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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MEXICO, INDIANS OF Matches Found: 117 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 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 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 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 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 CATECHISM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: From where do they come Subject(s): Mayas; 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 OF THE WORLD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: For every destruction, a creation Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans 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 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 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 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 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'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 KATUN PROPHECIES, SELS., by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Mayas; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 SONGS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Xochitl Last Line: Flower %flor Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans 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 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 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 TUN WHEEL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The wheel of time turns Subject(s): Mayas; 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'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 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 |
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