that spring will come Last Line: Brimming with this brilliant wet %green covering the park Subject(s): Mexico 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 MORNINGS IN MEXICO, by CONSTANCE URDANG Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: The sun behind a cloud Last Line: All the way to the twilight-colored mountains. Subject(s): Mexico MOTH, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: Clear off the table and the chairs Last Line: What will the moths eat? Subject(s): Mexico MOTHERS WITH A BABY, by GUADALUPE MORFIN Poem Source Last Line: Places with an enchanted maiden Subject(s): Mexico 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 NATALIA'S QUESTIONS, by MYRIAM MOSCONA Poem Source First Line: When you say tree Last Line: Gives back to the word %its final meaning Subject(s): Mexico 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 NEW MEXICAN MOUNTAIN, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I watch the indians dancing to help the young corn at taos pueblo Subject(s): Mountains; Native Americans; New Mexico; Tourists; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America NEW MEXICAN MOUNTAIN, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I watch the indians dancing to help the young corn at taos pueblo Last Line: Tribal drum, and the rockhead of taos mountain, remember that civilization is a transient sickness Subject(s): Mountains; Native Americans; New Mexico; Tourists NEW MEXICO, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun blazes in silence Last Line: Darkness and cold. Subject(s): New Mexico; Sun 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 NIGHT IN THE KITCHEN, by HOMERO ARIDJIS Poem Source First Line: Peas come out of their pods Last Line: By a single spoon Subject(s): Mexico 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 NOMBRES, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: We name our streets for desire. Calzada de la indepencia rotates Last Line: Drink cerveza into the candled night and celebrate that life is short Subject(s): Mexico; Travel NOPALES, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: They start before dawn, baskets airy on their backs Last Line: Over the hills is the light of miracles Subject(s): Mexico; Travel NOT EVEN A CLOUD, by ERMILO ABREU GOMEZ Poem Source First Line: The sun slipped into the wind that burned like a coal. 'little guy,' said Last Line: Clouds, jacinto, clouds' Subject(s): Mexico 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 OBJECTS, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They live alongside us Subject(s): Mexico OBJECTS, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They live alongside us Last Line: But sometimes they speak with us Subject(s): Mexico ODE TO THE AVOCADO, by JAN LEE ANDE Poem Source First Line: Coddled in my palm, bigger than a hen's egg Last Line: Your green flesh tastes smooth as butter on the tongue Subject(s): Fruit; Mexico; Travel 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 ONE IS FOR MAAX, ONE IS FOR JABALI, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This unknown fountain, fifteen mayas Last Line: Waveless, half of the world in light Subject(s): Mexico 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 ORANGEADE, by LUIS MEDINA GUTIERREZ Poem Source First Line: At dawn %the cloud sections Last Line: The sunny orange %changes clothes Subject(s): Mexico OUR LADY OF THE CANNERY WORKERS, by CHERRIE MORAGA Poem Source First Line: Returning from watsonville Last Line: You turn to seed Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Women - Bible PANORAMA, by JOSE JUAN TABLADA Poem Source First Line: Under my window Last Line: And the chinese music of the cats Subject(s): Mexico PASSOVER, by MIRIAM SAGAN Poem Source First Line: Jews must be everywhere Last Line: Despite our exile, wandering Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Women - Bible PELUQUERO, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: On the street a man is losing his hair Last Line: Bright scissors in his forward hand Subject(s): Mexico; Travel PINATA, by JENNIFER CLEMENT Poem Source First Line: In the night, %while we were asleep Last Line: As it was a yellow lion %in a green hat Subject(s): Mexico PLATANILLOS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Mira, the child says, pointing Last Line: Blood comes off on her hands Subject(s): Mexico; Travel PLAZA, by ANTONIO DELTORO Poem Source First Line: In the plaza %the pavement has a rest Last Line: Said this word %for the first time Subject(s): Mexico PLUMA, by GERALD STERN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once, when there were no riches, somewhere in southern Last Line: A dog had started to bark arid lights were burning Subject(s): Mexico; Pens & Pencils; Writing & Writers PLUMA, by GERALD STERN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once, when there were no riches, somewhere in southern Last Line: A dog had started to bark and lights were burning Subject(s): Mexico; Pens And Pencils; Writing And Writers PLUMAGE OF THE FLOWERS, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tetlapan as a poet carried Last Line: "face-down in crimson dew." Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary 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 POET PENCIL, by JESUS CARLOS SOTO MORFIN Poem Source First Line: Once upon a time a pencil wanted to write Last Line: Put it into the sharpener, and in place of a point, %a river appeared Subject(s): Mexico POSTCARD FROM CUERNAVACA, by MICHAEL HOFMANN Poem Source First Line: Picture me %sitting between the flying buttresses of cuernavaca cathedral Last Line: As I do, on coke and bananas, which he doesn't trouble to peel Subject(s): Cuernavaca, Mexico 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 IN THE ORCHARD, by MANUEL PONCE Poem Source First Line: In their little eyes Last Line: Olive colored dreams Subject(s): Mexico 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 PRAYER TO THE CORN IN THE FIELD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Sacred food %sacred bones Last Line: From our feet %from our hands Subject(s): Mexico PROPERTY RIGHTS, by ELIAS NANDINO Poem Source First Line: Nothing is more mine Last Line: When I look at it! Subject(s): Mexico PROPHECIES DELIVERED TO THE PEOPLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Burn, burn, burn Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans PROPHECIES FOR THE TURN OF THE YEAR, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If the new year Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans PROPHECIES RECEIVED, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: To the small house of nacom balam Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans PROVERBS, SELS, by MARGARITA ROBLEDA MOGUEL Poem Source First Line: The way you ask Last Line: Is the way you will receive Subject(s): Mexico PROVERBS, SELS, by MARGARITA ROBLEDA MOGUEL Poem Source First Line: No bird alive can be sad Last Line: If it has a heart, a song, and seed Subject(s): Mexico PYRAMIDS AT TSUNTSINTSAN, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Tried to rise, like an old man Last Line: Til the pyramids struck us dumb Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 RAMON, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Drunk and senseless in his place Last Line: Dead as stone! Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Subject(s): Mexico; Mines & Miners; Tragedy; United States; America 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 RELIEFS, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rain, dancing, long-haired Subject(s): Mexico RELIEFS, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rain, dancing, long-haired Last Line: The corn opens its eyes, and grows Subject(s): Mexico REMEMBER MEXICO, by MICHAEL S. HARPER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Villages of high quality Subject(s): Mexico REMEMBER MEXICO, by MICHAEL S. HARPER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Villages of high quality Last Line: Farther up the mountainside Subject(s): Mexico 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 RETABLO, by RONNIE BURK Poem Source First Line: Was it woman in the shape of a tree? Last Line: As I fly into %the sun Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Women - Bible RETURN THE WATER, by LUIS MEDINA GUTIERREZ Poem Source First Line: A memory is so much %and nothing Last Line: The girl shows the moon to %the sun Subject(s): Mexico ROAD BLOCK: SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO, by CONNIE DEANOVICH Poem Source First Line: I had good manners Last Line: A pushed-back policeman's hat radioing in, %the red flashlight waving us on Subject(s): Cities; Police; Sante Fe, New Mexico ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: VITZLIPUTZLI, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On his head he wore the laurel Last Line: "my beloved mexico!" Subject(s): Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Explorers; Mexico; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers ROOFS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Of banged-on tin that never shone Last Line: The sick water. His eyes are flame Subject(s): Mexico; Travel SAILOR, by ALBERTO FORCADA Poem Source First Line: Mother, %do you know? Last Line: When you sang me to sleep Subject(s): Mexico SALVATION IN A CATHOLIC COUNTRY, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: As we enter gabriel palms Last Line: How easily we leave %breath behind Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 SANTA FE AT DUSK, by GEORGIA MOORE EBERLING Poem Text First Line: The narrow streets are veiled in violet shadows Last Line: And bathes the narrow streets in violet light. Subject(s): Sante Fe, New Mexico SANTA FE SKETCHES, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The valley was swept with a blue broom to the west Last Line: "we forget." Subject(s): Sante Fe, New Mexico SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, by APRIL HALPRIN WAYLAND Poem Source First Line: Up dusty red canyon road Last Line: Out here %in this gallery Subject(s): Sante Fe, New Mexico SECLUSION IN MEXICO CITY, by ERIC RAWSON Poem Source First Line: We bring two red carnations, three white ones Last Line: Nor weeps yet seems as sadly large as a private room Subject(s): Mexico City 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 SHIPWRECK, NEW MEXICO, by CYNTHIA J. HARPER Poem Source First Line: It's hard to be a cowboy's kid Last Line: Just hush, there can't be an %answer for everything Subject(s): New Mexico; Ranch Life SHOULD THE SPARROW LOSE ITS WINGS, by HOMERO ARIDJIS Poem Source Last Line: The song would still sing Subject(s): Mexico 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 SILENCES, by OLIVIA MACIEL Poem Source First Line: I become silences Last Line: I enter and so do you Subject(s): Dreams; Sleep; Veracruz, Mexico SILHOUETTE, by IDELLA PURNELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Green evening drooped in silence to the street Last Line: A motor car—behind a high-peaked hat! Subject(s): Automobiles; Mexico; Cars 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 SNOW CONE, by ALBERTO FORCADA Poem Source First Line: My mother %bought me Last Line: I asked %for lemon Subject(s): Mexico SO I BLOW SMOKE IN HER FACE, by LAURA TOHE Poem Source First Line: In the morning I race lii'litsoi across the open plain near the windmill. The Last Line: Feels good. My horse is strong and happily we make the climb up the %chooshgai Subject(s): Family Life; Fields; Horseback Riding; Native Americans - Reservations; New Mexico SOBRE TRANSPORTES DEL NORTE, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: He leans across the aisle, and points Last Line: There is so much I do not understand Subject(s): Mexico; Travel SOMERSAULT, by ELIAS NANDINO Poem Source First Line: What a perfect Last Line: The other side of the sea! Subject(s): Mexico SONG FOR JANUARY, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: The hour is cool and in class children Last Line: In the gray snow of volcanoes Subject(s): Mexico SONG FOR MAY, by ALBERTO BLANCO Poem Source First Line: Glowing eucalyptos, shadows Last Line: Is a bed with clean sheets Subject(s): Mexico SONGS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Xochitl Last Line: Flower %flor Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SONORAN RADIO, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Looking at a big moon too long Last Line: We've colored with blood. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Mexico; Pain; Poverty; Vision; Suffering; Misery SORCERESS, by ANGELINA MUNIZ-HUBERMAN Poem Source First Line: Veils, gauzes, and fine sheer nets bedeck the lovely alisa, the sorceress Last Line: Corners of the seas, the valleys and the mountains Subject(s): Mexico 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 SPRING IN ORIZABA, by MARIAN STORM Poem Text First Line: Those were afternoons! - with chipi-chipi falling Last Line: Kindling from its very torch that running green fire? Subject(s): Orizaba, Mexico; Spring STORY OF THE LAZY MAN AND THE ANTS, by SANTIAGO MENDES ZAPATA Poem Source First Line: A man was very lazy at working Last Line: Now on earth there are many ants %because of lazy men Subject(s): Mexico 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 STRAW, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: A man's sombrero with its one tiny tassel Last Line: Like wheat, whispering %in a field Subject(s): Mexico; Travel STREET LEVEL, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: He brandishes a fan of fly swatters Last Line: Battlements, he will be completely happy Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 SWALLOW, by EDUARDO MARTINEZ Poem Source First Line: The first day he flew over the shed Last Line: (they were hundreds, thousands) Subject(s): Mexico SWEATER, by ALBERTO FORCADA Poem Source First Line: Grandmother, %I'm cold Last Line: Can you knit me %some wrinkles? Subject(s): Mexico TAXCO, by MARY LINDA BRADLEY Poem Text First Line: Villages strange and lovely I have known Last Line: She must have trailed her cloak along the grass. Subject(s): Taxco, Mexico; Villages TELEPHONING IN MEXICAN SUNLIGHT, by GALWAY KINNELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Talking with my beloved in new york Last Line: Made her bed in his ear and slept him the world Subject(s): Love; Mexico 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 TENOCHTITLAN, by CARLOS CORTEZ KOYOKUIKATL Poem Source First Line: Tenochtitlan, %it has been so long that I have not seen you Last Line: I want to see the mountains! Subject(s): Cities; Mexico 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 ALBUQUERQUE GRAVEYARD, by JAY WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It would be easier Last Line: "abruptly drop my wilted flowers, Subject(s): Albuquerque, New Mexico; Cemeteries; Graveyards THE BATTLE OF THE KING'S MILL [SEPTEMBER 8, 1847], by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Said my landlord, white-headed gil gomez Last Line: "to conquer the country by trade." Subject(s): Mexico City, Battle Of (1847); United States - Mexican War (1846-1848) THE CAGED ROBIN, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At the pantheon of mexico Last Line: With the robin on the wall. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Juarez, Benito (1806-1872); Mexico; Robins THE EXECUTION OF MAXIMILIAN, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Muskets triggered a white smoke Last Line: Like friends long unseen, now returned. Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty THE FATE OF MAXIMILIAN OF MEXICO AND HIS EMPRESS, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Take physic, pomp!' look on that noble brow Last Line: Ye followed, fell, and perished in the way! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Mexico; Regicide THE GREEN WAY TO MONTEREY, by JOHN STEVEN MCGROARTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Green is the way to monterey Last Line: The sunset roofs of monterey. Subject(s): Monterey, Mexico THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S ANNUAL, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We are returning to new england for two weeks! My sister Last Line: Throughout the afternoon. Subject(s): Aging; Love - Erotic; Jews; Marriage; Mayas; Mexico; Morality; Photography & Photographers; Poetry & Poets; Vermont; World War Ii; Judaism; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Ethics; Second World War THE RAINY SEASON, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You've never seen such a flat black ocean Last Line: And the gold, the pink, lavender rocks Subject(s): Mexico; Rain THE SIEGE OF CHAPULTEPEC, by WILLIAM HAINES LYTLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wide o'er the valley the pennons are fluttering Last Line: Of her proud state at the siege of chapultepec. Subject(s): Chapultepec, Mexico; Mexico City, Battle Of (1847); U.s. - Mexican War (1846-1848) THE TORTURE OF CUAUHTEMOC, by ALAN SEEGER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Their strength had fed on this when death's white arms Last Line: And turned his face against the wall -- and died. Subject(s): America - Exploration; Mexico THE TROLLEY FROM XOCHIMILCO, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The late-afternoon rain stopped. The electric trolley Last Line: The plaster rosettes of the ceiling. Subject(s): Accidents; Buses; Death; Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954); Mexico City; Rivera, Diego (1886-1957); Dead, The THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL, by JAIME SABINES Poem Source Last Line: That happened once because I remember %it was true Subject(s): Mexico THREE SUNS, by ROMIN TERATOL Poem Source First Line: Long ago there were three suns Last Line: Now the moon's light is faint at night Subject(s): Mexico THREE VIEWS FROM THE LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Important men hold forth to an ocean Last Line: Hundreds of miles from the coast Subject(s): Mexico; Travel 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 TLAZOLTEOTL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Goddess of love %goddess of death Last Line: Goddess of love %tlazolteotl! Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Women - Bible TO A LITTLE BIRD, by CELEDONIO JUNCO DE LA VEGA Poem Source First Line: Melodious: %you keep your distance Last Line: Wings %are the wind's %festivities Subject(s): Mexico 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 DON JUAN BAZ, EX-GOV. OF MEXICO, by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Welcome, stranger! Glad I greet thee Last Line: Of sad thoughts that swell thy heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine Subject(s): Homeless; Mexico 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 NEW MEXICO, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Land of romance and dream and mystery Last Line: Crowning its glories with our lincoln's name! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): New Mexico TO THE REPUBLICANS OF NORTH AMERICA, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Brothers! Between you and me Last Line: Balm thee with its dying tear. Subject(s): Mexico 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 TOAD AND A BUZZARD, by REYMUNTO KOMES ERNANTES Poem Source First Line: What is written here are very old words, because it used to be that animals Last Line: Why the toad never arrived at the fiesta, because of what it said to its uncle, the buzzard Subject(s): Mexico 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 TOURISTS AT ENSENADA, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The sunlight, like rouault, draws a line Last Line: With cries as real and shadowy as foreign fear Subject(s): Art & Artists; Clowns; Colors; Mexico; Prostitution; Resorts; Tourists; Harlots; Whores; Brothels TRAVEL NOTE, by PHILIP DACEY Poem Source First Line: Mexicans love murals so much they even install them Last Line: Spectacularly colored birds on view in the capital Subject(s): Mexico; Murals 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 TRITON, by LUIS MEDINA GUTIERREZ Poem Source First Line: The rain %swims freely Last Line: It heads for %the navel of the patio Subject(s): Mexico TUN WHEEL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The wheel of time turns Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TURTLE, by JOSE JUAN TABLADA Poem Source First Line: Although he never leaves home Last Line: Lurches down the path Subject(s): Mexico TZIMIN CHAAK, by PAT MORA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rise, sweet horse, gather your resting bones Last Line: You and I, gallop wild with the wind Subject(s): Mexico; Horses; Cortes, Hernando (1485-1547) UCHEPAS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Tamales plain-steamed then whitened Last Line: Has not touched us, yet Subject(s): Mexico; Travel UPON FIRST SEEING NEW MEXICO MESAS AFTER A TRIP ABROAD, by GEORGE ST. CLAIR Poem Text First Line: Much beauty have I seen these summer days Last Line: My heart reserves its loyalty for you. Subject(s): New Mexico; Travel; Journeys; Trips 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 VERSES AT THE SHORE, SELS, by ROSARIO CASTELLANOS Poem Source First Line: The river flows from secret caverns Last Line: Won't ever know about thirst Subject(s): Mexico VERSES OF THE CITY, SELS, by RAMIRO LOMELI Poem Source First Line: The city sleeps Last Line: A chill %creeps down the tree Subject(s): Mexico VICTOR GALBRAITH, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under the walls of monterey Last Line: "of victor galbraith!" Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Galbraith, Victor; Military Justice; Monterey, Mexico; United States - Mexican War (1846-1848); Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Courts Martial VIPS, PASEO DE LA REFORMA, MEXICO CITY, by MICHAEL ANDREWS Poem Source First Line: From midnight till 3 we kill mosquitoes Last Line: That's what I have one for.' Subject(s): Mexico City VISION, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw myself when I shut my eyes Last Line: Where I am and am not Subject(s): Mexico 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 VISITING CHOLULA, MEXICO, 1970, by ANGELA BALL Poem Source First Line: First we saw a hill so tall Last Line: In and out of life, the wire Subject(s): Mexico; Travel WAGS, SELS, by LUIS MIGUEL AGUILAR Poem Source First Line: ...Whoever says mountain Last Line: The life that swings: to and fro Subject(s): Mexico WAILING WALL, SELS, by ROSARIO CASTELLANOS Poem Source First Line: I am my own daughter Last Line: In my family tree there's just one word: %alone Subject(s): Mexico WAIT FOR US, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: Watchful boys, gleams in their pockets Last Line: They quicken. Esperanos, they call Subject(s): Mexico; Travel WAITING FOR THE BUS, by LOLA HASKINS Poem Source First Line: She casts the only shade at the crossroads Last Line: Blue sky. He is seeking me by air Subject(s): Mexico; Travel WAKING, by ALBERTO FORCADA Poem Source First Line: With a harpoon voice my mother wakes me Last Line: Then casts me out to the numbered teeth %of mathematics Subject(s): Mexico WALKING DOWN THE ROAD, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On a clear night in live oak you can see Last Line: Flashing their angry tears, here in live oak Subject(s): California; Mexico WASHERWOMEN AT THE GRIJALVA, by ROSARIO CASTELLANOS Poem Source First Line: Handkerchief of good-bye Last Line: Where I can wash my days Subject(s): Mexico; Washerwomen WATER AND EARTH, by RAUL BANUELOS Poem Source First Line: Water %is the light Last Line: Is to journey %like a river Subject(s): Mexico WATER NIGHT, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night with the eyes of a horse that trembles Last Line: Night brings its wetness to beaches in %your soul Subject(s): Mexico 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'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 WHAT MONTEZUMA FED CORTES AND HIS MEN, by THOMAS LUX Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tamales, they like tamales Last Line: In the spring of 1519 Subject(s): Food And Eating; Mexico, Indians Of; Montezuma Ii (1466-1520); Native Americans WHAT THE THUNDER SAYS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If it thunders on sunday Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans WHERE DOES THE DUST COME FROM?, by ERMILO ABREU GOMEZ Poem Source First Line: Guy asked jacinto canek, 'jacinto, where does the dust come from, the dust Last Line: Wind. It's the wind itself which dies tired and thirsty in the corner of close things' Subject(s): Mexico 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 WITH CORTEZ IN MEXICO, by WILLIAM WILFRED CAMPBELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mater a dios, preserve us Last Line: Trolling an old moorish song. Alternate Author Name(s): Campbell, W. W. Subject(s): Cortes, Hernando (1485-1547); Mexico WOOKPECKER, by GILDA RINCON Poem Source First Line: Woodpecker, %woodpicker, %how much will you charge me Last Line: At the pace of the beats %of your hammer Subject(s): Mexico WORD, by MANUEL ULACIA Poem Source First Line: Comes out from the pen Last Line: Suspended on a line %in space Subject(s): Mexico 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 WORLD'S LONGEST TRAMWAY' AT ALBUQUERQUE, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Once on the gornergrat I thought the wind Last Line: On which the snow swirls %soft and elegiac Variant Title(s): Riding The Longest Tramway In The World At Albuquerqu Subject(s): Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tramways WORSHIPPING THE SUN (TAOS, NEW MEXICO), by JAN LEE ANDE Poem Source First Line: The crowded houses sat on top of one another Last Line: Cease for an instant, then begin once again Subject(s): Jung, Carl Gustav (1875-1961); Native Americans; New Mexico; Travel 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 YOUNG FIRE EATERS OF MEXICO CITY, by RAYMOND CARVER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They fill their mouths with alcohol Last Line: They are called milusos. Which translates %into a thousand uses Subject(s): Fire-eaters; Mexico City YUCATAN, by TOMAZ SALAMUN Poem Source First Line: Maruska, ana, francie, bob and me Last Line: Laughing, with a river of tigers swinging %sliding south, living birth Subject(s): Mexico; Travel YUCCAS, by DONALD BAIN Poem Text First Line: June in new mexico, - a desert land Last Line: The living splendor of a poet's dream. Subject(s): New Mexico; Yucca Plants ZONA VIVA: MEXICO CITY MARKET, by PEGGY PENN Poem Source First Line: Something about the day of the night-before-leaving Last Line: Where it is written: in this place of accidents, %we are innocent. Inhale Subject(s): Markets; Mexico City |
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